Opinion - Page 58

Letter: Control light pollution

May 19, 2023
In the Washington Post of May 5, Dana Milbankfocused on light pollution, a growing problem everywhere, including in Concord. Night skies grew 10% brighter per year over the past decade, much from

Letter: Why I Will Opt Out of AMS

May 19, 2023
Concord Light’s imminent “advanced metering system” (AMS) will support new rates based on each household’s hourly electricity consumption. Sadly, AMS will also compromise our privacy and threaten our personal and environmental health.

Letter: Concord needs changes to Town Meeting

May 19, 2023
Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 39 limits Open Town Meeting voting to in-person voting. This results in decisions affecting all residents being made by a very small percentage of registered voters who have

Letter: Speak your piece on the future of Hanscom

May 19, 2023
There is a large proposal for expansion of land area, airplane hangars and other infrastructure at Hanscom Field which will serve to enhance the convenience of private jet users, at the expense

Letter: No FinCom ‘plan’ for School Budget

May 19, 2023
I am moved to write regarding the May 12 article, “FinCom Plan to Rein in School Budget Declined,” by Betsy Levinson. While the disproportionate school budget cuts proposed by the FinCom were

Letter: Concord’s wealth divide, redux

May 19, 2023
At Town Meeting, we discovered another outcropping of Concord’s wealth divide. To put that a bit more formally, we exposed again the putatively bimodal distribution of financial means, across town. Three months
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