The barbaric attack a year ago this week by the Iranian-backed Hamas terrorist group shocked and horrified the world. The brutal slaughter, rape, and torture of 1250 men, women, children, and elderly Israeli citizens, plus another 300 who were taken…
Category: Editorials
The Most Pathetic Game in NFL History?
We don’t mean to keep harping on our poor Patriots, but their contest this past Sunday with the Miami Dolphins has to rate as the most pathetic excuse for a professional football game we’ve ever seen in our lives —…
Bicycling is not safe in Greater Boston
The tragic death of a 62 year-old bicyclist last week on Memorial Drive has highlighted the lack of safety on our roadways for even experienced cyclists. We ourselves know first-hand how dangerous Metro Boston’s roads can be. We train for…
Deja vu all over again for long-time Sox, Pats fans
The Red Sox once again are on the outside looking in. The Sox have failed to make the playoffs for the third year in a row and the fifth time in six years. The Sox had appeared destined for a…
Letters to the Editor
On 3A Zoning Dear Editor: Perhaps this explanation of our town’s response to the state 3A law will help. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is constitutionally the final authority of land use in the state. That is what makes Massachusetts a…
Forever Chemicals are in All of Our Bodies
On top of the recent news that micro-and nanoplastics are in our bodies and in just about every living thing on the planet, a new study published last week has revealed that of the 14,000 known chemicals — commonly referred…
We Need to Ban Styrofoam
While on the subject of harmful chemicals and substances in our environment, we’d like to take the opportunity to commend the efforts of Revere City Councilor Joanne McKenna for ensuring that the city’s ordinance banning the use of single-use styrofoam…
Letters to the Editor
A Crosswalk Dear Editor, Hallelujah, thank you. We finally have a cross walk at Plummer and Pleasant St. After months and years of pleading and cajoling with messers. Calla, Letterie and other, we have success. Two cross walks would have…
Too Many Guns = Too Many Shootings
The spectre of yet another lone-wolf gunman attempting another assasination of Donald Trump is shocking, but not surprising. Up until the past 50 years, assassinations of public figures in America were carried out by individuals with a political agenda –Abraham…
How can a State Police trainee die in a boxing ring?
The death last week of 25 year-old Mass. State Police (MSP) Trainee Enrique Delgado-Garcia in a boxing ring during a “training exercise” is, in a word, unfathomable. Mr. Delgado-Garcia was less than one month away from graduating and achieving his…