As we are writing this, we are awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Isaias, which is the earliest-ever ninth named storm of a hurricane season. Although Isaias was a weak Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall in the Carolinas and…
Category: Editorials
Deaths Are Only Part of the COVID Story
Whether the subject is drunk driving, gun violence, or COVID-19, the headline that grabs our attention always is the death toll, of which there tragically have been more than 150,000 of our fellow Americans from COVID-19. However, what often goes unreported are the…
Letters to the Editor
Vote for Sen. Ed Markey Dear Editor, On September 1, citizens across our town and state will be voting on who will represent the Democratic Party as their choice for the U.S. Senate. Presently, the Democratic incumbent is Senator Edward…
Guest Op-Ed: The Responsibility to Ensure a Safe School Reopening Lies With All of Us
By Astrid Weins, MD The responsibility to ensure a safe school reopening lies with all of us As a mother to a 7-year old and a 3-year old, I wish nothing more for our family than to go back to…
More than $1 Trillion Is Needed
We’re all familiar with the phrase, “A day late and a dollar short.” What brought that to mind this week was the announcement by the Republicans in Washington of their $1 trillion economic pandemic plan that would supplement the $3 trillion…
Schools Must Be Safe to Reopen
We will be the first to concede that we do not know what exactly must be done in order to reopen our state’s public schools safely in the face of the pandemic. However, what we do know is that a large…
Letter to the Editor
Please Take Action Dear Editor: We, the furloughed staff of the Winthrop Public Library, are writing to urge the Town to take action to provide more resources to our patrons. We have written proposals for alternative work objectives, socially-distanced staff scheduling…
Change Military Base Names Immediately
If you’re like us, then it truly has been a revelation in these past few weeks to learn that U.S. military installations throughout the South were named in “honor” of Confederate heroes in the Civil War. Whenever we would hear…
A Depressing Thought – Summer Is Half Over
The summer of our discontent — the summer that hasn’t been — is just about half over. June has come and gone and we are just past the midway point of July, which means that there are only seven weekends…
Letters to the Editor
Please Wear a Mask Dear Editor: As a person on the frontlines who sees the deaths from COVID 19, masks are imperative and they WORK to prevent spread. They work. Evidence-based medicine proves it. But, I suspect a No-Masker is…