LETTERS - Marblehead Current

27 Dec

LETTER: Taking Buckingham’s recommendations to heart

Will Dowd0 CommentsLETTERS

To the editor: I've decided that in 2023, I'm going to take your recommendations (Re: Patience Bingo) to heart, especially the one about deleting the first email response? Admittedly, it's been soul-satisfying to fire off a clever, witty, slightly insulting reply to an especially irritating email, an electronic letter full of egregious spelling errors, or an implausible response from a vendor to whom I had sent a patient and sensible message requesting a further explanation of "lifetime warranty." The keystrokes are heavy and the prose…

11 Dec

LETTER: An appeal from the Marblehead Task Force Against Discrimination

Will Dowd0 CommentsLETTERS, Opinion, Viewpoints

To the editor: The Marblehead Select Board has set up donation accounts for various committees within the Town of Marblehead for citizens to make charitable contributions. One of the committees is the Marblehead Task Force Against Discrimination (MTFAD) which was founded in 1989 by the Select Board after a series of hate crimes in our community. For over 30 years, the Task Force has provided programs combating bigotry and promoting respect while seeking to support those affected by discrimination in Marblehead. As part of its…

11 Dec

LETTER: Net Zero goal is laudable, but transition demands more time

Will Dowd1 CommentLETTERS, Opinion, Viewpoints

To the editor: A column entitled “Local actions have global consequences” in the Nov. 23 issue of the Marblehead Current sets out goals for the town to reach Net Zero by 2040. These goals, while ambitious are also risky. The energy supplied by fossil fuels has supported an ever-increasing standard of living and life expectancy since the late 1800s. Alternatives must be affordable and reliable if we move away from fossil fuels. Otherwise, our standard of living will be degraded. Acting locally makes sense, but…

05 Dec

LETTER: Reminds me of dad

Kris Olson0 CommentsLETTERS, Opinion, Viewpoints

To the editor: My compliments to Brenda Kelley Kim for her article entitled "Words matter" in the Marblehead Current of Nov. 30. Her story about her father reminds me of my father; he once advised me, "Say what you mean, and mean what you say.” He gave me that advice only once, long ago, but I still remember it. He was well respected in Sherborn, where we lived, and he served as town moderator there for many years. Tim Parker Arthur Avenue

29 Nov

LETTER: ‘This (reportorial) porridge is just right’

Will Dowd0 CommentsLETTERS, Local News, Opinion, Viewpoints

As a one time journalist, broadcaster, avid consumer of news and fifty year resident of this "blessed" community let me paraphrase Goldilocks, "Ahhh, this (reportorial) porridge is just right, she said happily and she ate it all up." So did I. News you can really use. Local to a fault. Professional, pertinent writing with a clean look and appealing photography. A subtle double entendred name. Oh, all that on real paper delivered to the door and somehow non-profit. Democracy and the Town can't work without it.…