Truer Words for July 10, 2026
“Isn’t it interesting that people feel best about themselves right before they go on vacation? They’ve cleared up all of their to-do piles, closed…
The founders’ faith
Two hundred fifty years ago this week, 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence, breaking with the most powerful empire on earth. The Declaration…
Truer Words for July 3, 2026
“The essence of America, that which really unites us, is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion. It is an idea, and what an idea…
Harvard’s Fourth needs you
A week from Saturday, somewhere between 1,000 and 1,500 people will line Ayer Road and Mass. Ave. to watch the parade, and then head…
Among competing needs, affordable housing must remain a town goal
I want to clarify a comment that was attributed to me in last week’s Press article on the continuing effort to bring solar to…
Fourth of July volunteers and singer wanted
With only a week until the Independence Day celebrations, the Fourth of July Committee is in desperate need of volunteers to help with the…
Sprague conservation land cleared of invasives
Last week the West Bare Hill Road edge of the Sprague conservation land was cleared to remove invasives and enhance views of this beautiful…
Truer Words for June 26, 2026
“News is the first rough draft of history.ˮ — Philip Graham (1915–1963, American newspaperman)…
