Category: Opinion

Happy Fourth of July

With the Fourth of July falling on a Friday this year, many of us will be enjoying a long holiday weekend for which the weather is expected to cooperate. The Fourth of July brings back fond recollections from our youth,…

Enjoy a “Safe and Sane” Fourth

Back at the turn of the last century (i.e., 1900), newspapers exhorted their readers to observe a “safe and sane” Fourth of July. That’s because in communities big and small all across America, the founding of our nation had become…

Mayhem in the Bike Lane

We’re bicyclists. We train for a triathlon every year, which means we’re out on the road for long rides whenever weather permits. Some of our fondest memories are of bicycling with our children on family vacations to the Cape and…

March is the Cruelest Month

According to meteorologists, “meteorological spring’” arrived last week on March 1. For those who prefer to mark the seasons astronomically, spring officially will arrive in two weeks on March 20 (at 5:01 AM), marking the vernal equinox. But regardless of…

Happy New Year

      It’s hard to believe that another year has passed and that 2025 is here — and that we now are entering the second quarter of the 21st century.       For those of us who are close to three-quarters of a…