To the Editor;             Let Every Vote Count: Abolish the Electoral College             The United States proudly declares itself a democracy, a nation founded on the belief that every person deserves a voice in government. Yet, when Americans elect their president, millions of votes can be effectively ignored, while a handful of voters in a […] Read more »

Dear Editor:             The League of Women Voters SouthCoast urges voters to vote YES on Ballot Questions 4 and 9 to strengthen our democracy and protect our communities.             YES on Question 4: Make voting more accessible.             Question 4 will allow eligible voters to register on Election Day, ending the arbitrary 10-day registration deadline. […] Read more »

To the Editor;             For over 50 years, Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School has been a place where students can come and learn the skilled trades so that they can train to build full and successful careers. As a senior, I look at our school’s storied history with immense pride. However, I am […] Read more »

To the Editor;             The Erosion of Constitutional Order             Every ordered society is governed by core rules, customs, and principles. This is true not only of human communities but, in different forms, of other species that live collectively: the hive of honeybees, the colony of ants, or the pod of whales. Each depends upon […] Read more »

To the Editor;             Public-records laws rest on a basic democratic premise: government works for the public, and the public should be able to see how government does its work. Massachusetts has long occupied an unusual place in that system. Its public-records law does not apply to the records of the Governor’s Office, the Legislature, […] Read more »

To the Editor;             The Mattapoisett Congregational Church would like to thank all who participated in our first Drive and Drop food collection on Thursday, September 17. Thanks to the generosity of community and church members, we were able to donate over 400 pounds of nonperishable foods to Damien’s Pantry. We will be continuing to […] Read more »

To the Editor;             The September 3, 2026, edition of The Wanderer (pp. 22–27) contains two letters and one poem to the editor, and, coincidentally, taken together, they point to a larger question: What happens to a place, not simply aesthetically but biologically, when we continue to build upon and alter the natural systems that […] Read more »

Regardless of what we think of them, the plants keep rising — through broken earth, through poisoned rain, reaching always toward the sun. In this fragile planetary moment, they offer us another way of being alive: quiet, ancient, and fiercely green. They are not scenery. Not decoration. Not machines built to serve us. They breathe […] Read more »

To the Editor;             There are very few places left in our village where nature still exists as it was intended. Along our shoreline lies one of the last remaining sanctuaries, a thriving ecosystem that has quietly sustained wildlife for generations. At a time when nearly every available piece of land is being developed, places […] Read more »

To the Editor;             Sweet Reflections of Summer             As I was strolling through the village the other day, enjoying the beauty all around me — colorful flowers at every turn, our happy little town beach, shipyard park, and people in line for ice cream at “The Slip,” boats bobbing in the harbor — I […] Read more »