Special to the Transcript Hundreds of concert-goers poured into St. Anthony’s Church Sunday for the annual Robert A. Marra Memorial “Sounds of Christmas†Concert, bringing with them two truckloads of food for the associated Food Drive and resuming a 45-year…
Month: December 2021
Audubon Applauds Agreement to Make Significant Investments in Nature and Climate with ARPA Plan
As the major $4 billion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) spending bill moves toward final passage and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk for approval, Mass Audubon leaders, who have been lobbying vigorously for investments in climate change mitigation and nature,…
Celebrating a Century! Happy Birthday, Doris Greenstein
Special to the Transcript The Parc at Harbor View is delighted to celebrate Doris Greenstein, long-time Winthrop resident on her 100th birthday, on Thursday, December 2nd! Doris has the honor of being the very first resident at The Parc at…
Clark Touts Infrastructure Bill at Deer Island
Assistant House Speaker Katherine Clark toured the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority’s (MWRA) Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Tuesday afternoon to help promote the clean water infrastructure provisions in the recently signed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The bipartisan infrastructure law…
Yawkey Foundation Commits $15 Million to Pine Street Inn: Transformational Gift Will Help Create 400-500 Permanent Housing Units
Today, Pine Street Inn, New England’s largest homeless services organization, announced that it has received a transformational gift of $15 million from the Yawkey Foundation to advance Pine Street Inn’s goal of ending homelessness by making permanent housing a reality…
Metro Beaches Commission and Advocates Call for Better Beach Access for People With Disabilities
The Metropolitan Beaches Commission and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay convened a Virtual Public Hearing focused on improving access for people with disabilities on the Commonwealth’s public beaches in Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and…
Wynn Development Proposes New Project Along Everett’s Lower Broadway
Special to the Journal Wynn Development DBA East Broadway LLC, has announced that the company has filed plans with the City of Everett for a mixed-use development project along Lower Broadway, located across from Encore Boston Harbor. The initial phase…
Charlie Baker Will Be Missed
There has been a lot of speculation by the pundits as to the reasons behind Governor Charlie Baker’s decision not to run for re-election in 2022, but we think it comes down simply to this: Gov. Baker is burned-out, similar…
GOP’s Opposition to Rachael Rollins Is Both Racist & Misogynistic
The unprecedented opposition, accompanied by unprecedented vitriol, by the Republican members of the U.S. Senate to the nomination of Suffolk County District Atty. Rachael Rollins for the position of U.S. Attorney for the Massachusetts district has laid bare their racist…
Throw the Book at Them
Another news cycle — and yet another mass shooting incident in America. The horrific murder last week of at least four students at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit and the wounding of several others by 15 year-old fellow student…