–By Cary Shuman [email protected] John Macero is officially the next superintendent of Winthrop public schools. Tuesday night the Winthrop School Committee unanimously ratified a four-year contract for Macero, who will start in his new position on July 1. Macero succeeds…
Month: June 2011
Young Students Treated to a Visit by the WPD
–By Joseph Domelowicz For the Transcript Winthrop Police Chief Terence Delehanty and three of his officers visited the Pre-Kindergarten morning and afternoon classes of Miss Corinne and Miss Andrea at Fort Banks -William Gorman Elementary School on Tuesday. The purpose…
Eye on Crime: Responsible Resident helps Police Identify Car Break Thief
-By Joseph Domelowicz For the Transcript Winthrop Police arrested a 26-year-old Arlington man on Memorial Day weekend, thanks to the diligent efforts of a witness who continued calling the police as they searched the Veterans Road neighborhood for the suspect.…
Welcome Aboard: Congratulations to new Superintendent of Schools John Macero
It’s official: John Macero is the next superintendent of the Winthrop School Department. Macero signed his contract at a special meeting of the School Committee Tuesday at Town Hall. It was a momentous occasion both for the Macero family, who…
Worth a Look: Council, Clerk will Evaluate Polling Places
We’re happy to see Town Clerk Carla Vitale and the Town Council take a proactive approach in deciding what the poll locations will be in upcoming elections. There has been much talk of either consolidating the current locations (reducing them…
Go Vikings: Softball Team Chasing a State Title
The Winthrop High spring sports season is not quite over yet, as the Lady Viking softball team meets Matignon today (Thursday) in the Division 3 North semifinals at Martin Field in Lowell. We remember when a young coach, David Guffey,…
Basketball Time: Winthrop’s Rich Summer Hoop Tradition
You know it’s summer when the area’s best basketball commissioners, Peter Grimes and Phil Lundberg, are preparing to start the new season at the McKenna Courts. It’s an annual rite of summer in Winthrop for outdoor basketball to be played…
Obituaries 06-09-2011
Philip Lehoux Jr, Member of Winthrop Elks Philip Lehoux, Jr., a longtime resident of Winthrop, died on June 7 after a long illness. He was 87 years old. He enlisted in the US Army at the outbreak of World War…
Air Corps
-By Seth Daniel For the Transcript There aren’t too many people who would readily agree that Memorial Day is for the birds, but Winthrop’s John Tricomi and the American Racing Pigeon Union (ARPU) would go right along with that. But…
The Class of 2011: WHS Graduation is Set for Friday
The Winthrop High School Class of 2011 will hold its graduation exercises Friday evening at Miller Field. It will be a night for the grads and their families to mark an important milestone in their lives and also to acknowledge…