Special to the Transcript The state’s December total unemployment rate dropped by 1.3 percentage points at 3.9 percent from the revised November estimate of 5.2 percent, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Friday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’…
Month: January 2022
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Anna Maria College Announces Fall 2021 Dean’s List Anna Maria College recently announced academic honors for students named to the Dean’s List for Fall Semester 2021.Anna Maria College awards Dean’s List recognition to students enrolled in a full-time undergraduate day…
Safe Injection Sites Are Needed Now
Among the side-effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been the increase in drug-overdose deaths in this country. The death rate from opioids finally had begun to decline in 2019, but then came COVID-19 and the number of deaths from…
Omicron Can Lead to Long COVID
Public health officials have defined so-called long COVID as the physical, neurological, and cognitive symptoms that can persist indefinitely after infection. Over the past two years, we’ve all seen the countless news stories about the devastating effects of long COVID…
Letters to the Editor
The Benefits of Quick, Creative Street Projects and an Opportunity to Reduce Speeding in Winthrop Dear Editor, Cities and towns across Massachusetts implemented a variety of changes to streets over the course of the pandemic, creating safer, more vibrant public…
Guest Op-Ed: The 3Gpocalypse Is Coming — Is Your Car Ready?
By Kane DiMasso-Scott Just this week I heard about something that I’m surprised has not gotten more media coverage on the national level, as it’s extremely important to us as consumers. Beginning in February and continuing through the end of…
Holmes Triplets Have Winthrop High Hockey in Title Contention
The Holmes triplets – Winthrop High School juniors Abby Holmes, Julia Holmes, and Emma Holmes – have been synonymous with the town’s excellence in girls’ hockey for a decade. And the three very talented sisters have the Winthrop High girls…
WHS Sports Roundup
Girls Hockey Wins Two More, Now 8-0-1; Hosts Peabody Wednesday The Winthrop High girls hockey team remained undefeated with a pair of victories this past week, defeating Northeastern Hockey League (NHL) rival Beverly and non-league foe Latin Academy/Fontbonne. The Lady…
Winthrop’s Jillian Dempsey Will Play in PHF All-Star Game Saturday in Buffalo
Winthrop resident Jillian Dempsey will be playing in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) All-Star Game Saturday in Buffalo. Dempsey, the league’s all-time leading goal scorer and captain of the Isobel Cup defending champion Boston Pride, will be a captain of…
Obituaries 01-27-2022
Roberta Palange Retired Hairdresser Roberta A. Palange of Winthrop passed away at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on January 22. She was 76 years old. Born in Winthrop, she was the beloved daughter of the late Frances (Zeigler) and…