The Boston Tea Party Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) presented Community Service Awards to Winthrop residents, Barbara Bishop and Joanne Hillman. Their selfless devotion and passion were recognized during an Annual Awards Brunch on…
Month: May 2024
Four-Story Apartment Building Proposed on Somerset Avenue
By Adam Swift The owners of 50 Somerset Avenue are proposing a 20-unit apartment building with 10 parking spaces for the property. At this week’s meeting, the planning board heard an informal proposal for the project from the property owners…
News Briefs
Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden Pays $5,000 Civil Penalty Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden has paid a $5,000 civil penalty for violating the conflict of interest law by failing to stop his staff from issuing and by failing…
Apartment Building Proposed for Surf Cleaners Building
By Adam Swift The owners of the Surf Cleaners building at 63 Putnam Street are looking to redevelop the site into a 16-unit apartment building. The building owner and his development team presented the informal plans to the planning board…
Massachusetts House Passes FY25 Budget, Invests in Programs That Support Families Across Commonwealth
Special to the Transcript The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed its Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget. Funded at $58 billion, $62 million below Governor Maura Healey’s budget proposal, the House’s FY25 budget responds to the needs of residents, provides strong…
College Protesters Should Embrace Being Arrested
Acts of civil disobedience by definition imply that a person knowingly is breaking the law and is willing to accept the legal consequences. When Rosa Parks took a seat at the front of that bus in Alabama and was arrested…
Opponents of Aid To Ukraine Should Watch Franklin
Here’s the plot-line: A world superpower, led by a ruler-for-life who does not tolerate dissent, invades a young sovereign nation, which at one time had been part of the superpower, with a large military force in order to restore the…
Guest Op-Ed: The MBTA 3A Communities Law Is Good for the People of Winthrop
By Tom Deredrian Since it was settled in 1630, seceded from Chelsea in 1846, and was incorporated as a town in 1852 , Winthrop—once a town of pastures, horses, and cows—has grown and prospered and under the 3A Communities Law…
Dempsey, Montreal Play Boston Team in PWHL Game at Tsongas Center May 4
Winthrop resident Jillian Dempsey, whose Montreal team just clinched a playoff berth in the Professional Women’s Hockey League, will be in action Saturday against Boston in a game at the Tsongas Center in Lowell. Faceoff is 3:30 p.m. “I can’t…
WHS Sports Roundup
Boys Lacrosse Tops Peabody The Winthrop High boys lacrosse team earned a solid 11-4 victory over Peabody last Thursday at Miller Field. Sophomore Seth Sacco scored four goals to lead the Viking offense. “Seth has been having a bust-out year…