We join East Boston residents in congratulating East Boston Neighborhood Health Center President and CEO Manny Lopes on his appointment as the chair of the Boston Board of Health. The appointment is another major milestone in the successful career of…
Category: Editorials
Remember Those Less Fortunate
With Christmas just two weeks away, most of us will be rushing about — either to the stores and malls or online — as we do our last-minute holiday shopping in hopes of finding that “perfect†gift for our family…
Letter to the Editor
Airport-Related Noise Exposure in the Town of Winthrop – not just an Annoyance! The following letter was sent to the Town Council, Town Manager, Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo and Congresswoman Katherine Clark Dear Editor: The Winthrop Board…
The Actions of National Grid are Deplorable for a Public Utility
Since June more than 1,200 workers have been locked out of their jobs by National Grid as part of a collective bargaining dispute. This lockout has far-reaching impacts not only in Winthrop and Revere but across the Commonwealth, where moratoriums…
Enjoy the Holidays — Safely
With the Christmas season in full swing, there will be the usual office, family, and neighborhood parties for all of us to partake and enjoy. By no means do we wish to cast negative thoughts or to be party-Scrooges, but…
Enjoy the Holiday Season
This is a wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories — even for the younger set — of Christmases-past. We choose…
Letters to the Editor
Until Spring….Farewell, Lime Bikes Dear Editor: As the last Lime Bike was picked up from the streets of Winthrop this week (in preparation for what will hopefully not be a snowy, waterlogged winter), I just wanted to take a moment to reflect…
Climate Change is Happening Now
The report released last Friday by 13 U.S. government agencies concurring in an assessment that the effects of climate change will result in a 10 percent decline in the U.S. gross national product and the loss of $1 trillion in…
Thanksgiving and Very Thankful
This Thanksgiving I am thankful to not have cancer. I hope. Six months ago my family doctor sent me for a CT scan because I went in to be checked out for something that felt weird which ended up being…
Letters to the Editor
HELP STOP CLIMATE CHANGE Dear Editor, Recently the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change from the UN reported that our climate could potentially begin rising significantly. It was stated that an increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius could be felt between 2030…