The expanded gaming bill is not dead, yet. There is the chance the legislation could come back to full blown life if the legislature is brought back into session, and soon. That is a possibility because the state is set…
Category: Editorials
The perfect summer
Forgive us our obsession with the New England weather and its nuances. However, we are endlessly fascinated by the weather. Watching the weather and measuring its heartbeat is almost as interesting as being inside the chambers of the State House…
Anthony Simboli’s dream
No one has benefited more from his father coming before him than local developer Anthony Simboli (the younger). The senior Mr. Simboli has become a bit of a legend in local commercial real estate circles. He started in Chelsea about…
On the Chelsea waterfront
When the new park has been completed on the waterfront on Marginal Street, Chelsea might benefit by planning a series of events or a single signature event there every summer that has some of the panache of the Revere Beach…
Demoulas’ Market Basket
One of the great ongoing success stories in the modern history of this city is the new Market Basket supermarket. At the end of this month it will celebrate its first anniversary in business in the sprawling and well stocked…
Bruce Berkowitz
Bruce Berkowitz grew-up in this city. From an early age, he wanted to get into the world of banking and finance. He certainly has done this with a flair. Berkowitz is the Founder and Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer…
Everyone is away
The 4th of July holiday was a great success. Hundreds of thousands swarmed for music, food and fireworks and virtually no arrests, no outrageous violence and very little in the way of inconvenience. It was a quintessential American weekend with…
Thoughts on the coming of July Fourth
It is the summer of discontent as we approach the 4th of July holiday. In the 234th year of American Independence, there is a feeling held among Americans that the business life of the land is unnatural, strained, weak, and…
Representative Gene O’Flaherty
The years come and go. Politics change from time to time but our Representative Gene O’Flaherty has remained on Beacon Hill where he grows stronger and stronger as time goes by. His recent fundraiser at Anthony’s Pier Four on the…
Ed Fish
When the city bought back the Naval Hospital site from the US Government more than 30 years ago, the Fish Construction Company was hired to tear down the old and to build the new and to rehabilitate certain of the…