By Sue Ellen Woodcock Town Manager James McKenna has hired a new chief financial officer to replace the former CFO Tim Gordon, who left to become the town manager in Holbrook. Michael Perez, of Jamaica Plan, started work at Town…
Month: January 2016
Police Blotter 01-14-2016
Monday, Jan. 4 Unit off at school crossing for Ft. Banks School. Motor vehicle stop on Revere Street for marked lane violation. A man came to the station to report being harassed by estranged wife. A man came to the…
Remembering Dr Martin Luther King Jr
The nation will honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday on the annual holiday that pays tribute to this great civil rights leader and humanitarian. Dr. King would have been 87 years old Friday and we can only imagine how…
Parking at the New Winthrop High School/Middle School
How refreshing it is that the School Building Assistance Committee are working diligently on parking and traffic patterns for the new Winthrop Middle/High School that will open for the 2016-17 academic year. The new school building will bring additional traffic…
Recognizing Our Officials Past and Present
Well, it seems that the Sun-Transcript staff left out some public officials’ names in our coverage of the town’s inauguration ceremony in which Council President Bob Driscoll and other officials took office last week. We start with former Council President…
Sports 01-14-2016
WHS sports roundup Heartbreaker for Lady Bulldog hockey A goal by Beverly with 45 seconds to play broke a 0-0 deadlock and gave the Lady Panthers, the first-place team in the Northeast Hockey League, a 1-0 victory over the Winthrop…
Obituaries 01-14-2016
Eva Millar Long time secretary at First Church of Winthrop United Methodist; member of Eastern Star and Rainbow Girls Eve H. Millar of Upland Road, Winthrop passed away at The Arbors in Winthrop on January 7. She was 68 years…
Veteran Committee Member Sullivan Named School Committee Chair
By Kate Anslinger Monday night was an exciting night in Winthrop, as the newly elected officials and committee members were sworn in for their upcoming term. The School Committee welcomed three new members, including Valentino “Tino†Capobianco, Laura Callis and…
Winthrop Welcomes New Officials to Office Monday
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Newly elected officials were sworn in Monday night in the Cummings School cafetorium following comments from Town Manager James McKenna and Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo. Robert L. Driscoll Jr. was sworn in as the…
Council Begins to Mull Economic Development Options
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Town Manager James McKenna and other have been focused on economic development in Winthrop, especially in the town center (French Square) area of town. In addition, the town knows it will inherit the soon to be…