According to meteorologists, “meteorological spring’” arrived last week on March 1. For those who prefer to mark the seasons astronomically, spring officially will arrive in two weeks on March 20 (at 5:01 AM), marking the vernal equinox. But regardless of…
Category: Editorials
The Real Reasons Our Natural Gas Heating Bills are So High
Everybody is complaining about the high cost of heating our homes with natural gas this winter, but this year’s spike in our bills, which has been exacerbated by the colder-than-usual winter, has been completely predictable. Massachusetts has had the 5th-highest natural gas prices…
State Officials Should Support Autonomous Vehicles ASAP
Last week in this space we expressed our view that legislation to allow communities to install speed-detecting cameras is ill-advised and not a great use of resources, although we suggested that red light cameras would be more efficacious for improving…
Opinion
By Phil Orlandella BPD needs to consider changes to 470-foot tower proposal Two Neighborhood groups have urged the City of Boston Planning Depart (BPD) and the developer, RMP Group, LLC to consider making changes to a proposed 470-foot tower along Medford,…
Our Remarkably Unremarkable Weather
When the National Weather Service made its long-range forecast for the winter last fall, it was a good news/bad news scenario. They were predicting warmer-than-normal temperatures for our region, which was the good news (after all, who likes cold weather),…
This is the SAD-dest Time of the Year – So Get Outside
With the holiday season long in the rear-view mirror and the oppressiveness of a New England winter fully upon us, for many this can be the saddest time of the year — quite literally. The medical community has long-recognized that…
Letter to the Editor
Thank You for Your Support Dear Editor, Friends of the North End, Happy New Year! We are excited to share more music and performing arts with you in 2025. We are so grateful to all of our supporters who contributed…
Christmas is fast approaching, but there’s still time to help those in need
It’s hard to believe that Christmas is just a week away. We realize that the compressed holiday shopping season has put even more pressure than usual on all of us, but we hope that all of our readers can find…
The Battle of the Bulge started 80 years ago this week
It was 80 years ago this week that the final big battle of WWII in Western Europe — the Battle of the Bulge — got underway. In brief, the Battle of the Bulge marked a last-ditch counter-offensive by the German…
Remember the Needy on your Shopping List
Americans already have been spending a record amount of money thus far this holiday season, spurred on by the extended “Black Friday” (we are using air quotes because Black Friday sales began in early November), Small Business Saturday, and Cyber…