Gold Star Family | Chelsea native son Kenneth Colby, was a pilot in WW II and Korea. His family was presented a Gold Star, Monday, by Katherine Long, staff member of US Senator Patrick Leahy. Here, Colby's widow, Vida Kennedy Colby Martin, receives the award along with son, Richard (right) and great grandson and name-sake of her late husband, Kenneth Jake Colby. Chelsea's Doug Lyford, center, was instrumental in obtaining the designation. (Herald / Bob Eddy)