By Phil Orlandella Corporate Sponsors Help Maintain Columbus Park Corporate sponsors make it possible for the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park (FOCCP) to keep the very active community park maintained. Along with membership fees, FOCCP not only keeps the park…
Category: Editorials
How Are Those New Year’s Resolutions Going?
All of us, consciously or subconsciously, make some sort of New Year’s resolution in the hope of improving our lives and those of our loved ones. Without a doubt, the most common New Year’s resolution is weight loss, which is…
Opinion
By Phil Orlandella NEWNC/NEWRA Ready for 2024 Tasks The new year (2024) promises to be loaded with many community challenges, issues and concerns that could have impacts on the community in general. Most of, if not all of the requests…
Letters to the Editor
NEW Health’s North End’s Third Floor Is Now Open Dear North End Patients and Community Members, NEW Health’s North End location at 332 Hanover Street is pleased to announce that the third floor construction is complete and the third floor…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Never Gave Up
For those of a certain age, it is hard to imagine that 2024 will mark 56 years since the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis while he was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel…
Replace Belichick? Good Luck With That!
As we are writing this at the beginning of the week, there is rampant speculation that the Patriots are going to fire Bill Belichick, who undeniably is the greatest football coach of all time. Yes, he had a great quarterback…
Opinion
By Phil Orlandella Salvati Receives Well Deserved Award Lifelong North End resident Marie Salvati, a community activist, was recently the recipient of the Fred “Uncle Fred” Carangelo Award presented at the 51st North End Christmas Luncheon. The award started back…
Thank You, Gov. Healey, Sen. Warren, and Sec. Santiago
We wish to offer a sincere “Thank you” to Governor Maura Healey, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Dr. Jon Santiago (Massachusetts’ first-ever Secretary of the Executive Office of Veterans’ Services) for affirming their commitment to veterans at last week’s ribbon-cutting…
Yes, Those College Presidents Were Wrong
We never thought that we would find ourselves agreeing on anything with Elise Stefanik, the obnoxious Congresswoman from New York. But, as the saying goes, “Even a broken clock is right twice a day,” and we concur with the call…
Opinion
By Phil Orlandella Representative Michlewitz comes through Unfortunately, there is no way in hell that an elected official can meet all the needs and requests of the community they represent… Just can’t happen! But Representative Aaron Michlewitz has come damn…