Katharine Esty on managing unexpected change as we age
In all my jobs, I have always encouraged my clients to embrace change. As I age, I am aghast to find myself becoming more inflexible from time to time.
Opinion
Town Meeting: A lesson in missed opportunity and more
Town Meeting should serve as Acton’s legislative body
I urge the School Committee to reconsider the course they have so far chosen to pursue.
School Committee should ‘elevate voters’ wishes’ in naming
The community’s desire voted at the Town Meeting was to request the name change to honor Ellen Garrison.
Reviews & Views: May reads to taste and inspire
There’s nothing more elemental than eating, so cookbooks offer an inspiring reading experience even if you don’t make a single recipe.
Ellen Garrison vote restored my faith in Acton
Our work, though, has just started. A community as steeped in history rarely has an opportunity to make new history.
Town Meeting shows Acton must do better on self-governance
Ellen Garrison naming should spark a bigger discussion
I think that they should name the school after Ms. Garrison. But I fear that would be the end of the discussion, and it shouldn’t be.
School Committee should listen to Town Meeting on Garrison naming
Any assertion that the votes of two elected officials take priority over the large majority vote at Town Meeting could not be further from democracy.