Day: August 11, 2024

To the editor: Ahead of Marblehead’s May 2024 town meeting, many residents expressed reasonable concerns about the impact of constructing new housing on the value of existing homes, a potential impact of the town’s 3A zoning plan. This is a perfectly reasonable concern. For many American families, their home is their largest repository of wealth. A policy change which puts at risk the value of one’s primary asset is worthy of close scrutiny indeed. This week, the Marblehead Housing Coalition is pleased to release its…

To the editor: There was an era in this nation’s history when it was legal for one human to enslave another. There was an era in this nation’s history when women had no independent existence from their fathers or husbands, who claimed dominion over all their possessions, the fruits of their labor and even their children. There was an era in this nation’s history when industrial interests could thoughtlessly imperialize on virgin land, and pollute with impunity. There was era in this nation’s history when…