5 Things You Need To Know Today in Framingham: Friday, April 15, 2022

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1 Today is the traditional tax day – April 15, but Massachusetts residents have an extension this year to file until April 19.

Taxpayers in Massachusetts will have until April 19, 2022 to file both their federal and state 2021 income tax returns.

The IRS announced a due date of April 18 for filing federal income tax returns, the first business day following Emancipation Day, celebrated in Washington, D.C. on Friday, April 15, 2022.

Patriots’ Day is celebrated in Massachusetts on April 18, 2022, which moves the deadline for Massachusetts taxpayers to file 2021 income tax returns to the next business day of April 19, 2022.

2. Today is the Boston Red Sox home opener.

The Boston Red Sox will host the Minnesota Twins at 2:10 p.m.

3. CITY of FRAMINGHAM meeting (all are remote unless otherwise noted):

• Framingham Housing Authority at 2 p.m. at their building at John J. Brady Drive

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4. FLYERS in action:

• Framingham High boys baseball will host Bridgewater-Raynham High today at 4 p.m. at Bowditch Field diamond.

5. Today is Good Friday.

Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week.

It is always the Friday before Easter.

Today at sundown also starts Passover in the Jewish faith.

The holiday of Pesach, or Passover, is an annual weeklong festival commemorating the emancipation of Jewish peoples from slavery, The Hebrew name, Pesach, means “to passover” because the plague in Egypt that killed all first-borns passed over the Israelites’ homes, sparing the lives of their children.

The final day of Passover in 2022 is April 23.

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