We’re all aware by now that climate change is dramatically impacting our weather, particularly by increasing the intensity of major weather events such as hurricanes. In our little corner of the world, significant weather events have been few and far…
Category: Editorials
Alcohol Ignition Interlocks Would Be a Good Idea
The National Highway Transportation Board (NTSB) recently made the recommendation that automobile manufacturers should be required to install ignition interlock devices (IID) into all new motor vehicles to prevent those who drink alcohol from operating a motor vehicle. According to…
Letter to the Editor
Thank you Charlestown Schoolgirls Committee To the Editor, Thank you very much for selecting me as a scholarship recipient this year. I am honored and thankful to have received the Mary Devlin Memorial Scholarship. Mary was a great woman and…
Guest Op-Ed: BPDA Prioritizes Charlestown Community Feedback in Neighborhood Planning Process
(Ed. Note: The following op-ed was submitted by the Boston Planning and Development Agency.) Under the leadership of Arthur Jemison, Mayor Michelle Wu’s recently appointed Chief of Planning for the City of Boston, the Boston Planning & Development Agency is…
Get the New COVID Shot Now!
We realize that after two and one-half years of dealing with COVID-19, all of us just want to be done with COVID. But the unfortunate reality is that COVID-19 is not done with us, despite what President Biden suggested in…
America Needs Immigrants More Than Ever
For the first time in the history of the world, there are more people on the planet over the age of 65 than under five. For industrial nations such as the U.S., this is a profound change from what has…
Letter to the Editor
What’s Going on at the Ill-Conceived Bunker Hill Housing Development? Anything? To the Editor, Driving by the Bunker Hill Housing Development on Medford Street, one cannot miss the boarded up lumbered buildings that have been the status quo for over…
Alcohol Abuse Is Still Problem #1
Two years ago the voters of Oregon approved a measure that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of even the most dangerous drugs, while also mandating that tax revenue from the sale of marijuana (which Oregon legalized in 2014) be…
What’s With All the Coverage of the British Monarchy?
The passing last week of Queen Elizabeth II saddened all of us. She was a great woman who epitomized what used to be called noblesse oblige, the idea that nobility extends beyond mere entitlement, requiring people who hold such status…
Letters to the Editor 9-15-22
Question 1 is such an important ballot initiative To the Editor, The past month without Orange Line service shows why Question 1 is such an important ballot initiative for us this November. Charlestown has been that much more of an…