The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced that it will be implementing a 24/7 closure of the right lane on Route 1 southbound in the area where it passes through the Chelsea Viaduct portion of the combined Tobin Bridge/Chelsea Curves Rehabilitation…
Month: April 2021
Sumner Tunnel Project Expected to Disrupt Chelsea, Tobin Bridge
The MassDOT is already preparing the community for what could be a major disruption to the streets of Chelsea and the Tobin Bridge in early 2022 when the department does a full restoration – with occasional closures – of the…
‘New Light: Encounters and Connections’ Highlights MFA’s Collection
Spanning cultures and geographies, and sometimes millennia too, “New Light: Encounters and Connections” presents more than 50 works of art from across the MFA’s collection, many of which are on view for the first time. The exhibition is organized into 21 conversations—in…
New Stamp Celebrates Americans Love of Coffee
The U.S. Postal Service celebrates America’s love of coffee this month with the issuance of four new stamps. Whether milky, dark as night, sweetened, flavored or highly concentrated, many coffee drinks have one thing in common — they begin with…
People of Chelsea: Lee Farrington
By Darlene DeVita (The following is one in a series of sneak peeks at the upcoming People of Chelsea additions by Photographer Darlene DeVita. The new work will ultimately appear on the fence of the Chelsea Public Library (CPL) this…
Numb to the Numbers
With just about all of the states now reopening their economies, the conventional wisdom among most Americans is that the worst days of the coronavirus are behind us. Yet the reality is that hundreds of Americans continue to die and…
Guest Op-Ed: Don’t Let Pandemic Delay Advance Care Planning
By Catherine Duffy, NP, ACHPN Note: This article is published in observance of National Healthcare Decisions Day. Times of our lives may be forever defined as what happened “before the COVID-19 pandemic” and everything after that. One thing that hasn’t…
Guest Op-Ed: Mask Wearing in America
Dr. Glenn Mollette Like most everyone else, I’m tired of wearing a mask. Every time I go to the grocery, a restaurant, church, or work I have to put on a mask. Not long ago, if we wore a mask…
Letter to the Editor
Mayors, Town Mangers Urge Baker to Give All Adults Vaccine in 20 Hardest-Hit Communities Dear Editor, We, the undersigned mayors and municipal managers, respectfully urge Governor Baker immediately to allow all distributors of COVID-19 vaccines in the 20 most vulnerable…