Another year of our lives is coming to a close. The year is ending not with a bang, but rather, with a whimper, as TS Eliot might have written of it. It was the best of years. It was the…
Category: Editorials
Christmas 2010
Christmas 2010 will go down in history as a great holiday celebration. Peace on earth. Good will to men. It is, indeed, all about that. If there was no Internet, evening news, radio talk shows or morning newspapers, and if…
Charter school, again
The charter school argument for those from this city includes almost none of our elected public officials. That tells you something right there. Senator Thomas McGee won’t step up to plate and hasn’t. Representative Steve Walsh was against a charter…
The lesson learned with the Memorial Auditorium
Julio Iglesias is one of the most noted tenors in the history of operatic music and singing. In his prime, his career knew no boundaries. He was, after Pavarotti, the greatest tenor in the world. And there he was Sunday…
Lynn against charter schools
Someone should read the riot act to educators and administrators in this city who find the moral and intellectual ability to stand against excellence by denouncing and undermining the efforts to have a charter school or two in this city.…
Thanksgiving 2010
Everything about our lives and about the well-being of our nation has been put in question by the nagging recession that has cost so many jobs and our belief in the banking system and even our belief in our ability…
The Lynn Auditorium is the place to be
With a succession of great acts gracing the stage of the Lynn Memorial Auditorium recently including even the great tenor Julio Iglesias, who will be appearing there soon, has given rise to the auditorium as a happening place for real…
Tori Faieta
We want to congratulate St. Mary’s High School senior Tori Faieta on her decision to attend Stonehill College. Faieta received a full scholarship from the outstanding institution as a result of her athletic and academic achievements at St. Mary’s. She…
The governor’s victory
In a working class city such as ours, the governor’s campaign message resonated. His plea to voters was to help people who need it, to treat people as human beings not as numbers on a Charlie Baker spread sheet. The…
Congrats to Donald Wong
He’s one of the few Republicans to be swept into local office here on the coattails of a great Democratic sweep. He’s Donald Wong, the newly elected Representative from Saugus who will be representing Lynnfield Street and its environs. He…