One of the premier events (if not THE premier event) of the summer season in the Metropolitan Boston area will take place this coming weekend with the 18th annual Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival from July 22-24. The theme…
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Letters to the Editor
I Support Roberto Jiménez Rivera To the Editor. I would like to express my support for Roberto Jiménez Rivera for State Representative. What occurred to me while thinking about this new position is that it is somewhat like having a…
Guest Op-Ed: Supporting Jiménez-Rivera for State Rep 11th District
By Damali Vidot Like so many of you, I have witnessed Chelsea through the good, the bad & the ugly. Yes, corruption, crime, drugs, receivership, bankruptcy & leaders who have put ‘self’ before ‘community’ have reared their ugly heads. But…
Guest Op-Ed: Tick Talk
By Marianne Dalton, RN Today, we are going to talk about ticks: where they breed, what can be done to reduce the risk of harboring ticks on your property, tick-borne illnesses, personal protection for you and your pets against ticks,…
Summer Is Half Over – Make the Most of What’s Left
We realize that most of the kids have been out of school for only a few weeks, but in terms of what we think of as the full summer season from Memorial Day to Labor Day, this coming weekend will…
America Always Has Had an Anti-Democratic Element
As the January 6 Committee continues its hearings, many of us (including an increasing number of former Trump supporters) have been shocked by the extent to which Trump and those around him plotted to overturn the election of Joe Biden.…
Another Weekend……Another Mass Shooting in America
As we are writing this, we are watching the news reports about the mass shooting that occurred in Highland Park, Illinois, during a Fourth of July parade on Monday morning. We initially were disappointed with the news coverage of this…
The Experts Know Nothing
Listening to the so-called experts, both in and out of government, who opine these days about the present and future state of the economy, can leave your head spinning. For every self-described expert who says that the economy is strong,…
William L. “Billy” Moore
Chelsea lost one of its all-time best this past past week with the passing of William L. “Billy” Moore. He was 92. Everyone who grew up in Chelsea from the 1940s through the ‘80s knew the Moore family. Bill was…
America Is in A Maelstrom With No Way Out
America and the world are in a bad place, with no easy way out. Although the worst of the coronavirus is behind us, the unprecedented economic after-effects of the pandemic continue to afflict every aspect of our lives. The Great…