LTE: Give credit to city workers
To the editor: City workers do not get the credit they deserve. After having two trees removed last fall, the Department of Public Works came by and removed... Read more.
LTE: Swampscott Select Board denies cost-of-living adjustment
To the editor: Two weeks ago, The Item ran a lengthy article about the Swampscott Select Board’s vote to deny the town’s retirees an additional 2% cost-of-living... Read more.
LTE: Climate change makes an Independence Day appearance
To the editor: For the past 40 years, my husband and I have viewed the Fourth of July fireworks from two vantage points: Fort Sewall in the days when the... Read more.
LTE: Thank you for your kindness, Marblehead
To the editor: Last April we were asked if we would host a Ukrainian refugee family who had recently arrived in Lynn after fleeing Kyiv. Like many others,... Read more.
LTE: The FCC deregulation ignores Lynn’s rural communities
To the editor: I recently learned that the Federal Communications Commission is deregulating the telecom industry, allowing them to shut down old-fashioned... Read more.
LTE: A broader view of history and housing
To the editor: I would like to thank and commend Aaron Berdofe for his excellent article in the June 13 issue of The Item about the issues to be considered... Read more.
LTE: A rude interruption in Lynn
To the editor: I want to thank my neighbors for their overwhelming response to the neighborhood meeting I hosted in opposition to the Broadway traffic plan... Read more.
LTE: Tucker is not a dangerous dog
To the editor: In Anthony Cammalleri’s follow-up article, “Nahant rules Tucker a ‘dangerous dog,’ lets him live,” the Horrigans’ attorney, Jeremy... Read more.
LTE: The truth about Marblehead’s Question 1
To the editor: As the parent of a Marblehead Public Schools student, and as a lifelong Marbleheader, I understand how easy it is to get caught up in the “‘yes’... Read more.
LTE: A thank you to the Marblehead Fire Department
To the editor: I am the caregiver for a 90-year-old man living in Marblehead. Last Sunday morning, he fell in his kitchen and I could not help raise him.... Read more.