Had he not been cut down by an assassin’s bullet in 1968, Martin Luther King would have been 83 this week. For those of us old enough to remember, MLK was in his prime when this nation was racially divided,…
Category: Editorials
What’s a CHS Receiver Worth for a Month
Perhaps the most interesting single thing about the Chelsea Housing Authority receiver’s first monthly report to the Supreme Judicial Court and the Attorney General is the bill for her services which was provided with it. Receiver Judith Webber has billed…
Fire Chief Robert Better Jr.
The appointment of Robert Better Jr. as Chelsea Fire Chief ensures that the CFD will remain one of the best fire departments in the state of Massachusetts. Heading up a fire department that faced the burning down of the city…
Out with the Old; In with the New
It was a turbulent and tumultuous year in some parts of the world. In this nation, it was, above all, a year when we got more of the same rather than the dramatic change needed to alter our course. The…
Merry Christmas Happy Holiday
Christmas 2011 is days away. Most of us are busy preparing for the holiday. All of us this year are receiving a great present – the official end of the war in Iraq. Nine Christmas celebrations have come and gone…
Elizabeth Warren’s Visits Here
The Harvard law professor turned senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren has shown real chutzpah in coming to Chelsea twice in the past month. This shows, we believe, her interest in the ongoing, unending struggle so many Chelsea residents have as a…
CHA Saga Settling Down
Except for Mike McLaughlin and a few others, investigators reviewing the records of the Chelsea Housing Authority will be sorely disappointed in the end to find out that massive sums of money weren’t stolen, others weren’t enriched and the CHA…
Department Wins Praise at Hanna Awards Ceremony
Everyone wearing a badge in this city or any other does so with the possibility of being beaten, shot, stabbed and at the worst, losing one’s life in the line of duty. Being a police officer in Chelsea today is…
The Chelsea Time in Florida
The 27th annual Chelsea Reunion in Florida will be held in Boynton Beach, Florida on March 4. The event is being chaired, once again, by Chelsea’s Leona Grell, one of our best known and beloved citizens. The Chelsea Time or…
Thanksgiving 2011
The Thanksgiving holiday is upon us and we begin to wonder – where has the year gone and my, isn’t it flying by? What has it brought us and do we have anything to give thanks for? For those of…