LETTER: NVNA relies on partners for success
At Norwell Visiting Nurses Association and Hospice, we hope 2016 will be a healthy and prosperous new year for all.As an organization, we are excited about the year ahead and what is in store for us,...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Why legalizing marijuana is all wrong
Legalization of marijuana — law enforcement perspective:1. Regulate: The petitions and/or bills only regulate the retail market. There is no way to regulate legal possession, cultivation, processing MJ...
View ArticleLetter: Concern over upkeep of John Curtis Library
I have lived in the town of Hanover since the mid 60s. My wife and I came from just north of here, which meant a possible stop on the way to the Cape for an ice cream at Ridder’s or a meal at the North...
View ArticleSTEVE CONROY, Portland, Maine: Hanover repair shop impresses
Last Thursday my wife and I were heading home to Maine in our camper van after enjoying a few days on the Cape, including a stay at lovely Nickerson State Park in Brewster.Suddenly the needle on the...
View ArticleLETTER: Question 2 opens doors for all children
The following letter was send to Hanover School Committee Chairman John Geary.I am writing to express my disappointment in your school committee’s disingenuous and harmful decision to vote in...
View ArticleLETTER: Nyman knows importance of small business
I have lived in Rockland for 47 years, attended Rockland public schools, and graduated high school a year early in 1980. My wife was born in Rockland, and we built a home and raised our five children...
View ArticleLETTER: Environmental organizations not equally worthy
Homeowners beware!The Mariner has published an Environmental League of Massachusetts Action Fund endorsement of Kara Nyman. The article says this organization “helps pass laws that protect the...
View ArticleSALLY DRISCOLL, Hanover: Quincy Housing Authority should allow gardens
TO THE EDITOR:It would be a much kinder and more humane policy, if the Quincy Housing Authority would allow tenants to plant small gardens on the property of public housing developments. ("Housing...
View ArticleJANICE FRATTASIO, Hanover: Illegal aliens should not be protected
TO THE EDITOR:JANICE FRATTASIOHanoverSanctuary – immunity from laws – is supposed to be for innocent people only! Yet every person who is here illegally by breaking our border law is guilty and...
View ArticleLETTER: Hanover Mall TIF would help build toward the future
My name is Ed Callahan and I am a lifelong resident of the South Shore who has managed Hanover Mall for the last 22 years. During that time the property has had five different owners and in 2007 the...
View ArticleLETTER: Hanover Mall management grateful for community's support
We at the Hanover Mall and PREP (soon to be known as Hanover Crossing) want to thank the citizens of Hanover for their overwhelming support at the June 19 special Town Meeting, in favor of the tax...
View ArticleLETTER: Thanks to U.S. Rep. Bill Keating for caring about cancer
U.S. Representative Bill Keating, D-Bourne, cares about cancer patients and their families. He has been a staunch advocate for maintaining patient protections that are built into current healthcare law...
View ArticleWhat you need to know to be a responsible renter, landlord, neighbor
THE ISSUE: Under state law, renters and landlords have defined legal rights and responsibilities.THE IMPACT: The laws will affect the thousands of Massachusetts residents who enter new leases on Sept. 1.
View ArticleMassachusetts seeks waiver from MCAS-Alt limit
THE ISSUE: Some students with severe disabilities take an alternative to the MCAS.THE IMPACT: A new federal requirement caps the number of students who can take the alternative assessment, and...
View ArticleCars We Remember: Youth Group plans to restore a 1956 Mercury Medalist
Q: Hi Greg. Recently our church and youth group was gifted with a 1956 Mercury Medalist and wondered why the front bumper has the spelling MERCrRY — note the lower case "r." We have elderly family...
View ArticleSTEVE CORONELLA: What's in a name? In Ireland, plenty
When I moved to Dublin 25 years ago, my assimilation wasn't as straightforward as you might think. Even though I enjoyed an extensive network of Cork relations thanks to my emigrant grandparents Madge...
View ArticleGreen Day's punk rock party caps off the summer
Green Day's intentions were obvious from the start Monday night, as the Oakland trio played a warm and festive two-and-a-half hour concert to cap off the summer season at The Xfinity Center in...
View ArticleSimply Faithful: One person listening
When your birthday falls on the day your country officially recognized women’s right to vote, you feel a particular pull to the 19th Amendment. And this year, I felt a pull to spend my birthday...
View ArticleSTEVE CORONELLA: Snowflake schools boomer dad in ways of the world
DUBLIN – A couple of weekends back I got buried in a blizzard of snowflake indignation.The human weather front responsible for my discomfort came in the form of my son, who's 19 but resembles a...
View ArticleLETTER: Taking the cancer fight to Capitol Hill
In mid-September, I had the honor of representing Massachusetts on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. with more than 700 of my fellow American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) volunteers...
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