An Amazing Guy To the Editor, Pat Capogreco and I have been friends for some 16 years now. We met during the vigil that parishioners of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel began following the closing of the church back in…
Category: Editorials
Guest Op-ed: A Holiday Strategy
By Dr. Glenn Mollette The holidays can be glad, sad or bad. Take your pick and choose a direction. I choose glad. Who wants to be sad and who needs bad? I don’t want either one and neither do you.…
We Are Drinking, Drugging, Eating, and Stressing Ourselves to Death
Okay, we know it is the holiday season — a time for good cheer and all that. But the results of a report issued last week by the Centers for Disease Control reveal a disturbing and dangerous pattern in the…
Congratulations, Pat Capogreco on Your Retirement
We join with the entire East Boston community, especially his family members, friends, and colleagues, in congratulating well-known East Boston resident Pasquale “Pat” Capogreco upon his retirement from his position as a health inspector with the City of Boston Inspectional…
Letter to the Editor
On Youth Vaping Dear editor, Vaping by youth has become what the U.S. Surgeon General calls an epidemic and many people are working to find solutions. I’m asked frequently what can be done to turn the tide, and now new…
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday, tracing its roots back almost 400 years to the Pilgrims, long before there was even a thought of a United States of America. Thanksgiving is the ultimate family-centered holiday. It has no religious meaning,…
Enjoy the Holiday Safely
We would be remiss if we did not remind our readers to enjoy the holiday weekend, but to do so safely. And specifically, we really mean only one thing: Do not drink & drive, nor allow friends & family members…
Guest Op-Ed: The Spirit of Giving in Boston
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Happy Thanksgiving, Boston! This is a special time to show gratitude for all the things and people that make our lives full. It’s a time for surrounding ourselves with loved ones (and watching football, of…
Food for Thought
For decades public health officials and the medical profession have warned Americans that our unhealthy eating habits have contributed to an epidemic of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, among other ill-effects, in our country. The irony of 21st century…
The Climate Scientists Have Been Wrong All Along
For the better part of three decades, the vast majority of scientists — including those hired by the petroleum industry — have warned the world that climate change is occurring principally because of carbon emissions from our addiction to fossil…