An estimated 7400 Americans already have died from the flu this season. Although most deaths occur among senior citizens, young children are the next most-vulnerable group. The tragedy is that almost all of these deaths would have been preventable if…
Category: Editorials
Letter to the Editor
Keep Pier 5 public for all of Charlestown To the Editor: A recent letter to the editor regarding the future of Pier 5 was spot on. How the Boston Planning and Development Agency and our elected officials could choose to…
Proud of Our Mayor
As we were watching this past Monday’s inauguration ceremonies of city officials, and then listening to the inspiring Inaugural Address of Mayor Michelle Wu, it really hit home for us the extent to which Mayor Wu and our City Council…
Thank You, Stranger Things
The long-awaited conclusion of the hit Netflix series, Stranger Things, finally arrived over the holiday week. It’s hard to believe that it has been more than nine years since the show became a cultural phenomenon when the first season debuted…
Our Christmas Trees may be Forlorn, but are not Forgotten
The holiday season is over, and the best evidence for that are the discarded Christmas trees that lie forlornly along the sidewalks in front of our homes as they await pick-up by our DPW workers. We do not want to…
The mass shooting in Australia: Shocking, but sadly, not surprising
The recent tragic shooting in Australia at a Hanukkah festival once again has demonstrated to the world the pernicious and evil effects of anit-semitism, which is the world’s oldest form of prejudice. Anti-semitism may have reached its peak with the…
A long, hard winter lies ahead
We didn’t need a weatherman to tell us that December has been unusually cold. So it was not at all surprising when we recently read that this has been the coldest start to December in our area in 17 years.…
Happy New Year
It’s hard to believe that another year has passed and that 2026 is here — and that we now are entering the second quarter of the 21st century. For those of us who ourselves are close to three-quarters of a…
A correction to our “MAHA moms” editorial
Two weeks ago in an editorial under the headline, “MAHA moms are right about toxic waste,” we discussed a petition that some of the members of the MAHA movement had sent to President Donald Trump urging him to fire Lee…
Letter to the Editor 12-19-25
Reimbursement Rate for Human Services Agencies To the Editor, I’m writing to express my concern that the state’s fiscal challenges could cause the Healey-Driscoll Administration to make the unfortunate decision to decrease the reimbursement rate to human services agencies, which…