This week marks 56 years since the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. The genesis of the first Earth Day had begun a few months earlier when the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught fire because of the flammable chemicals…
Category: Editorials
Letter to the Editor
Growing Together: Keeping Eastie at the Center of Growth & Opportunity As we emerge from winter, East Boston Main Streets (EBMS) has been hard at work organizing, advocating, and investing in our neighborhood’s future. We recently wrapped up our first-ever…
Proud of Our Local “Link” to the Artemis II Space Mission
After watching the dramatic re-entry into our atmosphere of the Artemis II’s Orion capsule Integrity, its subsequent splashdown, and the retrieval of the four astronauts in the Pacific Ocean last Friday evening, we were proud to learn that one of…
AG Campbell Moves Forward vs. the Social Media Platforms
When Frances Haugen, a former data scientist with Facebook, disclosed thousands of internal documents to the Wall St. Journal in 2021 that revealed that Facebook’s own research showed the negative impacts of its Instagram algorithms on teen mental health, Americans…
“….To Boldly Go Where No Man has Gone Before…”
For those of us who were among the 600 million people who watched Neil Armstrong descend the ladder from the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle and set foot on the moon’s Sea of Tranquility on the evening (in the…
Happy Passover
Passover, which begins at sundown this Wednesday (April 1) and ends at nightfall next Thursday (April 9) celebrates the biblical story of the Exodus, when the Israelites were freed from slavery after the 10th plague on Egypt (each of which…
Happy Easter
This Sunday is Easter Sunday, the holiest and most significant day in the Christian faith, when Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which occurred two days after his crucifixion on Good Friday. Our friends of the Eastern Orthodox faith…
Mass. should end SNAP for junk food
First and foremost, we wish to express our abhorrence that federal SNAP benefits (formerly known as the Food Stamp program) have been eliminated for more than two million Americans thanks to the budget that Congress enacted last year. America is…
Zero Tolerance for Underage and Public Drinking on St. Patrick’s Day
With the approach of the St. Patrick’s Day/Evacuation Day holiday and traditional South Boston parade set for this Sunday, March 15, it is imperative that our public safety officials proactively enforce laws prohibiting public and underage drinking. While we appreciate…
Our Brave Soldiers Once Again are Defending Freedom
Regardless of whether one agrees with the undertaking of an undeclared war with Iran that ignited over the weekend, these hostilities once again have placed the lives of American soldiers at immediate risk on the front line. However, as our…