Monday, December 26 Motor vehicle accident on Shirley Street with injuries. Fire/medical informed. Vehicle was towed. Party removed to MGH. Husband called and was advised of wife’s transport location. Male on Payson and Franklin Street wearing army green color jacket…
Month: January 2017
Right and Wrong Ways to Address the Drug Cost Conundrum
By Kenneth E. Thorpe Americans are gearing up for higher health care costs in 2017. Average monthly insurance premiums for popular plans on Healthcare.gov, the major Obamacare exchange, are slated to rise by 25 percent. Some consumers will see their…
Keeping Our Water Supply Safe
By Joseph Favaloro In 2014, the American Waterworks Association declared MWRA’s water to be the best in the nation. (In fact, it won both first and second place both for the City of Boston’s and the MWRA’s own sample.) This…
Congratulations to Chief Paul Flanagan And Leighann Eruzione
We offer our official congratulations to Winthrop Fire Chief Paul Flanagan and CASA administrator LeighAnn Eruzione Callinan on being named the Winthrop Sun-Transcript’s Man and Woman of the Year respectively. Chief Flanagan is carrying on a proud family tradition of…
Sports 01-05-2017
WHS SPORTS roundup GIRLS HOCKEY TEAM EDGES BELMONT, 3-2 Winthrop High Lady Bulldawg hockey fans can be forgiven if they thought they were watching an episode of Stranger Things in the latter part of the girls’ encounter with Belmont at…
Obituaries 01-05-2017
William Donovan GE Retiree William J. Donovan of Winthrop passed away at the Sawtelle Hospice House in Reading on January 3. He was 89 years old. Mr. Donovan served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Prior to his…
Waiting for Santa Claus
Daniella Hurley, on her dad Tom’s shoulders, looks for Santa on his fire engine making his way down Elliot Street during the annual Santa Parade last Saturday, Dec. 24.
Man and Woman of the Year:Fire Chief Paul Flanagan and Leighann Eruzione, Active in Making and Keeping ‘Winthrop Worth It’
By Sue Ellen Woodcock The two people picked this year for “Man of the Year†and “Woman of the Year†are two people deeply rooted in Winthrop and who active in making sure “Winthrop is Worth It†for now and…
LaMonica Gets His Pension Reinstated
By Sue Ellen Woodcock After months of litigation an East Boston judge has ruled that former Police Chief Angelo LaMonica has a right to his pension from the Town of Winthrop. The Retirement Board took away LaMonica’s pension earlier in…
2016 Year in Review
January Newly elected officials were sworn in at 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 third Town Council President since…