When we first heard the joke by Chris Rock that was directed at Jada Pinkett-Smith at the Oscars, we didn’t get it. It was not until Will Smith stepped up to smack Rock that we grabbed our laptop to do…
Month: March 2022
Recalling the April Fool’s Day Blizzard of 1997
This Friday, April 1, will mark the 25th anniversary of the great April Fool’s Day blizzard of 1997. As often is the case when a major storm strikes, the forecasters had not predicted the extreme severity of the storm. We…
Guest Op-Ed: Ukraine Refugees are Coming
Dr. Glenn Mollette America has been good to help people and more are on the way. Refugees from Ukraine are coming to America, up to 100,000 would be welcomed as recently announced by President Biden. The population of some communities will grow…
St. Mary’s Boys and Girls Are MIAA State Champions: St. Mary’s Boys Basketball Roars past Watertown to Claim Division 3 State Title
There were tense moments for the St. Mary’s High School boys basketball team who had won all 26 previous games it played in the state of Massachusetts this season. But in a second half of team basketball that was an…
St. Mary’s Girls Basketball Defeats Rockland, 46-44, to Capture the State Championship
The St. Mary’s High School girls basketball team won 26 games this season, but saved its best for last. Junior forward Kellyn Preira blocked Rockland’s last-second shot at the buzzer to give St. Mary’s a thrilling 46-44 victory over Rockland…
MS-13 Member Sentenced to 43 Years in Prison
An MS-13 member was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for RICO conspiracy and for his participation in the July 2018 murder of a teenage boy who was stabbed at least 32 times in a public park in Lynn. …
News Briefs
April’s Fool Bike Ride Set for April 2 Bike to the Sea’s first ride of the year will be held on April 2, starting along the car-free Northern Strand Community Trail at Bent Water Brewing, 180 Commercial Street, in Lynn.…
Massport Announces Goal to Be Net Zero by 2031
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) unveiled a new, bold agenda to reduce carbon emissions across all facilities and become Net Zero by 2031, coinciding with the Authority’s 75th anniversary. The Roadmap to Net Zero focuses on 100% of the greenhouse…
Spring Is in the Air for All the Senses
This past Sunday marked the vernal equinox, also known as the beginning of astrological spring. It’s one of the two days of the year — the other being the fall equinox — when day and night are roughly equal in…
What Will We Do If (When) Putin Uses a Nuclear Weapon?
With the news that Putin’s Russian army at best is facing a stalemate in Ukraine, the odds that Putin might use a so-called tactical nuclear weapon are increasing daily. The thing about autocrats is this: Just when you think they’ve…