Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo this week unveiled the details of the plan he announced last February that will provide $1.3 billion to combat the ever-increasing effects of climate change. Among the major aspects of the plan will be the…
Category: Editorials
Guest Op-ed: Celebrate Our Rivers in June
By: Julia Blatt, Executive Director, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance At long last, a recent weekend presented one of those pristine days that remind us here in Massachusetts why we endure those winters. With warm spring weather finally here, many of us…
Congratulations to the Class of 2019
Graduation Day is one of the few occasions that brings a smile to the faces of everyone in a community, regardless of whether they know a graduate. It is an occasion when all of us share in the joy —…
Guest Op-ed: A Green New Deal of Action
By Jack Clarke Massachusetts needs its own Green New Deal – but it needs to be a deal of action. Although not a law but more a resolution expressing the will of the Congress on the necessity to address the…
Finally, Some Good News On the Environmental Front
Every few weeks — or even more often, it seems — we learn of some new, looming catastrophe for our planet because of the combined effects of climate change and the degradation of our environment by human activity. Everyone agrees…
Memorial Day Is a Day to Reflect upon Those Who Gave the Last Full Measure
The Memorial Day weekend is upon us, a three-day weekend that for most Americans marks the start of the summer season. Many will celebrate appropriately with barbecues and outdoor activities with family and friends. However, amidst our festivities, we should…
Letter to the Editor
May is Mental health awareness month Dear Editor: In America today, approximately 45-47 million, or 1 out of 5 Americans, is suffering with a mental health issue; and approximately 1 in 25 adults is currently experiencing a serious mental illness that substantially…
Guest Op-ed It’s Infrastructure Week 2019. Let’s #BuildForTomorrow, Starting Now
By Thomas M. McGee Infrastructure isn’t partisan. It’s personal. No matter where you live, your age, your education, if you drive, take the bus or ride a bicycle, infrastructure has a profound impact on your daily life. We all have…
Anti-Vaccine Hysteria Puts All of Us at Risk
The recent outbreak of measles in the United States is cause for concern for every Amercian. First and foremost, measles is a highly contagious disease that places at risk anyone who is in the vicinity of someone who is infected…
Big Tobacco: The Empire Strikes Back Or: Is Your Child a Nicotine Addict?
In the mid-1990s, our newspaper group was honored in consecutive years by the Massachusetts branch of the American Cancer Society for our reporting and editorials regarding the regulation of tobacco products in our local communities. We wrote about every aspect…