Special to the Transcript The MBTA announced that its System-wide Accessibility Department (SWA) launched an online survey about how the MBTA can improve its communication efforts, communicate more effectively and inclusively, and better connect with people with disabilities and/or older…
Month: February 2022
Snow & Shoveling: What’s the Rules?
With the nor’easter this past weekend the Town reminds its residents, property managers and landlords of the rules surrounding shoveling. Town ordinance 12.24.010 requires the owner or tenant of any property to clear the snow and ice from the sidewalks…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
On THE Dean’s List AT Hofstra Hofstra University congratulates the following local students who were named to the Fall 2021 Dean’s List for their outstanding academic achievements. Students must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 during the…
Teacher Shortage Was Inevitable
An article in the Wall St. Journal this week highlighted yet another area of a labor shortage in the country that has been fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic: “Burned out teachers are leaving the classroom for jobs in the private…
Pres. Biden’s Supreme Court Pick
There has been criticism from the usual suspects regarding President Joe Biden’s declared intention to choose a Black woman for the U.S. Supreme Court seat to fill that of Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his imminent retirement last week. We’d…
Letters to the Editor
Looking at the Edwards – D’Ambrosio Primary Election Dear Editor, Now that Lydia Edwards has taken office as our State Senator, it is instructive to look back at the Democratic Primary Election held in December and see how what some…
Guest Op-Ed: America’s Crumbling Bridges, Can We Save Ourselves?
By Dr. Glenn Mollette The Forbes Avenue bridge over Fern Hollow Creek in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park collapsed last Friday morning, January 28th with several vehicles, including a Port Authority bus, on the span at the time. The bridge that collapsed is…
Obituaries 02-03-2022
Kenneth “K.O.†O’Neil Graduate of Winthrop HS, Class of 1966 Funeral Services were conducted in the Vertuccio & Smith, Home for Funerals, Revere on January 28 for Kenneth C. “K.O.†O’Neil who passed away following a brief illness on Monday,…