Last month, my son Joseph Resnek graduated with honors from Harvard College. For me, for his mother and his brother and for everyone in my family, it was a moment to savor and to enjoy because graduating from Harvard has…
James O’Brien
The death of Jimmy O’Brien following a heroic battle against cancer, brings to an end the life of a retired Chelsea police detective and is very sad news to all of us who knew him as he was a good…
William Powers
William P. Powers, the father of Stephen Powers, who served with distinction at Chelsea City Hall as an alderman and councilor, has died at the age of 94. He died at the Chelsea Soldiers Home as he was a Veteran…
The Default Scandal
Any way we choose to look at it, our national government is bringing this nation down in a big, big way. The endless and nauseating partisan debate over the national debt and whether we should pay our bills or default…
Obituaries 07-28-2011
James O’Brien Retired Chelsea Police Sergeant James A. O’Brien, retired Chelsea Police Sergeant, died his Saugus home on July 20 after a courageous battle with overwhelming illness. He was 68 years old. Born and raised in Chelsea, he was the…
Sand Sculpting Festival: Bigger and Better Than the Hype
If one were to gauge the success of this past weekend’s National Sand sculpting Festival on Revere Beach by crowds alone, then it was a smashing success. Crowds were estimated prior to the festival to be around 300,000 people for…
Senseless Shooting in Chelsea
It was 2 a.m. Sunday night on Central Avenue in Chelsea. Braulio Gomez, 38, a Chelsea man known as Easy-B was seated on his porch at 104 Central Avenue minding his own business, socializing on a hot summer night, when…
Fall Guy: DeLeo Says Debate Will Begin in September
Speaker of the House Robert A. DeLeo affirmed his commitment to advance legislation for an expanded gambling bill in September during an appearance at a legislative luncheon Monday at the Winthrop Lodge of Elks. Appearing at the event with State…
Courtroom Has New Appeal: Mass. School of Law is the Home of Historic Chelsea District Courtroom
The Massachusetts School of Law has a significant piece of Chelsea history situated right inside its institution on the law school’s campus in Andover. The now 115-year-old courtroom from the old Chelsea District Court, formerly located inside the Chelsea Police…
Central Ave, Shooting Leaves Local Man Dead
State Police Detectives assigned to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and Chelsea Police are investigating an early morning shooting Tuesday that left a 38-year- old Chelsea man dead. Tuesday Chelsea Police got a call for a gunshot victim in…
The Heatwave
It used to be in the old days that neither heat nor snow and ice had much effect on us as a people. Whatever happened happened and how we dealt with it, inevitably, was a matter of how serious the…
Myra Kraft
When the Chelsea Boys and Girls Club needed assistance in order to complete their fundraising for the new clubhouse, Myra Kraft and her husband Robert, owners of the New England Patriots, came up to bat in a big, big way…