Why Charlestown Is in Need of a Waterfront Park on Pier 5 To the Editor, Traversing the Navy Yard on a daily walk for the past few months, gives me the opportunity to reflect and think about what makes this…
Category: Editorials
And Just Like That – Summer Ended
Within just a few hours of writing our editorial last Tuesday (August 9) extolling the virtues of the heat and humidity of the summer season, Mother Nature turned the tables on us. We were sitting in our hot house —…
Letter to the Editor
Why Kevin Hayden Should Continue to Serve Suffolk County as our District Attorney To the Editor, I had never heard of Kevin Hayden until he was appointed District Attorney. I knew Ricardo Arroyo. Arroyo is a household political name that…
Record Heat? Bring It On!
To paraphrase Bob Dylan, we don’t need a weatherman to tell us how hot it has been these past few weeks. Still, even we were surprised to learn that the past 21 days have set a record for the hottest…
Olivia Newton-John
Although Olivia Newton-John was Australian (by way of England), for a period in the 1970s and ’80s, she was America’s sweetheart, the proverbial girl next door. She’d already had great success as a singer in the mid-70s, but her appearance…
Letter to the Editor
Looking for Answers To the Editor, Here in Charlestown, the summer of 2022 is feeling like “the lost summer” – especially for our hard-working families, youth, and seniors. We’ve lost count of the number of times we’ve lamented “if only…
Bill Russell Was A Beautiful Person
For those of us who were Boston sports fans in our childhood while growing up in the 1960s, there was only one real hero — and that was Bill Russell. With 11 NBA titles in 13 seasons, the Celtics and…
Gina Raimondo for President
This past week, Congress finally passed the CHIPS (Creating Helpful Incentives for the Production of Semiconductors) and Science Act, legislation that will provide $280 billion in federal funding to ensure that the making of semiconductors, which are crucial to every…
Guest Op-Ed: Losing Everything, What or Who Is Important?
Dr. Glenn Mollette What or who is important to you? The recent devastating flood in eastern Kentucky reminds us all that life can be swept away in a moment. Hundreds of families lost everything. One family lost their house and…
Letter to the Editor
Thank you Old Charlestown Schoolboys To the Editor, Old Charlestown Schoolboy’s Association, I would like to thank you for your generous support to my family. This scholarship will help me with school supplies and books for my senior year as…