One of the wonderful outcomes of receivership was a city charter that demanded the city manager to create a five year forecast and to deliver it to the city government. There was a time before receivership when the city government…
Category: Editorials
For Our Jewish Friends
There was a time, and it was not so long ago, when a good part of this city literally shut down during the Passover holiday. Those days are irretrievably gone and so too is the large population of Jewish people…
The Easter Holiday is a Time for Reflection and Joy
Just about everything has changed in our lives during the past few decades. Nothing is the way it used to be anymore. It is a vastly changed Chelsea of today that celebrates the Easter holiday this weekend. As much as…
Jelena Ivanis
The American Dream is alive and well in Chelsea with news that Chelsea High School senior Jelena Ivanis has been accepted to Harvard. Ivanis, a student supreme who has attended Chelsea Schools K-12, received the news last week. Her family…
The Red Sox
It is still a bit early and a bit cold, too, to be playing baseball. Perhaps it is the cold that is keeping the Red Sox from acting like the champions the sports writers predicted they were going to be.…
Development taking off at the Mystic Mall
The Mystic Mall is an example of the way things are going in Chelsea. The supermarket itself is the leading example of a successful, capital-intensive development that has gone to plan. Also going according to plan is the old Demoulas…
The City Council at Its Best
The Chelsea City Council’s recent vote to keep City Manager Jay Ash in Chelsea was a profile in courage for that board. It showed, above all else, that this city council is responsible, clear thinking, business minded and concerned about…
TJ Maxx Opening Sunday
Chelsea’s TJ Maxx store opening will be held Sunday at the Demoulas’s Mall. The opening of this major retailing outlet is a wonderful shot in the arm to the local economy and will give as well a boost in creating…
Congressman Markey is Right
Congressman Edward Markey has suggested that nuclear plants being planned for right now cannot be built on earthquake fault lines. He would like that bit of solid reasoning to be the equivalent of a law. We agree with Congressman Markey…
Mark Moschella
The death of Mark Moschella recently at the age of 48 is all about sadness. However, his death brought out a few thousand of his friends and relatives and people he had known all his life to the wake at…