DAMALI VIDOT said she hadn’t given any thought to running for state representative until a day in late April when she was sitting home in Chelsea during the peak of the pandemic in the state’s hardest-hit community. “I was in my house and looked out the window and there was a line that went down […]
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In hard-hit Chelsea, COVID-19 fight a collaborative effort
Fourth in a series on municipal leaders across Massachusetts and how they’re contending with the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are previous stories on Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, Pittsfield Mayor Linda Tyer, and Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone. LAST SATURDAY MORNING, the day after he and a group of Chelsea leaders and top hospital officials wrote to Gov. […]
State transportation policies fail communities of color
IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND the intersection of public health, transportation, and the environment, come visit Chelsea. Though just 2.5 square miles and one of the densest municipalities in the state, the community is cut in two by Route 1 and the Tobin Bridge. It hosts one of the largest fruit and vegetable distribution centers […]