Our founding publisher, Andrew P. Quigley, who lived an extraordinary life, used to say, “When you look back on your life, you realize that all you really have is a lot of memories.” What brings these words to mind is…
Category: Editorials
Congratulations, U.S. Women’s Soccer
Every now and then the accomplishments of an individual athlete or team will transcend whatever it is that they have achieved in the world of sports. Prime examples include the late Muhammad Ali and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. …
Enjoy an Awesome — and Safe — 4th of July
With the Fourth of July falling on a Thursday this year, many of us will be enjoying an extra-long holiday weekend for which the weather hopefully will cooperate. The Fourth of July rekindles fond memories from our childhood of the…
Guest Op-Ed : Baby Boomers Should Be Wary of Medicare Changes
By Sandip Shah Baby boomers are aging rapidly. Around 10,000 Americans celebrate their 65th birthday every day. Unfortunately for these seniors, the government health care to which they’re entitled may put their lives at risk. That’s thanks to a…
Letter to the Editor : On The Right Whales
Dear Editor: We appreciate that your June 21 editorial “Another Sad Sign of the Times” calls attention to critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, but it made several misleading claims about their fight for survival and the current protections in…
Our National Disgrace At The Border
Hundreds of migrant children have been transferred out of a filthy Border Patrol station in Texas where they had been detained for weeks without access to soap, clean clothes or adequate food, the authorities confirmed on Monday, — The New…
Guest Op-Ed: Celebrate Your Community on Independence Day!
By Quint Studer As I go about my work of helping communities revitalize and reinvent themselves, I often get to see the best of America and I’m reminded that the foundations that built this country are still just as important…
Another Sad Sign of the Times
The news that North American right whales — considered to be the second-most endangered marine mammal in the world — have been migrating further north into Canada in just the past two years because of a shift in their traditional…
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, The following letter to John Correggio was submitted the Revere Journal for publication. Dear Brother Correggio, I am pleased to announce the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council #35 has endorsed your candidacy for Revere…
Speaker Deleo Prepares for the Future
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…
Let’s Celebrate Our Rivers This June – and Make Sure We Know it’s Safe to Jump in
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…
Ali Stroker Is an Inspiration for All of Us
At the age of two, Ali Stroker was in a car accident that resulted in a spinal cord injury that paralyzed her from the chest down, leaving her unable to walk and confining her to a wheelchair for the rest…
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…
Letters to the Editor
Local 4 Endorsements The following is a letter to Caniddate for City Council John Correggio from Local 4 International Union of Operating Engineers. Dear John, Local 4 is pleased to endorse your candidacy for Revere City Council. We are pleased…
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…
Letters to the Editor
Confronting Mental Health Dear Editor: In America today, approximately 45-47 million, or 1 out of five Americans, is suffering with a mental health issue; and approximately one in 25 adults is currently experiencing a serious mental illness that substantially interferes…
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…
