We are in favor of a casino in Suffolk Downs as part of the state’s expanded gambling venue. As we have written many times, a casino means many new jobs, hundreds of millions in new construction and infra structure investment…
Category: Editorials
Center of Town – The revitalization of Maverick Square
There is a new and better energy in Maverick Square. It is apparent to everyone who transits through the square that the place is being remade entirely. Now with the new health center facility about to break ground, the square…
Leo Mahoney
The owner of Eastern Minerals left quite a legacy – and that legacy was built by a man whose word was his bond and who very badly wanted to do the right thing when it was necessary. For many, many…
It’s Not Enough – Firefighters offer is inadequate
Let’s face it. If Boston’s firefighters were asking for a 19% raise and the economy was flying and unemployment was low and business expansion was robust, would anyone care? But the economy is retrograde. It is weak and ineffectual when…
The Local Economy – Gambling bill grows more important by the day
Everything has changed about the national and local economies since the near collapse of the banking system in 2008. That near calamity has turned the economic system upside down. Locally, nearly all business expansion has come to a stop. Foreclosures…
Celtic Pride Hoop team drives toward another title
It was like a return to yesterday when the Celtics beat Orlando over the weekend. The Celtics looked like Celtics champions of old – that is – proving on the court that a single superstar is no competition when faced…
Finish It – Residents deserve a completed health study
Massport should pay for the completion of a nearly ten year study about the impact of the airport on local health because the state has no money to do so is a good idea. About $200,000 is needed to complete…
Under-Utilized – The East Boston waterfront is ripe for development — and good ideas
With the positive exception of a few developments on Sumner Street during the past five years, the East Boston waterfront remains as it has been, as it might always be – relatively empty and under-utilized and awaiting a great new…
The Bridge – Quite a contrast between old and new
Construction of the Chelsea Street Bridge is moving forward at a rapid clip. The East Boston side of the bridge is the new center of gravity for the project for the next few weeks. The contrast between the old and…
The Glass is Half Full – Water fiasco provides an opportunity to get answers to vital questions
The great water crisis of 2010 has passed, and with it, the understanding that Greater Bostonians for all our bluster and modern might, had no clean water – about two million of us in all – from Saturday to Tuesday…