For those who have lost a son or a daughter, a father or a mother, a dear friend or even a neighbor to the ravages of war, Memorial Day is a time to remember and to celebrate the lives of…
Category: Editorials
A Tortilla Factory in Historic District not the Way to Go
The businesses in the historic part of the waterfront on the western side of the Meridian Street Bridge are made up of the Fitzgerald Shipyard – which remains a working shipyard – and which is of no impact to the…
The Chelsea Street Bridge
Make no mistake, the coming closure of the Chelsea Street Bridge will be a mind boggling gaggle of traffic and inconvenience unlike anything we’ve had locally on our roads since the last closure of the Meridian Street Bridge during its…
The Budget
City Manager Jay Ash is a wizard when it comes to creating a city budget. The Chelsea 2012 City Budget is akin to a work of art. Although expenses are up and revenues are down, Chelsea’s budget provides for more…
Osama Bin Laden
There have been reports that when Osama bin Laden was shot to death by Navy Seals last Sunday during the raid on his hideout in Pakistan, that he didn’t have a weapon and didn’t shoot back at anyone. Does this…
The Five Year Forecast
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…
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.…