The announcement last week by House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo that the state will be investing $1 billion over the next decade to help communities across Massachusetts adopt technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fortify infrastructure is welcome news…
Category: Editorials
Guest Op-ed Building a Community at Suffolk Downs
By Councilor Lydia Edwards The redevelopment of Suffolk Downs will reshape East Boston. With concrete plans now before the city for review, now is the time for our neighborhood to speak up for development that builds on the strengths of…
Letters to the Editor
Outraged Dear Editor As a lifelong resident of East Boston I write to express my outrage at the racist anti-immigrant flyers posted by outsiders. East Boston is historically a community where waves of immigrants chose to live, work and raise…
Traffic, Traffic Everywhere
A recent national report confirmed what those of us in the Greater Boston area have known all-too-well for all-too-long: That by some measures, traffic congestion on our metropolitan roadways is the worst in the entire nation and among the worst…
Green New Deal Is A Good Deal
The growing movement for the federal government to take the lead in effecting policies that will negate the effects of both economic inequality and climate change has been incorporated into what is being referred to as the Green New Deal.…
Job Fair for Encore
One of the largest job fairs for a single company will be happening over the next few months and local residents are encouraged to apply for a position. Encore, Boston Harbor, is seeking to hire 5,000 people to staff the…
Guest Op-ed EPA – Do Your Job
By Jack Clarke Among the hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed during the record-setting partial government shutdown, were those responsible for tracking pollution, safety hazards, and other threats to the American people’s health, safety, and welfare. EPA was missing…
Immigrants Are Our Future
It is an undeniable fact of history that all Americans other than Native Americans are descendants of immigrants. It also is undeniably true that immigrants have not always been welcome with open arms, starting most conspicuously with the Know-Nothing Party…
Guest Op-Ed: Ask Rusty – Confused about Enrolling in Medicare and Social Security
Dear Rusty: I will be 64 years old in 2019 and thinking about Social Security. My full retirement age is 66 and two months, and I’m trying to figure out the best way to get the most out of my retirement.…
Thank You, Bob Deleo
It’s hard to believe that it has been 10 years since Winthrop/Revere State Rep. Bob DeLeo was elected the Speaker of the House by his colleagues. (Yes, time flies.) We wish to make note of the 10th anniversary of Speaker…