As we are writing this, we are watching the news reports about the mass shooting that occurred in Highland Park, Illinois, during a Fourth of July parade on Monday morning. We initially were disappointed with the news coverage of this…
Category: Editorials
The Experts Know Nothing
Listening to the so-called experts, both in and out of government, who opine these days about the present and future state of the economy, can leave your head spinning. For every self-described expert who says that the economy is strong,…
Letter to the Editor
On John Gaffney Dear Editor, I’m sad to hear of the passing of John Gaffney in your pages. My condolences to John’s family. Gaff” as we called him on the RHS hockey team was a person I will never forget. …
Fourth of July Memories
This weekend brings the Fourth of July, the celebration of the birth of our nation and an opportunity for all of us to partake in summertime fun with friends and family. The Fourth of July brings back fond recollections from…
Guest Op-Ed: MBTA Crisis Is an Emergency for Our Region
By Joe Gravellese When I ran for office two years ago, I did so because I was deeply concerned about the decaying of our transportation system. This crisis impacts the entire Greater Boston region, but is especially challenging to residents…
Guest Op-Ed: Keeping Our City Housed
By Sen. Lydia Edwards & Juan Pablo Jaramillo Revere has long been the quintessential gateway city. With a delicate balance of working-class families that have been here for generations, and a constant flow of immigrants that has continuously renewed our…
Letters to the Editor
On the Council Meeting “Dear Editor, My wife and I bought a house in Revere in 2003. Since then, we’ve raised our two daughters, have been very involved in our community and have become very proud Revere residents. We love…
Boating and Drinking Don’t Mix
A national news headline caught our attention recently: “Five people, including four from the same family, died in a boating collision on Saturday along a river popular with boaters outside Savannah, Ga., the authorities said. Four other people were injured,…
Letter to the Editor
In Opposition to Zoned Biolab Dear Editor, A vast majority of the residents of Revere are astonished and outraged that a possible level 2 or 3 Biolab is about to be built in our city at the site of the…
We Urge Our Legislators To Support Lobster Fishing Bill
Most of us are environmentalists to some extent. We doubt there are few among us who do not find it heartbreaking that there was a record number of deaths of manatees this past year in Florida because excessive algae growth…
Exasperated by High Energy Costs? Wait Until This Winter
Barely a day goes by without a news story about the high cost of gasoline and energy prices in general. Economists and energy market experts point to a host of reasons as to why the market prices for oil and…
Letter to the Editor
Hypocrisy. Dear Editor, Violence in our society is a symptom rooted in deep hurt, anger and fear. Insecure broken homes, lack of purpose and fatherly leadership all contribute to this. The fact that we are created in God’s image has…
Guest Op-Ed: Protecting Our Children From the Shooters
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Most federal career politicians end up very wealthy. They make good salaries. They have great health insurance and very nice retirement packages. They typically develop political action committees that cover expenses the government doesn’t pay. When…
Congratulations to the Class of 2022
These have been difficult times for all of us, but particularly for our young people, who have sacrificed so many of their rites of passage to the demands of the pandemic during these past two years. For older people such…
Guest Op-Ed: Revere Housing Coalition Statement on the Inclusionary Zoning
By Lor Holmes Skyrocketing housing costs are displacing Revere residents like never before. When a family is forced to move to find affordable housing, their sometimes generations-deep connections to the community are broken, and Revere loses a little part of…
A Memorial Day Truism: Freedom Isn’t Free
For the first time in 20 years — that’s an entire generation — America’s military men and women are not fighting a war on foreign soil. The withdrawal of our remaining troops from Afghanistan last August brought to an end…
Guest Op-Ed: Statement on the Tragedy in Buffalo, N.Y.
By Mayor Brian Arrigo The Revere Human Rights Commission and I stand united in the following statement to recognize the recent tragedy our country faced in Buffalo. It is with great dismay that we have witnessed another hideous and racially…
No End in Sight for Our Recurring National Nightmare
The horrific and tragic mass shooting that occurred in Buffalo, New York, on a quiet Saturday afternoon in a supermarket in a predominantly Black community once again has highlighted how the intersection of racial hatred fomented by the internet and…
If Women Were World Leaders, There Would Be No More Wars
It’s well-known that men constitute most of the sociopaths among us. A sociopath by definition lacks empathy, a person who has no conscience. Although childhood trauma and abuse can alter a person’s brain, sociopaths for the most part are born,…
Guest Op-Ed: Buffalo, Laguna Woods, Houston – The World Gets Crazier Every Day
By Dr. Glenn Mollette A good person did not enter a grocery store in Buffalo, New York killing ten people and wounding multiple others. A good person did not enter a church in Laguna Woods, California wounding many and killing…
