Clean up, clean up, Everybody everywhere Clean, clean up, Everybody do your share. For our readers with children, the above phrases will be recognized as coming from a song by Barney, the Purple Dinosaur. But they are as apropos as anything else we can think of…
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A Big Chelsea Welcome to CHS Ad Interim Principal Priti Johari
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mary Bourque made a very important announcement this week, selecting Priti Johari as the ad interim principal at Chelsea High School for the 2014-15 school year. Ms. Johari will succeed Joseph Mullaney, who announced in February…
Congratulations and on to the Final Election
We want to congratulate Dan Ryan and RoseLee Vincent on their victories Tuesday in their respective Democratic primary elections for the position of State Representative. Ryan and Vincent will now proceed to the final election on April 1. Ryan does…
A Great Tribute to “Barney” Nugent
In a touching and unique tribute, family members, friends, classmates and associates from Major League Baseball gathered to remember Francis Nugent Jr., known affectionately as “Barney.” Mr. Nugent passed away Feb. 22 after a gallant battle with cancer. He was…
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THE RACE FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE Chelsea residents will go to the polls on March 4 to select whom will represent them in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Chelsea has been very fortunate to have excellent representation in the Legislature through…
Snow and Cold: A Tough Winter, but We’re up for It
When we were younger, we never truly understood what our grandmother meant when she would say, “It’s been a long, hard winter.” In a child’s world, a big snowstorm means no school, which would leave us free to go sledding,…
Great News for Chs Alumni: Depatto, Bradley, Set to Launch New Organization
Chelsea High School Athletic Director Frank DePatto and Chelsea Community Cable Television Executive Director Robert Bradley are set to launch a new organization that will continue the tradition of honoring outstanding CHS athletes and alumni.Leo Robinson, Chelsea councilor-at-large, said he…
Congratulations, Roca and CEO Molly Baldwin on the Launch of Pay for Success (PFS) Initiative
It was a most impressive event Wednesday as Governor Deval Patrick came to Roca headquarters in Chelsea to announce the launch of the Pay for Success (PFS) initiative, which will help at-risk young men in the probation system and leaving…
He Had a Dream: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King
Despite the countless number of times that we have heard Dr. Martin Luther King’s speeches on TV news shows and specials over the past 50 years (okay, we’re revealing how old we are), we never fail to feel a chill…
Walsh Needs to Be Reasonable about Casino Mitigation Package
There are new twists and turns almost on a daily basis concerning the casino proposals at Mohegan Sun in Revere and Wynn Resorts in Everett. Two new developments we have been following are: • Boston is still considered a surrounding…