The death of Marguerite Donovan brings sadness to those of us who knew her, and her late husband, John. Mrs. Donovan was a real personality, a character actually. When this city was turning around 30 years ago, she was one…
Category: Editorials
Kevin Murphy’s Chelsea Courthouse All About Compassion; Fair Play
District courts all over this state operate under the laws of the state of Massachusetts. Those laws allow them each to be harsh district courts; angry district courts; drab and inconsistent district courts; and district courts wracked by inside politicking,…
Mike McLaughlin Redux
Over and over again the city is continuing to have its eyes blackened by the greed inspired avarice and likely illegal doings of disgraced former Chelsea Housing Authority executive director Mike McLaughlin. Once again the Globe’s reporters have published a…
Shirley Rosenberg and Murray Band; Chelsea Loses Two Former Residents
With the deaths of Shirley Rosenberg and Murray Band, the city has lost two individuals whose names and deeds over a lifetime were alive in every way with the city of Chelsea. Mrs. Rosenberg was a member of the family…
Martin Luther King’s Birthday
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,…
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…