Category: Editorials

Letter to the Editor

Governor’s Councillor Backs Calvin Brown for State Democratic Committeeman  On March 1, 2016, “Super Tuesday,” Chelsea voters of the Democratic Party will go to the polls to nominate a candidate for the U.S. Presidency and elect two State Committee members…

Letter to the Editor

Get out and vote Dear Friends and Neighbors, I am a lifelong Democrat and a former At-Large City Councilor having served fourteen years in the neighboring city of Chelsea.  My wife Sandra and I are the parents of three wonderful…

Letters to the Editor

City of Chelsea Emergency 911 Dispatchers On February 03, 2016 the City of Chelsea firefighters, police and EMS battled a four-alarm fire on Eleanor Street. A 3-year-old boy was rescued from the blaze that badly damaged more than 20 apartments…

Letter to the Editor

The benefits of having a residency requirement The virtues of hiring local residents for local jobs are obvious: more employment opportunities, more spending within the community, more tax revenues, and less crime. Although our community has shown interest in creating…

The MS-13 Raids

The raids that took place last early Friday morning that resulted in 56 indictments of MS-13 gang members certainly should stop for the time being the crime and murders in the neighboring communities of Chelsea, East Boston and Everett that…

Letters to the Editor

We taught the people Dear Editor, The news is punctuated by mass shootings. Consider this. We have taught people: You can be anything you want to be (“Be all you can be!”) and There is no right and wrong. And…

Breaking Down Barriers

By Tracey Flores 12th grade – Chelsea High School (The following essay was read aloud Monday as the winning Chelsea High essay at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Ceremony in Chelsea High School.) My dream for breaking down…