The Winthrop School Committee met on Monday at Winthrop High School, where it discussed changing Curriculum Director Lori Gallivan’s official title. The committee is evaluating whether or not to change Gallivan’s title from Curriculum Developer to Assistant Superintendent, a position…
Month: July 2022
Winthrop Shares Grant To Support Energy Efficiency
The City of Chelsea, City of Revere and Town of Winthrop, through the North Suffolk Office of Resilience and Sustainability (the Office) and the Department of Housing and Community Development, have secured $60,000 from the Mass Save Community First Partnership…
Weekend Sumner Tunnel Closure Wreaks Havoc on Local Area
After delaying the Sumner Tunnel weekend closures for two weeks, the closure of the tunnel this past weekend caused a traffic nightmare in East Boston on Saturday and Sunday. As all southbound traffic from McClellan Highway was rerouted into the…
Police Blotter 07-14-2022
The following incident reports are among the calls to which the Winthrop Police Department responded on the listed dates. The log is a public record and available for review. All persons who are arrested or charged with a crime are…
Nucci Elected To Serve Another Term on Massport Board
The Massachusetts Port Authority Community Advisory Committee (Massport CAC) voted unanimously to reappoint John Nucci to another seven-year term as the committee’s appointee to the Massport Board of Directors. Nucci was sworn in to his second term on the board…
Summer Is Half Over – Make the Most of What’s Left
We realize that most of the kids have been out of school for only a few weeks, but in terms of what we think of as the full summer season from Memorial Day to Labor Day, this coming weekend will…
America Always Has Had an Anti-Democratic Element
As the January 6 Committee continues its hearings, many of us (including an increasing number of former Trump supporters) have been shocked by the extent to which Trump and those around him plotted to overturn the election of Joe Biden.…
Obituaries 07-14-2022
Glenda Harris Former Winthrop Transcript Employee and Member of Winthrop Elks Glenda E. Harris of Winthrop passed away at the Advocate Healthcare in East Boston on July 10. She was 88 years old. Born in Boston, the beloved daughter of…
Annual Horribles Parade
Training the Future: New EBNHC, AmeriCorps/CDC Partnership Will Build Next Gen. Of Public Health Leaders in the State
With a five-year, $400 million investment from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)Â the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) will be one of several health care providers to partner with AmeriCorps and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…