The election process surrounding the city council’s selection of Attorney Dan Cortell as the District 8 councillor was a great success. The city council, led by its able president Leo Robinson, made the process pristine and absent of the kind…
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Dan Cortell
Attorney Dan Cortell is now Councillor Attorney Dan Cortell. Councillor Ron Morgese’s replacement for the empty District 8 seat is a quiet, smart, humble, strong Chelsea guy who came here about ten years ago and wanted to get involved. During…
Michael Albano
We wish to call your attention to Michael Albano, the Chelsea resident tossing his hat into the ring in the political battle to fill the senate seat left vacant by the resignation of former Senator Anthony Galluccio. By officially announcing…
District 8 candidates interviewed by city council and residents
Five candidates are vying with one another to be Ron Morgese’s replacement for the District 8 seat that he vacated last month. Wednesday evening at city hall in the council chamber, all five candidates made presentations to the council. John…
Haiti and Chelsea
There is a close connection between the earthquake, humanitarian catastrophe in Haiti and the life that most Chelsea residents lead. The connection is that we are simple people when you boil it all down. We have homes or apartments, running…
The people have spoken
The political pundits, prognosticators, bloggers, Tweeters, et als will be having a field day for a long time to come as they try to discern some meaning from the election of Republican Scott Brown as our next United States Senator.…
Get out and vote
The special election to fill the late Senator Edward Kennedy’s seat will be held Tuesday. We urge everyone to get out and to vote. Attorney General Martha Coakley and Senator Scott Brown are locked in a very tight race. Every…
Chelsea, Boston Harbor and LNG
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino does not want to allow tankers from Yemen carrying enormous amounts of LNG to pass through Boston Harbor on its way to a dockage in Everett. City Manager Jay Ash has joined Mayor Menino, the belief…
Ashley Rodriguez
There are some kids growing up in this city who are winners from the time they are very young and who will always rise to the top of whatever it is they are seeking for themselves. Such a young woman…
Senator Galluccio’s fall
He was a man who had come to be a senator and who was serving with distinction but was unable to control or to confront the demons residing inside. One of the terrible things about what is inside us, is…