The wonderful weather we enjoyed for much of this past weekend certainly was welcome as we approach the darker and colder days that lie ahead. However, make no mistake about it: Winter is coming, and so is the need for…
Category: Editorials
Letters to the Editor
Thank you for the dedication To the editor: I would like to thank the entire Charlestown Old Schoolgirls Committee for their dedication to the scholarship program. I also would like to thank the family of Anna Boyle for their generous scholarship…
Make the Most of the Long Weekend
The arrival of Columbus Day means that the fall season squarely is upon us, the time of year that has special meaning for all of us in New England, even amidst a pandemic. With the weatherman forecasting a beautiful weekend…
TWTWTW X 100
In the 1960s there was a TV show, That Was The Week That Was (also known as TW3), that took a satirical look at that week’s news events. However, this past week’s events have moved from the realm of farce…
Guest Op-Ed: A Less Politicized Supreme Court
By Michael Parker Our country is deeply divided. The loud, acrimonious debate over filling the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death is adding to our deep divisions. The reason is that the Supreme Court, which is…
Letter to the Editor
James McCormack Scholarship To the Editor, I wish to thank the Mark and Michelle Gorman Scholarship Fund Committee for the generous 2020 James McCormack Scholarship award. It is an honor for me to be the first recipient of the James…
Police Briefs 10-01-2020
Charlestown Beat OUI 09/21/20 – As a result of a motor vehicle accident on Bunker Hill Street, an individual was placed under arrest for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Vandalism 09/22/20 – A victim on Prospect…
Trump’s Taxes: Shocking, But Not Surprising
The recent disclosure by the New York Times of President Donald Trump’s personal tax returns for nearly a 20-year period, up to and including his 2017 return (which Trump would have filed in April, 2018), presents evidence of the extent…
Suffolk DA Rollins Steps Up
The announcement this week by Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins that her office will be expanding the database (often referred to as LEAD) that is comprised of law enforcement personnel whose prior conduct could impact their credibility as witnesses in…
Guest Op-Ed: Not Your Typical School Year
By School Committeeman Michael O’Neill As someone who has been front-and-center as a policy-maker in urban public education for more than a dozen years, I thought I had seen quite a bit over the years. The challenges of recessions, closings,…