Letters to the editor | Dec. 14, 2025

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Letters to the Editor, Dec. 15, 2025

Letters to the editor | Dec. 14, 2025

‘ICE was here’ message at nativity scene A Pax Christi (Peace of Christ) Catholic church in Dedham, Massachusetts, annually tailors its nativity scene to reflect the current times. This year, they replaced the nativity figures in its creche with a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE,” adding below, “The Holy Family is safe in the Sanctuary of our Church.” Since 2018, this church has helped resettle refugee families from dangerous places, including Afghan…

Letters to the editor

Lung disease Heartfelt thanks to reporter Rick Sobey for his timely story on the national epidemic of silicosis lung disease that has now reached Massachusetts in a stone countertop worker (“Massachusetts worker in stone countertop industry is state’s first case of ‘devastating, life-altering disease’,” Herald, Dec. 9). Having seen many patients with silicosis from their jobs in mining, tunneling, ceramic manufacture, tuckpointing, and cement fi…

Letters to the Editor | Dec. 14, 2025

Interim trail decision an opportunity to move forward Matt Farrell’s commentary of “Let’s try trollies!” (Dec. 12) ignores a fundamental reality: there is no zero-emission trolley on the market today that meets the ZEPRT requirements used in the RTC’s $9 million analysis. None. That means the entire study would have to be rewritten before any rail proposal could even be considered. Rail advocates have simply run out of chances. Santa Cruz cannot…