The East Boston Savings Bank held its annual holiday auction and raised more than $75,000 to help local organizations carry out their missions. Needless to say, the social problems that many non-profits are trying to combat are just constantly increasing,…
Category: Editorials
Thank You, Coach DiBiaso
When Supt. of Schools Frederick Foresteire calls John DiBiaso “the greatest coach in Massachusetts high school football history,” it’s hard to comprehend the magnitude of that statement. When you think of the more than 150 years of football in Massachusetts…
Homeslessness Among Senior Citizens is a Form of ‘Elder Abuse’
By Dan Weber Here’s a startling statistic from the Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]: “the homeless population is aging faster than the general population in the United States.” It’s a shameless embarrassment in a country with a tradition…
America as We Know It Is Over
It is difficult to understate the impact upon the future of our country of the Republican tax bill proposals that have been passed by the House and Senate and await a reconciliation between the two versions for a final vote…
Everett High Football Reigns Again
It wasn’t easy but winning state championships never are. Xaverian and Everett High played a tough, highly competitive game in the Division 1 Super Bowl. But as has been the case during this amazing era of high school football under…
Energy Lessons from Recent Hurricanes
By Merrill Matthews Hurricanes Harvey and Irma killed dozens of Americans and caused tens of billions of dollars in property damage. But there’s one silver lining. The storms taught us three invaluable lessons about the U.S. energy market. We need…
Good Luck, Everett High Football
Former Everett High football historian, the late Arn Boardman, is no doubt smiling and cheering at what is happening this season in the Crimson Tide football program he loved so much. Wow, this is great, Mr. Boardman would be saying:…
Let’s Get Going
A common complaint, one hears from everyone, is traffic — whether you are trying to get into Boston by way of the Tobin Bridge, or over the Alford Street Bridge, or just going down Broadway from the Malden Line to…
We Can Make It Less Profitable to Traffic Opioids
By John A. Cassara and Nathan Proctor The president will now declare what many of us experience first hand, the opioid epidemic is a national emergency. Frankly, with as many as 59,000 deaths in 2016, there doesn’t seem to be any other…
Remember Those in Need
For the vast majority of Americans, Thanksgiving and the holiday season is a joyous time when the abundance that life offers is most apparent in a wealthy nation such as ours. But the sad reality for many of our fellow…