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Representative Gene O’Flaherty
The years come and go. Politics change from time to time but our Representative Gene O’Flaherty has remained on Beacon Hill where he grows stronger and stronger as time goes by. His recent fundraiser at Anthony’s Pier Four on the Boston waterfront, an annual affair for longer than a decade, brought out a wide variety... »
Ed Fish
When the city bought back the Naval Hospital site from the US Government more than 30 years ago, the Fish Construction Company was hired to tear down the old and to build the new and to rehabilitate certain of the historic buildings on the 50 acre waterfront site. Here we are more than 30 years... »
Of Bunker Hill and battles to come
It is a radically changed nation we live in today compared with the America of just three years ago. Since the national economy came close to collapse at the end of 2008, nearly everything about our lives and how we view the future has been altered. The job market has all but disappeared. There is no... »
Chelsea’s veterans
Throughout the centuries, Chelsea’s men and women have served their country with valor and loyalty. Chelsea sent dozens of men to fight by General George Washington’s side during the Revolutionary War – when Washington garrisoned the Northern wing of the Continental Army at Washington Park in Prattville. During the Civil War, Chelsea sent hundreds to the... »
Lennie Lopes
One of this city’s true sporting legends died last week. Lennie Lopes, for decades a force in local sporting circles, captain and player on some of this cities best softball teams to ever come down the line, was 88. He was one of the best known and best liked sporting personalities in this cities modern history. He... »
Memorial Day Weekend
The weekend that signals the official beginning of the summer of 2010 is upon us. We have no idea what this summer will hold for all of us, for our nation, or for the community of man. After all, it is impossible to know what lies ahead. The holiday memorializing America’s battlefield dead as the weekend we... »
Thank you, Chief Kyes and CPD officers
The hostage crisis on Spruce Street turned out to be something less than it might have been, with the suspects captured by Chelsea police and taken into custody with no one hurt. However, it is the what might have been, which caused such a well intentioned fuss to be made over it. From start to finish,... »
Suffolk Downs means jobs
Over the past 75 years, thousands of Chelsea residents have found steady employment at Suffolk Downs. If Suffolk Downs receives a license to build a casino on its property – while maintaining the horse racing venue as well – more Chelsea residents than ever before will likely find a job there in the future. The owners... »
Roland Palacios
The shooting death of Chelsea High School student Roland Palacios is a tragedy of the first order. The 17 year-old Chelsea young man was shot on Suffolk Street last week in a homicide that Chelsea police detectives and state police investigators are trying to solve. Although the Chelsea Police are declining to speak about the investigation,... »
The Chelsea budget
City Manager Jay Ash’s city budget for the coming year comes in at a cool and slim $120 million. There are no surprises in the city budget, which tends to mimic what came the year before. Copying what came the year before proves that magic is still a part of creative city budgets. There is less money... »
