Letter to the Editor: Tips for protecting seniors
COVID-19 is spreading quickly through communities housing seniors and those living with disabilities, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, senior... Read more.
Rethinking seniors and housing
Twenty-five veterans died at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home including 18 who tested positive for coronavirus. More than half of the almost 100 residents in a Wilmington... Read more.
Letter to the Editor: Moratorium on evictions and foreclosures needed now
Lynn United for Change is joining housing justice groups, community organizations, and unions across the state in urging the State Legislature to enact a strong... Read more.
The monster never wins
The phone rang at 2 a.m. My first thought was, “Who’s calling me at this hour?” I rolled over and looked at my phone. I didn’t recognize the number right... Read more.
Commentary: Public higher education’s response to coronavirus
Those familiar with academia know that the wheels of change often move slowly. Yet the coronavirus pandemic has proven just how nimble institutions of higher learning... Read more.
How will coronavirus change us?
It took coronavirus two weeks to turn us from people eating side by side in restaurants, standing jam-packed in concerts or on public transit and walking down crowded... Read more.
Letter to the Editor: Please … stay home
For physicians and others from the medical community, the outpouring of support from our patients and our communities has been appreciated more than words could... Read more.
Letter to the Editor: Congress must prioritize health system
The risks we all face right now are only further magnified for people in poverty or people cut off from health services. Strong, resilient health systems around... Read more.
Letter to the Editor: Debbie, you will be missed
Editor’s note: Salvy Migliaccio is a former Lynn City Council president who served as councilor at-large. I had the honor of serving with Debbie Smith Walsh... Read more.
FR. Brian Flynn: Keeping the faith in time of crisis
(Editor’s note: The Item feels that in times such as these, a spiritual perspective, such as that of Fr. Brian Flynn, is helpful. We invite clergy from any religion... Read more.