For many of us, New Year’s resolutions like quitting smoking, getting organized or losing weight are sweeping lifestyle changes, which often fail after a few days or weeks. At the Center for Weight Management and Wellness at Brigham and Women’s…
Month: January 2022
Thank You and Best of Luck, Fidel Maltez
Bad news for Chelsea and good news for the Town of Reading came this week with the announcement that Chelsea DPW Commissioner Fidel Maltez is leaving our city to become the Town Manager of Reading. Fidel has done a tremendous…
If COVID-19 Has a Brain, It’s Much Smarter Than Us
We don’t pretend to be experts in biology — and maybe we’ve been watching too many science fiction movies these days — but the ability of the COVID-19 virus to mutate (or shape-shift, in the lingo of sci-fi fans) in…
On the Bright Side…..
The lengthening of the daylight hours is imperceptible at first. The least amount of daylight occurred on December 22, clocking in at nine hours, seven minutes. But by the end of this week, January 8, we’ll have nine hours and…
Guest Op-Ed: Developing a Plan for 2022
By Glenn Mollette Proverbs 29.18 “Where there is no vision the people perish. “Everyone needs a strategy. You may be 25 or 85 years in age. Who cares? Probably the only one who cares about your age is you. Your…
CHS Roundup
GBL Halts All Sports for a Week The Greater Boston League has ceased all interscholastic sports activities, including practices, for this week (January 3-7) because of the high prevalence of the COVID-19 virus in the GBL schools and communities. The…
Bruins Beat: Bruins Look to Keep 2022 Win Streak Alive
For Bruin David Pastrnak, going into Tuesday night’s game with New Jersey, it had been a frustrating, more than a month-long goal-scoring drought. On Tuesday night he was able to quench his thirst a bit by scoring the game-winning goal…
Obituaries 01-06-2022
Douglas Wood-Boyle True Renaissance Man The friends and family of Douglas “Doug” Wood-Boyle bade a final farewell to one of the most enlightened humans to grace their lives. Remembered as a true Renaissance Man, Doug’s funeral service and life celebration…