For the first time since 2014, life expectancy in the United States has risen after four years of decline, according to a report released this past Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overall life expectancy rose…
Category: Editorials
Letter to the Editor
Represent Our Community To the Editor, The Democratic presidential primary season is upon us and the 2020 Democratic National Convention nears. I would like to share with all registered Democrats in the City of Chelsea, an opportunity to represent our…
Gov. Charlie Baker And the Great State Of Our State
From the moment that Governor Charlie Baker strode into the House Chamber last Tuesday to deliver his State of the Commonwealth address, it was evident why Gov. Baker, despite being a Republican in a heavily-Democratic state, has rated as the…
Guest Op-Ed: Preparing for Shocking Death
By Dr. Glenn Mollette The world was shocked January 26, 2020 by the sudden death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others. A helicopter that spiraled through a California sky and crashed took the life of one of…
Guest Op-Ed: Let’s Save Our World in 2020
By Senator Ed Markey and Roxana Rivera On December 6—as Greta Thunberg joined a 500,000-person march in Madrid—students around the world held their second climate strike of the year. They walked out of their middle schools, high schools, and colleges, demanding…
Winter: So Far, So Good (and Not So Good)
The winter season thus far has been fairly easy to take for those of us who have lived in New England for all of our lives. The warmer-than-normal temperatures, highlighted by the record-breaking highs in the 70s two weekends ago, have been…
Guest Op-Ed: Tariffs will Hurt Small Businesses on Main Street USA
By Ryan Maloney The effect of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced tariffs on small U.S. businesses is dramatic and have the potential to become devastating. Not only would it effect suppliers and wholesalers of wine and single malt scotch,…
Letter to the Editor
On Retirement Dear Editor, After his last regular season game, Big Papi commented about retirement, “It’s something we all have to do”. I have uttered those words often as I retired from CAPIC on October 31, 2019. Retirement is not…
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Spirit Lives On
When one considers that it has been almost 52 years since Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated while he was standing on a balcony in a motel room in Memphis, where King was staying while supporting striking city trash collection…
Guest Op-Ed: Are You a Time Saver or a Time Waster?
By Melissa Martin, Ph.D. America, a nation of time-saving fanatics. American, a nation of time-wasting freaks. In the days of old, consumers visited the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. They chatted, gossiped, and shared community news. Timeworn traditions turned…