Christmas 2011 is days away. Most of us are busy preparing for the holiday. All of us this year are receiving a great present – the official end of the war in Iraq. Nine Christmas celebrations have come and gone…
Category: Editorials
Elizabeth Warren’s Visits Here
The Harvard law professor turned senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren has shown real chutzpah in coming to Chelsea twice in the past month. This shows, we believe, her interest in the ongoing, unending struggle so many Chelsea residents have as a…
CHA Saga Settling Down
Except for Mike McLaughlin and a few others, investigators reviewing the records of the Chelsea Housing Authority will be sorely disappointed in the end to find out that massive sums of money weren’t stolen, others weren’t enriched and the CHA…
Department Wins Praise at Hanna Awards Ceremony
Everyone wearing a badge in this city or any other does so with the possibility of being beaten, shot, stabbed and at the worst, losing one’s life in the line of duty. Being a police officer in Chelsea today is…
The Chelsea Time in Florida
The 27th annual Chelsea Reunion in Florida will be held in Boynton Beach, Florida on March 4. The event is being chaired, once again, by Chelsea’s Leona Grell, one of our best known and beloved citizens. The Chelsea Time or…
Thanksgiving 2011
The Thanksgiving holiday is upon us and we begin to wonder – where has the year gone and my, isn’t it flying by? What has it brought us and do we have anything to give thanks for? For those of…
Receivership for CHA
The governor has called for the Chelsea Housing Authority to be placed in receivership as an antidote to the spate of nearly obscene actions taken by former CHA director Michael McLaughlin, the CHA board, and the CHA accountant. News that…
Taking Responsibility for Their Actions
We call for an immediate indictment on perjury charges against all five members of the Chelsea Housing Authority for aiding in the filing of false financial records that showed former Executive Director Michael McLaughlin’s salary to be $160,000 instead of…
Get Out and Vote
Next Tuesday is Election Day and voters would do well to exercise their vote in order to have a say in their city government. Expectations are for a lower than usual turn-out which is always a disappointment. According to the…
The Early Snowstorm
Last weekend’s snowstorm certainly set a bad precedent for the winter that is most assuredly coming our way. If things can get that bad when October hadn’t yet turned into November, how bad will it be when November turns into…