Sullivan Named to College of the Holy Cross’ Fall 2020 Dean’s List Aviana Sullivan of Winthrop, was named to the College of the Holy Cross Fall 2020 Dean’s List. A member of the Class of 2024, Sullivan is majoring in…
Month: February 2021
East Boston’s Ben Downing Announces Candidacy for Governor
On Monday afternoon East Boston resident Ben Downing is inside Mi Pueblito Restaurant in Orient Heights Square picking up some tacos for lunch. “The chicken jalapeno here is also really good,†Downing tells me as he pays for his lunch.…
Police Blotter 02-11-2021
The following incident reports are among the calls to which the Winthrop Police Department responded on the listed dates: Monday, Jan. 25 0934: The Animal Control Officer directed a person who had been leaving food scraps for animals at the…
License Fee Relief Is Appropriate
We wish to voice our support for the request for an abatement in the licensing fees for local restaurants that the Winthrop Board of License Commission has sent to our Town Council. Small businesses, especially our restaurant establishments, are the heart and…
Wintry Blast Is Not So Hard to Take
The polar vortex once again has spun out of control, as it has done often in recent years. Instead of remaining in a tightly-wrapped circular motion around the Arctic, the vortex has been weakened by record-high temperatures in the Arctic in recent…
TB Settled the Goat Question
Yes Pats’ fans, it was bittersweet to watch the duo of Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl championship. On the other hand, no Pats’ fan should be deluded into thinking that if the…
Letters to the Editor
Supporting Capobianco for State Rep. Dear Editor: I am supporting Democratic Candidate Tino Capobianco on March 2, who has dedicated himself to public service for over 10 years. He began servicing our communities as an aide to Speaker DeLeo and…
WHS Sports Roundup
Girls Knock Off Peabody to Lay Claim to Best in NEC The Winthrop High girls basketball team earned the most significant victory for the Lady Viking program in many years with a 37-31 triumph at Peabody Friday evening. The Lady Vikings entered…
Obituaries 02-11-2021
Joseph Colvario, Jr. Retired Heavy Equipment Operator Joseph Colvario Jr. passed away at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on January 31. He was 76 years old. Born in Boston, the beloved son of the late Madeline (Carcerano) and Joseph…
Town Sees Dip in Week-over-Week COVID-19 Case Count
Special to the Transcript The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has notified Town officials of thirteen (81) additional confirmed positive cases of the virus in Winthrop since our last reporting on January 28. This is down from 113 the previous…