Month: August 2012

New Roads

The paving of Washington Avenue was going on in full force for much of this week. The major avenue is undergoing a full rehab of its underground piping systems and in much of the avenue, granite curbing is being replaced…

Iced Coffee on a Hot Day

Starbucks is cool as ice inside on a hot sunny day. Shown above are the staff attending to their duties and customers preparing to take their coffee drinks with them inside the new facility which oozes panache. The opening of…

Project Improves Walk to School

As school approaches, the path that many of Chelsea’s school kids travel has just received major improvements.  The State’s “Safe Routes to School” Program has directed $750,000 to Chelsea for those improvements. “”We’re committed to make sure that kids, especially…

Guns and Violence Misery and Death

There is an obvious correlation between the availability of guns, their indiscriminate use by people who have lost their humanity and the deaths caused by shootings. Such was the case over the weekend in Boston where 10 people were shot…

The Ethanol Victory

Everyone from Governor Deval Patrick, to City Manager Jay Ash, to Representatives Gene O’Flaherty and Kathi Anne Reinstein to Senator Sal DiDomenico are to be congratulated for their good work in stopping the planned twice weekly delivery of ethanol by…