After last week’s summer-like weather, where temperature hit the mid-80s for a couple of days, much-cooler weather arrived this past weekend, Combined with the strong winds from a developing nor’easter later this week, it is clear that fall is here.…
Category: Editorials
Why Did Ed Markey Beat Seth Moulton So Badly?
Why Did Ed Markey Beat Seth Moulton So Badly? To the Editor, Seth Moulton, as a six-term Congressman with three Harvard degrees, and as a former Marine who served four tours of duty in Iraq, on paper should have been…
Data centers: We have met the enemy and they are us
The massive build-out of data centers recently has aroused the wrath of the American public across the political spectrum. However, this backlash has highlighted a sharp disconnect in modern society: On the one hand, we expect technology to provide us…
Concerns Regarding Proposed Development at 210 Winthrop Street
Concerns Regarding Proposed Development at 210 Winthrop Street To the Editor, Dear Chair and Members of the Planning Board, I am writing to formally submit my comments regarding the proposed development at 210 Winthrop Street. (RE: Site Plan Review, Application…
Enjoy the great weather on Labor Day weekend
With the weatherman predicting a great Labor Day weekend from Friday through Monday, we hope that all of our readers will have a chance to make the most of the final weekend of the summer season. The Summer of ‘26…
A "war" that we actually are winning
A “war” that we actually are winning It was almost 55 years ago — on December 23, 1971, to be precise — that President Richard M.Nixon officially declared the “war on cancer” when he signed the National Cancer Act of…
The End of Trees
When the eponymous John Winthrop and the English Puritans founded this town it was all trees. Winthrop is not like that now. Stresses against Winthrop trees are plenty. The biggest and oldest trees were planted long before global warming, paved…
Onto the Next Chapter
Onto the Next Chapter AT W.I.H.A. Dear Editor, To WIHA Membership: I officially resigned from my position as President and Board Member of WIHA a few weeks ago but decided to wait and share this letter with you after Dave…
Gov. Healey does the right thing to ban kratom
Gov. Healey does the right thing to ban kratom The decision last week by Gov. Maura Healey and the Mass. Dept. of Public Health to issue an order classifying kratom as a Schedule 1 drug, thereby effectively banning the sale…
Justice beyond the headlines: why I’m voting for Kevin Hayden
September 1, 2026 is primary election day. With only Democrats running for Suffolk County District Attorney, the race will be over in September rather than in November. We have a choice to make this year, and unlike most seats that…