We join the community in wishing our friends and neighbors of the Jewish faith a happy and healthy New Year. Rosh Hashanah began Sunday night at Jewish places of worship and the services include the traditional sounding of the shofar.…
Category: Editorials
Massachusetts Needs Gov Charlie Baker
With the state primary election now concluded, the ballot for the state election in November has been set, providing voters with the opportunity to see how the candidates match up for the various offices. Many of these contests feature either…
Global Leaders Dither While Disease Races to Latin America
You’re nearly twice as likely to die from colon cancer living in a Latin American country than you are living in the United States. Global health leaders are trying to fix this disparity. But unfortunately, they’ve misdiagnosed the problem. Some…
Hot, Hot, Hot
News reports about the hot weather and all of the records for high and highest-low temperatures that have been set this month in our region have become so commonplace that it is all-too-easy to read the headlines and move on…
Letters to the Editor
THANK YOU Dear Editor: Thank you for all the cards and phone calls for my recovery. “You’re the Best†Ann Young To the People of Revere, Chelsea, and Saugus – my Constituents, Neighbors, and Friends: Dear Editor, I hope…
Sen John McCain
In an era when cynicism and a lack of faith in our political leaders and institutions is at an all-time high — the roots of which can be traced back to the 1960s and the subsequent Watergate scandal — Sen.…
Get Out and Vote
This Tuesday, the day after Labor Day, is primary election day across the state for both national and state offices. Although primary elections in Massachusetts generally are of little or no consequence because of the overwhelming Democratic voting enrollment and…
Don’t Gamble the Planet’s Future on Unproven Technology
A group of senators recently introduced a bill that aims to combat climate change by funding research into “negative emission technologies,†which take greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere and store them underground. But these technologies aren’t very effective —…
Summer: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
For those of us who live for the triple-H weather of summer — hazy, hot, and humid — the six-week period we enjoyed from July 4th week through this past Saturday was our proverbial cup of tea. Temperatures in the…
National Grid Lock-Out of Workers Did Not Have to Happen
Imagine your employer locked you out of your job, stopped paying you and canceled health insurance for you and your family all as a way to send a message: When you get desperate enough you’ll come back with fewer benefits…
EPA is Right to Applaud Oil and Natural Gas Companies
The Environmental Protection Agency recently released a much-anticipated report on greenhouse gas emissions. It contains some great news. Between 2015 and 2016 — the last year measured — U.S. emissions dropped 1.9 percent. Unfortunately, it also contains some bad news.…
City and Business Community Respond to Necco Closure
The sudden shutdown of the Necco plant on July 24 triggered a good amount of anger and disillusion. What kind of company spends $17.3 million dollars in May, touts its experience and expertise while pledging to revive the Necco brand,…
DeMentia-Reporting Bill Will Help Us All
Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law a landmark bill this past week that has been hailed as a first-in-the-nation effort to require that medical professionals undergo training in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients with Alzheimer’s and other forms…
We’re All Proud of Chief Justice Dawley
That was a nice article by Seth Daniel last week in which he profiled Revere native Paul Dawley, who recently was reappointed to a five-year term as the Chief Justice of the state’s district courts. Chief Justice Dawley, who grew…
A Much-Needed Grant
“Salus populi suprema lex esto,†is an ancient Roman maxim, ascribed to Cicero, which translates, “Let the safety of the people be the highest law (of the nation).†Indeed, it is fair to say that our public safety departments rate…
Church Needs to Take Swift Action on Sexual Abuse
For the past several days, articles in the national media have reported accusations of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s sexual improprieties with several adults and his criminal violations of the sexual abuse of minors.ÊÊThese alleged actions, when committed by any person, are…
Want Better Business? Invest in Public Transit
Earlier this year, an Amazon executive called officials in Detroit to explain why the city had fallen out of contention for the retail giant’s new headquarters. The main reason? The lack of investment in Detroit’s regional public transit. The city…
A Look to the Future
The passage by the legislature of the $2.4 billion bond bill spearheaded by Speaker of the House Bob DeLeo, with the enthusiastic support of Revere State Rep. Roselee Vincent and State Senator Joseph Boncore, that will prepare our state’s coastal…
Summertime — and the Livin’ Is Easy
With this past week’s high temperatures and high humidity, those of us who work and live in air conditioned buildings have had a lot to be thankful for. Even a sojourn to the beach offers no relief from the heat,…
Letters to the Editor
ESPOSITO FAMILY SAYS THANK YOU Dear Editor: The family of Gerald “Jerry†Esposito want to take this opportunity to thank the people responsible for The Memorial Dedication in his honor on July 21, 2018 at the intersection of Mills Avenue…
