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 »

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 »