By Adam Swift Last Wednesday, the Winthrop Town Clerk’s office accepted a Citizen’s Supplementary Petition, containing 1,089 signatures. This petition triggers an automatic town-wide election on the question that was previously before the town council – the question of who…
Month: November 2024
Winthrop Looking toward Expanded Regional Dispatch Center
By Adam Swift The Metro North Regional Emergency Communications Center, comprising the dispatch services for Revere and Winthrop, is in talks to add a third community. At last week’s Winthrop Town Council meeting, Town Manager Tony Marino said the regional…
Voters say no to school override
By Adam Swift A $4.95 million override to help fund the school budget over the next year was defeated in Tuesday’s election. In the unofficial election results released by the town clerk’s office on Wednesday morning, the town ballot measure…
WVCB’s Ted Reinstein Discusses New Book at EB Newton
Story by Marianne Salza Reporter, Ted Reinstein — 28-year correspondent for the WCVB Channel 5 television program, “Chronicle” – presented his latest book, “Travels Through the Heart and Soul of New England: Stories of Struggle, Resilience, and Triumph,” during a…
AG’s Office Announces $10 million Multi-state Settlement with Generic Drug Manufacturer Over Conspiracies to Inflate Prices and Limit Competition
Special to the Transcript The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced a $10 million multistate settlement with Heritage Pharmaceuticals (Heritage). The settlement resolves allegations that the company engaged in widespread, long-running conspiracies to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition,…
MassDOT Announces Third Annual ‘Name A Snowplow’ Contest for Elementary Schools
Special to the Transcript The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing the third annual “Name A Snowplow” contest for statewide elementary school students in Massachusetts. The contest seeks to solicit names for 12 MassDOT snowplows that will be in…
Seth Sacco Rushes for Three Touchdowns as Vikings Roll into Playoffs with 28-12 Win
By Cary Shuman After turning in a rushing performance that harkened back to superstar Vikings Chucky Sullivan, Steve Staffier, and Bobby Kneeland, just to name but a few, Winthrop junior Seth Sacco received a nice gesture from the opposing coach.…
WHS sports roundup
WHS boys soccer falls in state tourney The Winthrop High boys soccer team came up on the short end of a 2-1 decision to Tri-County Regional Vocational School in an opening-round contest of the MIAA Division 4 state soccer tournament…
Give Thanks to Our Veterans
This Monday, November 11, we will celebrate the 106th observance of Veterans Day in the United States, a day of solemnity and reverence to honor those who have served in our nation’s military. Veteran’s Day initially was known as Armistice…
Is Drought Our Next Climate Crisis?
To paraphrase Bob Dylan, we don’t need a weatherman to tell us that our parched lawns and gardens are an indication that there has been a lack of rain in the past month. But even we were surprised to learn…