A new year and a new you! Sound familiar? There is so much pressure to make New Year’s resolutions and big changes in our lives, and most of the time we set ourselves up for failure. Maybe you want to…
Category: Editorials
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QUOTE TO NOTE “We will open the book Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” -Edith Lovejoy Pierce TOM MACDONALD…
Letter to the Editor
Caring and committed community To the Editor, On behalf of the Charlestown Tenants Task Force, it is with deep gratitude that I acknowledge all those that made this the best and merriest Christmas ever in the Bunker Hill housing development. …
A New Year’s Resolution: Let Go of Our Anxiety
The intersection of the coming of a New Year and the passing of the previous one offers all of us the opportunity to pause and reflect upon both what has transpired and what awaits us. The opening lines of Alfred…
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WELCOME TO 2016, THE LATEST SEASON IN OUR GAME OF LIVE “We all must make changes today…Tomorrow may not come.” -Anon Independent Newspapers publish many community newspapers and among two of its newest are the Mission Hill Gazette…
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TAKE A BREATHER AND ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS Once again we have come up to the Christmas season and the arrival of yet another New Years. Looking back one year ago, The last 12 months have had their share of…
Enjoy the Holidays Safely
Holiday get-togethers with family, friends, and co-workers are wonderful things, but all too many of such gatherings will result in tragic consequences that will be in the headlines the next day. All of us should be sure not only to…
Don’t Forget Those in Need
While the vast majority of us are able to enjoy the holiday season to the fullest, and take for granted holiday traditions such as the sharing of gifts, the warm embrace at holiday gatherings of friends and family, and a…
Merry Christmas
Another Christmas is at hand and families will gather, as they have done for generations, to celebrate the holiday season with our friends and loved ones. Peace on earth, joy to the world, and the like may be platitudinous phrases…
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CHRISTMAS TIME IN CHARLESTOWN This past Sunday, December 6, it was looking a lot like Christmas in Charlestown’s Thompson Square with unseasonably mild weather. Around 4pm, the environment was very Ho! Ho! Ho! Kids were all over the place…