Everybody is complaining about the high cost of heating our homes with natural gas this winter, but this year’s spike in our bills, which has been exacerbated by the colder-than-usual winter, has been completely predictable. Massachusetts has had the 5th-highest natural gas prices…
Category: Editorials
Letter to the Editor
Why Charlestown Deserves a Field House To the Editor, This time last year, I attended the Boston Youth Soccer Summit hosted by Soccer Unity Project. The theme was Building Toward 2026 and Beyond: How to Elevate Play and Access for…
Our Opinion
State, municipalities must adjust ASAP to the new reality For those of us who have been around for a while, the warning signs are flashing red for the prospects of a budget crisis for our state and our cities and…
It was Great to See Captain Mike Eruzione at the Big Game
We just wanted to mention that it was great to see Winthrop’s own Mike Eruzione serving as the honorary captain of Team USA for the big game with Canada (whose honorary captain was Wayne Gretzky) at the TD Garden last…
Letter to the Editor
On Traffic Cameras To the Editor, I am sorry I missed last week’s edition where I understand you expressed the view that speed-detecting cameras are ill advised. If we want to address the traffic problem I can’t imagine why we…
State Officials Should Support Autonomous Vehicles ASAP
Last week in this space we expressed our view that legislation to allow communities to install speed-detecting cameras is ill-advised and not a great use of resources, although we suggested that red light cameras would be more efficacious for improving…
Traffic Speed Cameras are a Bad Idea — Red Lights are Better
As our regular readers know, when it comes to the issue of motor vehicle safety, we take a back seat (pun intended) to no one. However, we believe that the budget put forward by Gov. Maura Healey that would allow…
10 years ago, We were amidst Snowmageddon
Yes, time does fly, and for those of us who lived through the Snowmageddon, it’s hard to believe that 10 years have passed since we were in the middle of that epic winter season of 2015. Major snowstorms just kept rolling in,…
GLP-1 Weight-loss Drugs Should be Made Affordable for all Americans
The widespread acceptance of the so-called GLP-1 drugs, Zepbound by Eli Lilly and Wegovy by Novo Nordisk, for weight loss has created a game-changing dynamic for the overall health of the 72% of Americans who struggle with maintaining a healthy weight.…
We’re over the hump
The winter season generally is measured in two ways. There’s meteorological winter, the three months of December, January, and February. And then there is astronomical winter, which begins with the winter solstice on December 21 and ends with the spring solstice on March…