The MBTA is building a new, fully accessible Chelsea Commuter Rail Station next to the final SL3 stop in Chelsea. When complete, the new station will connect the Newburyport/Rockport Commuter Rail Lines to the SL3. While building the new station,…
Month: May 2020
On the Other Side of the Curve; Ramping Down and Preparing for the Fall
Make no mistake, the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are still steadily full of COVID-19 patients, but more patients are now coming in with traditional ailments as well, and the overwhelming surge situation is now starting to ramp…
Revised School Budget Keeps Teachers in the Classroom
This was supposed to be the School Budget where Supt. Almi Abeyta and the School Committee could finally relax as the first year of Student Opportunity Act (SOA) funding was to roll in and there would be no need to…
House Passes Legislation to Track Data at Long-Term Care and Elder Housing Facilities
State Rep. Dan Ryan, along with his colleagues in the House of Representatives, recently passed legislation to require long-term care and housing facilities to report and track COVID-19 positive cases and mortalities to public health officials during the public health…
COVID Relief Coalition Offers Pro Bono Legal Work to State’s Small Business and Nonprofits
One neighborhood lawyer has joined a number of fellow attorneys to provide pro bono work to the state’s small businesses and nonprofits in the age of COVID-19. Christian Westra, an attorney with the Ropes & Gray and a Charles River…
DiDomenico Votes to Pass Bill Authorizing Short-Term Borrowing
Sen. Sal DiDomenico and his colleagues in the Massachusetts State Senate convened for the first-ever remote session in the history of the body to pass legislation to allow short-term borrowing to meet the Commonwealth’s financial obligations. “My colleagues in the…
Woodlawn Cemetery Prepares Historic Grounds
The newly-restored sculpture at the gate of Woodlawn Cemetery features four ornate angels with brass horns, using the reference to the Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible whereby the four angels call back the dead to God. It is…
New Cases Continue to Decrease, But City Manager Hopes to Keep Hotel Open
City Manager Tom Ambrosino said the contract for the Quality Inn quarantine hotel is about to end on June 9, but he is hoping that there is a way to extend the operations there even though cases in the City…
DiDomenico, Senate Pass Bill to Collect Vital Public Health Data
Sen. Sal DiDomenico announced that the state Senate has passed bipartisan legislation to promote equity and transparency as the Commonwealth continues to confront the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill, An Act Addressing COVID-19 Data Collection and Disparities in Treatment, would increase the…
She’s Great at 98: Family, Friends Salute Kay Stec at a Special Birthday Celebration
They came from the South Shore, the North Shore and as far away as New Hampshire to take part in a caravan of cars led by a Chelsea Police escort. The simple but sincere message on a special day: “We…