Category: Editorials

Letter to the Editor

On DeLeo’s Greenworks Proposal To the editor: Speaker DeLeo’s billion-dollar GreenWorks proposal could offer much-needed support to Winthrop, other coastal towns, and all the Commonwealth’s communities as we face greater extremes of tides and weather. But as with any local…

Townie Tidbits

Why Do Many of Us Go into Full Panic over Snow? This winter has been pretty much mild. We are into March. This weekend, we will turn the clocks ahead. February was great. The Red Sox are playing again down…

Townie Tidbits

Baby Boomers Never Fade or Get Old There was a great piece recently in the Sunday Globe right on Page 1. It seems senior centers are having a hard time recruiting new members for their organizations. They point out Baby…

Townie Tidbits

REMEMBERING LT. MICHAEL QUINN, USMC Quote to note: “Surround yourself in shining souls that inspire you, lift you higher and bring forth the best in you.”  Last week, I read the news story on the upcoming Lt. Michael Quinn Scholarship…

Letters to the Editor

MAKE SOME NOISE IN THE STREET Dear Editor: Recently, while poking around the USS Constitution Museum gift shop, an interesting, brightly colored small yellow book caught my attention. titled, “YOU HAD BETTER MAKE SOME NOISE, Words to Change the World”.…

Job Fair for Encore

One of the largest job fairs for a single company will be happening over the next few months and local residents are encouraged to apply for a position.  Encore, Boston Harbor, is seeking to hire 5,000 people to staff the…