The Memorial Day weekend is upon us, a three-day weekend that for most Americans marks the start of the summer season. Many will celebrate appropriately with barbecues and outdoor activities with family and friends. However, amidst our festivities, we should…
Category: Editorials
Letters to the Editor
Thank You ‘Old Schoolboys’ Dear Editor: I would like to thank the Charlestown Old Schoolboys Association and Gill family for awarding me the Joseph F. Gill Scholarship. It means so much in helping me work toward my degree at Colby-Sawyer College and…
Anti-Vaccine Hysteria Puts All of Us at Risk
The recent outbreak of measles in the United States is cause for concern for every Amercian. First and foremost, measles is a highly-contagious disease that places at risk anyone who is in the vicinity of someone who is infected with…
Guest Op-ed: How We’re Investing in Charlestown
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Every spring, we release our Capital Investment Plan which funds the critical improvements to our infrastructure and facilities in Boston over a five-year period. It is a reflection of our priorities, and is guided by…
Big Tobacco: The Empire Strikes Back Or: Is Your Child a Nicotine Addict?
In the mid-1990s, our newspaper group was honored in consecutive years by the Massachusetts branch of the American Cancer Society for our reporting and editorials regarding the regulation of tobacco products in our local communities. We wrote about every aspect…
Guest Op-ed Resiliency in Action
By Tim McKenna Earlier this month we came together to witness the 123rd running of the Boston Marathon, an event that Mayor Walsh reminded us is a continuing symbol of the city’s resilience. Resilience is a theme called upon several…
Letters to the Editor
Consider adopting older dogs Dear Editor: Hello, My name is Carina Fujimoto and I am a sixth grader at The Learning Project Elementary School. I have two dogs. One of them is an Italian Greyhound named Carmine. He is 7-years…
Support Senator Markey’s Effort to Ban Robocalls
Robocalls are the new plague of the digital and cell phone era. According to some estimates, Americans received 48 billion robocalls last year, up from 30 billion in 2017. It used to be that only a person’s land line would…
Will April Showers Bring May Flowers?
As Bob Dylan noted, ‘you don’t need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind is blowing’. Similarly, we have not needed a weatherman to tell us that this has been a particularly rainy April. However, we learned this…
Guest Op-ed: Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Care and Data
By Alexander Acosta A little more than a year ago, I had the opportunity to visit Maryhaven treatment facility in Columbus, Ohio to hear from those recovering from the effects of addiction. The visit was an impactful one. I met…