The Safe Operation of Ships
by Donald Moskowitz As a former Navy Enlisted (1950s) and Naval Officer (Navigator and Officer of the Deck, 1960s), I am quite concerned with the recent collisions by our warships in Asian waters. We lost seven sailors in the collision of the USS Fitzgerald and another ten sailors in the collision of the USS John S. McCain. Two guided missile destroyers are out [...]
Innovations at Boston Public Schools Get Full Test This Fall
By Richard Campbell This past July the Boston Public Schools signed a contract with nationally known Revolution Foods to provide school breakfast and lunches, in the hopes of significantly boosting nutrition and taste for meals consumed by Boston school students. Given the past reputation of the food at BPS that this writer saw in online forums, the move could [...]
Sunday at the Seaport
by Rick Winterson Last Sunday afternoon, August 26, was memorable, in part because of the 2017 Jazz Fest in South Boston’s Maritime Park, in part because of how varied the South Boston Seaport vista has become, and in part due to Mother Nature’s gift of incredible weather. It was an afternoon to walk leisurely from east to west in the [...]
First Places for Yacht Club’s Junior Sailors
South Boston Yacht Club sailors (from left): Owen (Instructor), Mary, Erin, Matt (instructor), Jacob, Bill (Junior Sailing Committee), Dylan, Sinead (holding the winner’s cup), Ernie (SBYC Commodore), Tommy, Kiera, Jack, Jaelyn, Eddy (standing), Maeve, and Isabel. Not present: Sean (Instructor), Lydia, Colin, Duncan, Lily, and Ian. In the recent set of two races between the young sailors from the Harry [...]
Back to School: Sage Ideas for Academic Development
Students: Academic Links for this story are at the bottom of the page. By Richard Campbell Summer is over. Where did it go, you might ask? Now you are ready for school. Right. And the Celtics are going to win the championship this year too! All kidding aside, many student’s find research and writing skills to be the most difficult things [...]
Mayor Walsh Visits West Broadway Unity Day
by Rick Winterson It was very much to his credit that Mayor Martin J. Walsh dropped in at last Saturday’s West Broadway Unity Day celebration. Last Saturday was the day of the so-called “Boston Free Speech” Rally on Boston Common. A permit allowing such a gathering was issued – fittingly so, because the Common (within hailing distance [...]