Harugari Christmas The Harugari Singing Society, 66 Highland St., is planning two Christmas events: Sunday, Dec. 2 is the annual Christkindl Markt. Open to the public it offers a Rouladen Dinner this is $18 for members and $25 for non-members. … [Read more...] about Around town
Historian’s corner
Pilgrim or Puritan? We today often use the words Puritan and Pilgrim interchangeably, and yet the difference in the two is quite significant: those who came on the Mayflower to found the starving colony of Plymouth in 1620 were the Pilgrims; the … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
Letters
O’Brien eyes run for mayor in ‘19 I am going to spend the next few months talking to residents and exploring the possibility of running again for the Office of Mayor, a seat I held from 2013-2017. Why would I seek to run? The answer is simple: … [Read more...] about Letters
Trump unbowed in midterm
By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Midterm losses typically humble a sitting president of the United States, but Donald Trump is beyond humbling. He is the most unbowed president ever to lose a house of Congress. Anyone who thought Trump … [Read more...] about Trump unbowed in midterm
Editorial
Thanksgiving 2018 When Puritans left England in May of 1620, they were unsure what lay ahead for them, knowing they had to endure months at sea making the crossing. They were looking to create a “Shining City on a Hill” filled with believers in the … [Read more...] about Editorial
Gripevine
Dear Eleanore Turkington: Wow! Your Gripe Vine complaints on Nov. 6 were exactly the same as some of my complaints, so I have to add my gripes to theirs. We have been bothered for a few years now with the blasting of the music and sports … [Read more...] about Gripevine
Dear Felicia
Well sweetie pie, it’s hard to believe that it’s Thanksgiving already. Here in the Asylum by the sea, yew can tell it’s Thanksgiving cuz the city workers have been working like the Dickens trying to git the Green all gussied up for the tree-lighting … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
O’Brien eyes new run at City Hall
Saying the city is “too great to give up on,” former two-term mayor Edward M. O’Brien is exploring the possibility of regaining the seat he lost in a Sept. 14, 2017 primary to current Mayor Nancy Rossi. The two were locked in one of the tightest … [Read more...] about O’Brien eyes new run at City Hall
Small business highlighted on Saturday
By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice Mayor Nancy R. Rossi has announced the city’s participation in the ninth annual Small Business Saturday on Nov. 24. Nov. 24 also marks the lighting of the city’s Christmas tree on the Green. The … [Read more...] about Small business highlighted on Saturday
Annual tree-lighting set Saturday
By Michael P. Walsh Special to the Voice The annual lighting of the Christmas tree on the Green will herald an evening of merrymaking Saturday. On a nearby stage on Main Street, the festivities will kick off at 4 p.m. with a rendition of the … [Read more...] about Annual tree-lighting set Saturday