It was an America at peace with itself this long Memorial Day weekend. The kick-off to the Summer of 2011 went smoothly in New England and here in the Greater Boston area where the weather finally, fully, wonderfully cooperated, sending…
Category: Editorials
The Weather
Cab drivers share cab stories. Cops trade cop stories. New Englanders talk about the weather. For the past ten days we have experienced nothing but rain, cold, dreariness and more dreariness. This spate of bad weather at a time when…
Arnold Schwarzenegger
A great deal of media has been generated because the former governor of California and one of Hollywood’s great movie stars has admitted to fathering a son out of wedlock. By doing so, this has caused his wife Maria Shriver…
A Week of Rain is Forecast
The weekend was about gray skies and rain. Monday came up gray and rainy. The weathermen and women on Boston’s major television stations are all predicting a week of gray and rain at a time when all of us want…
Pension Funding not Up to Par
The city of Lynn has unfunded pension obligations of almost $451 million for 2,020 retired employees and 1497 current employees. This is not new news. It is the same old news and quite likely, nothing will be done about it.…
Lynn Showing its Colors, again
In the entire state of Massachusetts there are 1700 public school buildings. A recent study conducted by the state of all those buildings found 23 in the dead on arrival category. Two of those are located in the area –…
A Sunday to Remember
By all accounts, Sunday was a lovely spring day. A bit cool with a sea breeze all day – but a fabulous day to be alive and, it turns out, to be an American. Lynn and all of the North…
Hall of Famers
Our congratulations to Lynn candlepin bowlers Joseph Tavernese and Nancy Vestal. Both bowlers have been notified by International Candlepin Bowling Association officials that they have been selected for places in the Candlepin Bowling Hall of Fame. This is a tremendous…
Home Prices Decline; with No End in Sight
Those of us who live in this city tend not to check out the value of our homes anymore at websites like Zillow. Those who are brave enough to do so always report back that the situation is very bad,…
Municipal Salaries Now and Then
Most local newspapers print municipal salaries as though they are all about insults, shock and awe – that we should be shocked that municipal employees make good salaries and benefits with the awe – why should it be that way?…