Special to the Journal The Massachusetts Senate approved last week a $590 million Tax Relief bill which delivers support to low- and middle-income earners and chips away at the headwinds that threaten Massachusetts’ competitiveness. Focusing on providing relief to residents…
Month: June 2023
Museum Wins National Contest, Hosts July 4 Block Party Celebrating Military Community
Special to the Transcript The USS Constitution Museum invites the public to celebrate Independence Day and the Military community with a free, family-friendly event. The “Huzzah! Salute to Service Block Party†will be held at Charlestown Navy Yard on July…
ZUMIX to Host 2023 Walk for Music
Special to the Transcript East Boston, MA – On Sunday, July 9, ZUMIX will host its annual Walk for Music. ZUMIX community members and other participants will walk through East Boston’s parks to support ZUMIX’s award-winning music and youth empowerment…
Two Years Ago This Week…
It was two years ago this coming week when an unspeakable act of violence, motivated by racial hatred, befell our peaceful community. The tranquility of a typical, early-summer, Saturday afternoon was shattered when a 28-year-old white man, a native of…
Yes, We’re in Hot Water
It’s a cliche that modern man is out-of-touch with the natural world (what’s left of it). Whereas our long-ago ancestors had a deep sense of the change of seasons, migrations of animals, and so forth, we know nothing. Compared to…
No End in Sight For Housing Crisis
Everyone on all sides of the political and economic spectrums are in agreement that (1) inflation is too high and (2) there is a shortage of housing in this country. However, solving both of those problems seems to have become…
Guest Op-Ed: Winthrop’s Ban on Black Plastic Disposable Food Service Ware
By Bill Schmidt On September 13, 2022, the Winthrop Board of Health approved a Regulation to Prevent the Release of Black Plastic into the Environment by prohibiting the purchase, sale, distribution, and use of any black plastic disposable food service…
Guest Op-Ed: Climate Change Affects Everyone Through Water — Even in Massachusetts
By:Â Julia Blatt, Executive Director, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance When we think of climate change, the first images that come to mind are of hot temperatures, melting ice caps, and greenhouse gases clogging the atmosphere. A recent report by the United…
WHS Sports Roundup
Boys Lacrosse Presents Team Awards The Winthrop High boys lacrosse team, which completed the most successful season in the program’s history just one year after emerging from club sport status in 2022, honored its top performers recently. Head coach Brian Donnelly,…
Obituaries 06-22-2023
Irene Cash Fondly Remembered as “Miss Irene†of Irene’s School of the Dance Irene M. (Herbert) Cash of Winthrop passed away on June 15. She was 88 years old. The beloved wife of the late Thomas D. Cash, she was…