To The Editor:             RE: The Right to Vote Under Threat: Defending Access to Mail Voting             The League of Women Voters issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s decision concerning President Trump’s executive order on mail voting.             The court’s ruling does not […] Read more »

To the Editor:             A Pointless Attack on Our School             Some Rochester residents are attacking Rochester Memorial School for following state law governing gender identity discrimination and bathroom access.  You may have seen the lawn signs and petition to recall the RMS School Committee.              Every Massachusetts school district follows the same law. Every […] Read more »

To the Editor:             An incident in the girls’ bathroom in Rochester has been the backdrop of heightened anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and has fueled an effort to deny the rights of gender nonconforming children. The “concerned” father of a 9-year-old girl and his supporters have made claims — both formally with the U.S. Department of Education and […] Read more »

To the Editor:             I offer this article as a follow-up to the excellent article by the chair of the League of Women Voters SouthCoast, Eileen Marum, published in the July 30, 2026, issue of The Wanderer. In that article, the analogy of the Trojan Horse from Greek lore was used to expose the Save […] Read more »

To the Editor:             Beware the Trojan Horse at the ballot box.             The most dangerous threats to democracy rarely announce themselves as threats. They arrive draped in the language of patriotism, carrying banners of security, promising only protection. They ask not to storm the gates, but to be welcomed through them.             That is […] Read more »

Dear Editor;             America is big, but our dreams and hopes are bigger. Throughout history we have used our voices to fight for what is right. We continue to do so every day. We make our voices clear. We don’t need to use violence; we can fight instead with our voice.             Abraham Lincoln who […] Read more »

To the Editor;             When Election Security Becomes Voter Suppression             The SAVE America Act should be defeated because it would make it harder for eligible Americans to vote while addressing a problem that evidence suggests is exceedingly rare. Election integrity is essential to democracy, but protecting elections should not come at the expense of […] Read more »

Dear Editor,             Free and fair elections are the foundation of American democracy. Citizens must be able to choose their representatives without interference from those already in power. When government officials use their authority to influence who can vote or whose votes are counted, the integrity of the democratic process is threatened. Critics of recent […] Read more »

To the residents and voters in Mattapoisett,             Voters are once again being asked to decide on Saturday, June 20th, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Old Hammondtown School whether to approve construction of a new Old Colony Regional Vocational High School. Some may ask why the proposal has returned to the ballot. Last […] Read more »

To the Editor,             Please vote “yes” for a new Old Colony Voc-Tech High School. My wife and I are both in our 70s, property owners in Mattapoisett and on a fixed income. My wife and I always want to see a bang for our tax-dollar buck. So, we are very interested in avoiding new […] Read more »