Special to the Transcript The first two Sundays of April in the EB Newton building saw dozens of babies and toddlers moving, grooving and experimenting with rhythm and instruments during Project Play’s annual Music for Babies & Tots program. Funded…
Month: April 2025
Mark the Occasion
Paul Revere’s Ride kicks off Boston 250 this Friday Special to the Transcript Mayor Michelle Wu announced Boston 250, a yearlong commemoration of the city’s role in the American Revolution. The kickoff event, Paul Revere’s Ride, will take place this…
National Grid to Sponsor Movie Night
Special to the Transcript Local organizers of Movie Night met with National Grid on April 3 for the presentation of a donation for Movie Night, one of the highlights of the summer in Winthrop. The Friends of Winthrop Beach sponsors…
Eligible Massachusetts Households Can Now Apply for Financial Assistance for the 2024-2025 Heating Season
Special to the Transcript The Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities announced that the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) enrollment period for the 2024-2025 winter heating season will open on October 1. This critical program provides financial relief…
MBTA Opens Contest for Students K-8 to help Name Three Ferries
Special to the Transcript The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is hosting a ferry naming contest to help the agency name three ferries which will serve the Quincy, Winthrop and Lynn ferry routes starting this summer. “The Healey-Driscoll Administration is proud…
Happy Passover
Passover, which began at sundown this past Saturday evening and continues for eight days through sundown on this Sunday, celebrates the biblical story of the Exodus, when the Israelites were freed from slavery after the 10th plague on Egypt (each…
Happy Easter
This Sunday is Easter, the holiest and most significant day of Christianity, which marks Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead after his crucifixion two days earlier on Good Friday. Christians believe that Christ died to redeem us from our sins.…
“The Fate of a Nation was Riding that Night”
This week (April 19 to be exact) marks the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord in which civilian militia, known as the Minute Men, routed British troops who had marched from Boston overnight in search of munitions…
Guest Op-Ed: Audit of the State Legislature Should be Allowed to Proceed
By Diana Viens I urge all Massachusetts residents to write to their state representatives to enforce the law — An Audit of the Legislature by the Massachusetts State Auditor (OSA) — which we the People overwhelmingly voted to approve last…
Letters to the Editor
On MBTA 3A Plan Dear Editor, As I watch the MBTA 3A plan unfold, I can’t help but think about the generations before us — the families who sacrificed, struggled, and clawed their way out of cramped city tenements in…