Category: Editorials

Guest Op-ed: The Early College Movement

By Pam Eddinger Bunker Hill Community College serves thousands of disadvantaged students each year. While many are successful in starting a career or advancing their education, an unacceptable number leave without accomplishing their goals. No silver bullet can nullify all…

Letter to the Editor

School Committee Members Back Candidate Warren on Super Tuesday Dear Editor: This Tuesday, Massachusetts residents will have our say over who the next President of the United States will be. Over the last three years, Donald Trump has overseen an…

The (Climate) News Is All Bad

At the start of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt reportedly said to his aides, “So far, the news is all bad,” referring to the reports from the front in the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor when the Japanese were taking…

Thanks for the Memories, Mookie,

It is inconceivable to lifelong Red Sox fans such as ourselves that the Sox’ management decided to trade away Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for a few random players. Mookie not only was an amazing talent…

Letter to the Editor

Congratulations Melinda To the editor: I am writing to congratulate Melinda Vega Maldonado on her recent inauguration to the Chelsea City Council, which I had the privilege of attending.  Ms. Maldonado will be a great asset to the Council in the months…

Have We Turned A Corner?

For the first time since 2014, life expectancy in the United States has risen after four years of decline, according to a report released this past Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overall life expectancy rose…