The demolition of the former Showcase Cinemas complex to make way for an Amazon warehouse marks the end of an era for long-time local residents. Regular readers of our through the years column will note that it was 40 years…
Category: Editorials
General Colin Powell
The death this past week of General Colin Powell at the age of 84 removes from our country one of the most outstanding persons ever to serve the United States. Colin Powell was both a soldier and a statesman. What…
Get Your Booster Stat
With the FDA and the CDC recommending that already-vaccinated Americans over a certain age and with certain medical conditions receive booster shots, we urge all of our readers who qualify to receive a booster to do so as soon as…
Letters to the Editor
Remembering Priscilla Nickerson Dear Editor, This week we were all devastated to learn of the terrible news regarding the passing of Priscilla Nickerson. So many people over the years were fortunate to get to know her, and in the case…
Guest Op-Ed: Preparing for the Realities of Our New Economy
By Anthony D’Ambrosio Over the past few months, amid the return to in-person schooling and the beginning of the fall, you might have made a few of the following observations: • Your grocery bill has gone up, with beef, pork,…
Guest Op-Ed: Revere Proud!
By Carol Tye The opening of school is always a challenge, but the pandemic has made everything so much harder than it used to be. Like the rest of the world, we had supply problems and transportation problems and situations…
Board of Health Should Reconsider
For more than 30 years, this newspaper has urged our elected and non-elected officials at all levels of government to enact laws and regulations to minimize the influence of the tobacco industry, especially when it comes to their efforts to…
HRC Decision Lacks Transparency & Sensitivity
The abrupt decision of the Human Rights Committee last week to recommend to the City Council and mayor that the city replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day and that the Revere Italian-American community “find†another day to celebrate its…
Guest Op-Ed: Setting the Record Straight on the Quality Inn
By Mayor Brian Arrigo When I published my letter several weeks ago with concerns over the Boston Public Health Commission’s plans to relocate unhoused individuals to the Quality Inn, I knew that in breaking the story I was protecting our…
Letters to the Editor
Columbus Day Is a Part of History Dear Editor, Columbus Day is a holiday with controversy surrounding it. Many people believe it should go because of the mistreatment of the Native Americans. People are missing the point that Columbus Day…
Progressives Are Trump’s New Best Friends
As our regular readers know, we have been fully supportive of everything that entails the Progressive agenda in Washington, from the Green New Deal to tax increases on the wealthy and everything in between. If anything, we’d like to see…
School Masking Is Not a Parental Matter
According to an interview in the Boston Globe, a member (who is a medical doctor) of the unpaid COVID-19 advisory panel to Gov. Charlie Baker made this statement regarding masking by children in public schools: “Regardless of science, and there…
Sober October: Now More Than Ever
We all know that the pandemic has not been great for either our physical or mental health. One of the strongest indicators of this is that overall alcohol consumption increased by 14 percent among Americans in 2020 and 23 percent…
Guest Op-Ed: Preparing Our Children for the 21st Century Economy
By Anthony D’Ambrosio The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a devastating toll on our state’s students. Mental health issues have spiked, reaching crisis levels in many school districts. Nearly 300 schools in Massachusetts had chronic absenteeism rates of 30% or higher…
Guest Op-Ed: Regarding the Plan to Make Quality Inn a Homeless Shelter
By Dan Rizzo Boston City Officials have unilaterally decided to move their homeless, opioid, mental health, and alcohol afflicted, and unvaccinated COVID-19 residents from the Mass Ave. and Melena Cass Blvd. area (otherwise known as “Methadone Mileâ€) to a hotel…
Let’s Build a Drug Treatment and Homeless Facility in Dover
Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, when there was talk of expanding Logan Airport to the detriment of residents in the communities of Winthrop, Revere, Chelsea, and South Boston, among others, then-State Senator William Bulger of So. Boston suggested constructing…
Hey You — Take a Hike!
For many New Englanders, fall is their favorite season. The warm days and crisp evenings serve as the perfect midpoint between the heat and humidity of summer and the chill of winter. When you add in the spectacular colors of…
A Sad — But Predictable — Outcome
Amidst all of the big news stories during these past two weeks, perhaps the one that has grabbed the most attention from Americans of all ages involved the mysterious disappearance of 22 year-old Gabrielle Petito, the young woman who had…
Guest Op-Ed: Focus on What You Do
By Dr. Glenn Mollette If you want a friend be a friend. There is never a guarantee. However, if you do not put anything into a friendship it’s certain the friendship will never grow. Keep in mind that friendships take time.…
America Since 9/11: One Step Forward, Many Steps Back
Amidst the solemn ceremonies and remembrances this past weekend of the terrorist attack 20 years ago on 9/11, one thing is clear: America is far better protected from a similar act of terrorism than we were on 9/10/01. To be…
