The death last week of 25 year-old Mass. State Police (MSP) Trainee Enrique Delgado-Garcia in a boxing ring during a “training exercise” is, in a word, unfathomable. Mr. Delgado-Garcia was less than one month away from graduating and achieving his…
Category: Editorials
A Great Road Race!
We’d like to offer our thanks and congratulations to the Chelsea400 committee and the folks from Chelsea Recreation and Cultural Affairs who organized a superb 5K road race through the streets of the city on a perfect late-summer morning this…
Remembering 9/11
For anyone who is old enough to remember September 11, 2001, all of us know exactly where we were and what we were doing when we heard the terrible news. For this generation of Americans, that day was as memorable…
Letter to the Editor
Hello From Fort Moore Dear Editor, I hope this message finds you well. As many of you know, my commitment to public service extends beyond my role as your state senator. It is with great pride and a sense of…
Guest Op-ed: A milestone for Massachusetts housing: New Solutions for a Growing Crisis
By Sen. Lydia Edwards On July 31st, the Massachusetts legislature passed a groundbreaking $5.2 billion housing bond bill. Less than a week later, Governor Maura Healey signed it into law, setting the stage for one of the most ambitious efforts…
Red Sox and Pats are Taking the Fans for Granted
For the third year in a row and fifth time in six years, the Red Sox appear doomed to fail to reach the playoffs, a stretch of futility that the Patriots promise to mimic almost precisely if they fall short…
The Hostages are Just Pawns
The brutal deaths this past week of six innocent civilian hostages who were taken captive by the Hamas terrorists on October 7 has shone a bright light on a simple reality: The hostages are nothing but pawns, if even that,…
School’s Back — Drive with Care
With schools going back into session this week and next after the summer vacation, morning rush-hour commuters need to readjust our driving habits to ensure that we take into account the thousands of children who will be filling our streets…
Enjoy a Great — and Safe — Labor Day Weekend
Although the weatherman is not predicting a great Labor Day weekend (as we’re writing this, Saturday and Sunday are forecast for some showers), we hope that all of our readers will have a chance to make the most of the…
Thank You, Attorney General Campbell
We’d like to express our congratulations, and thanks, to Mass. Attorney General Andrea Campbell for her efforts in securing the recent landmark $600 million settlement with the major tobacco product companies. In addition to the $600 payment this year, the…