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MAKING CENTS: You and your partner need to talk: Whether you have more money than Elvis or aren’t sure that you can reti...
03/24/2017

MAKING CENTS: You and your partner need to talk: Whether you have more money than Elvis or aren’t sure that you can retire, keeping either spouse in the dark about material financial issues will eventually be a problem. I‘m not saying that you’ll be headed for divorce court, although money is frequently a root cause of marital disharmony. In the case where your family has wealth, financial communication is vital to your long term relationship. I’ve met many wealthy clients who still work because they [...]

Whether you have more money than Elvis or aren’t sure that you can retire, keeping either spouse in the dark about material financial issues will eventually be a problem. I‘m not saying that you’ll be headed for divorce court, although money is frequently a root cause of marital disharmony. In the…

MARY MARTIN, Weymouth: I need my health insurance: I’m a nanny for a family in Dedham and I have rheumatoid arthritis. I...
03/24/2017

MARY MARTIN, Weymouth: I need my health insurance: I’m a nanny for a family in Dedham and I have rheumatoid arthritis. I started experiencing symptoms about 10 years ago after a severe bout of food poisoning. I had just gotten MassHealth, which was a lifesaver. I could barely walk or use my hands.Ten years down the road and my RA is pretty much under control due to the persistence and compassion of my doctor and a combination of medicine. I am able to work 60-plus hours a week. I now have Obamacare and pay $135 a [...]

I’m a nanny for a family in Dedham and I have rheumatoid arthritis. I started experiencing symptoms about 10 years ago after a severe bout of food poisoning. I had just gotten MassHealth, which was a lifesaver. I could barely walk or use my hands.Ten years down the road and my RA is pretty much…

ROBERT FASCI, Weymouth: Storm overblown by TV stations: What have we become that we need to have all of our local televi...
03/24/2017

ROBERT FASCI, Weymouth: Storm overblown by TV stations: What have we become that we need to have all of our local television channels continuously showing snowstorm coverage, and overriding the network programming? I can understand updates on an impending storm, but really? Every local channel was continuously repeating over and over and over coverage about this recent storm Stella and its inch-by-inch travel. How much more can they talk about for 12 hours or more? All this for a regular New England snowstorm, which by the way [...]

What have we become that we need to have all of our local television channels continuously showing snowstorm coverage, and overriding the network programming? I can understand updates on an impending storm, but really? Every local channel was continuously repeating over and over and over coverage…

03/24/2017

KATHY MOSCHELLA, Plymouth: Rein in health insurance costs: As a small-business owner of 14 employees, I cannot believe I could be fined $2,000 per employee for not providing health insurance or not insuring at least 80 percent of employees. We provide very good health insurance for our employees and we contribute 50 percent of the cost. We also contribute to the deductible. However, health insurance is outrageously expensive in this state and the deductibles are also very high. My employees are mostly 30-something men who don’t want to [...]

As a small-business owner of 14 employees, I cannot believe I could be fined $2,000 per employee for not providing health insurance or not insuring at least 80 percent of employees. We provide very good health insurance for our employees and we contribute 50 percent of the cost. We also contribute…

JAMES BURNS: Latest carnage in London should be a wake-up call for the world http://dlvr.it/NjHMl9
03/24/2017

JAMES BURNS: Latest carnage in London should be a wake-up call for the world http://dlvr.it/NjHMl9

03/23/2017

MARYANN FLAHERTY, Quincy: Mass. needs a new senator: Sen. Elizabeth Warren has finally shown up in Quincy. Was CNN in town doing a show?Warren has been missing in action for Massachusetts ever since she got elected. She has spent more time going around the country fundraising for Democrats than doing her job as our senator.We deserve better. That’s why we should encourage Rep. Geoff Diehl to run. As a state representative, he has saved us billions of dollars by stopping automatic gas tax hikes. Moreover, two years ago [...]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has finally shown up in Quincy. Was CNN in town doing a show?Warren has been missing in action for Massachusetts ever since she got elected. She has spent more time going around the country fundraising for Democrats than doing her job as our senator.We deserve better. That’s…

03/23/2017

JANET AND JOE WALSH, Braintree: Our neighbors are the best: Our neighbors are the best in all of the South Shore. My wife and I are in our 80s and unable to handle the snow. Our neighbors clean off our car, steps and driveway after every storm.Richie and Joe Doherty, Sam and Patience Cer, Bill Duffin and Steve Porter take exceptional care of us and I want to thank them.JANET AND JOE WALSHBraintree [...]

Our neighbors are the best in all of the South Shore. My wife and I are in our 80s and unable to handle the snow. Our neighbors clean off our car, steps and driveway after every storm.Richie and Joe Doherty, Sam and Patience Cer, Bill Duffin and Steve Porter take exceptional care of us and I want…

03/21/2017

SEAN BRADY, Rockland: We've got to take back our country from the politicians: It is time to kill Congress’ privileges. The citizens of our country have turned a blind eye to what our representatives are doing and the benefits they are getting. It is time we come together and stop all of their wasteful spending, and if they want those benefits, they should have to pay for them.We have to do this now. They can afford it and we can’t. It is time we take back our country and fire all of those who say that our debt is out of control while filling [...]

It is time to kill Congress’ privileges. The citizens of our country have turned a blind eye to what our representatives are doing and the benefits they are getting. It is time we come together and stop all of their wasteful spending, and if they want those benefits, they should have to pay for…

03/21/2017

SEN. SONIA CHANG-DÍAZ, Boston: South Shore conversation was uplifting: On Feb. 28 I attended a forum for the South Shore as part of the Senate’s "Commonwealth Conversations" tour. What I saw made me want to write a love letter to South Shore residents.Our national discourse is filled with polarization and hate right now. But South Shore residents showed nothing but kindness – to one another and to people they’ll never meet. We heard clear feelings for local opposition to the gas compression station. And just as many spoke about [...]

On Feb. 28 I attended a forum for the South Shore as part of the Senate’s "Commonwealth Conversations" tour. What I saw made me want to write a love letter to South Shore residents.Our national discourse is filled with polarization and hate right now. But South Shore residents showed nothing but…

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