News that the Chelsea Fire Department is going to be scrutinized by an independent examiner is frankly long overdue. City Manager Jay Ash announced last week that he is putting out to bid the cost of a full review of…
Category: Editorials
The City of Chelsea Knows Something About Default and What Follows….
The drama is over. Our nation’s reputation remains intact albeit a bit tarnished by the default debate that ended earlier this week. Those of us familiar with the recent modern history of Chelsea understand something about default. The day before…
James O’Brien
The death of Jimmy O’Brien following a heroic battle against cancer, brings to an end the life of a retired Chelsea police detective and is very sad news to all of us who knew him as he was a good…
William Powers
William P. Powers, the father of Stephen Powers, who served with distinction at Chelsea City Hall as an alderman and councilor, has died at the age of 94. He died at the Chelsea Soldiers Home as he was a Veteran…
The Default Scandal
Any way we choose to look at it, our national government is bringing this nation down in a big, big way. The endless and nauseating partisan debate over the national debt and whether we should pay our bills or default…
The Heatwave
It used to be in the old days that neither heat nor snow and ice had much effect on us as a people. Whatever happened happened and how we dealt with it, inevitably, was a matter of how serious the…
Myra Kraft
When the Chelsea Boys and Girls Club needed assistance in order to complete their fundraising for the new clubhouse, Myra Kraft and her husband Robert, owners of the New England Patriots, came up to bat in a big, big way…
The Dead of Summer
It is the dead of summer, that moment in our lives and in the life of the summer when there is as much summer in front of us as behind us. For those of us who love the heat, who…
Mike Mekonnen
The death of Councillor Mike Mekonnen leaves an important vacancy to fill on the Chelsea City Chelsea. It also causes a void to exist among those of us who view Chelsea as a small city family experience. He absence at…
Whitey Bulger
Now that Whitey Bulger is back in town, the media is having a field day heralding his return and labeling him as the alleged leader of the Irish Mob in Boston. Now Whitey has a lawyer. We’re paying for his…