Congrats on Retirement George Barker and Sean Donahue Winthrop Youth Hockey wishes to offer Volunteer Learn to Skate Instructors George Barker and Sean Donahue heartfelt congratulations on their retirement. After 40 years the duo is hanging up the skates. Winthrop…
Month: March 2025
Town Facing Higher than Anticipated Health Insurance Rates
By Adam Swift Town and school officials continue to focus on the budget process for Fiscal Year 2026 in advance of the school budget override vote on Saturday, April 5. However, according to the town manager, higher than anticipated health…
Councilor Suzanne Swope Holds Coffee Hour on Special Election
Courtesy Photos Last Thursday, March 13, Town Councilor Suzanne Swope held a coffee hour at Seal Harbor to inform local residents about the upcoming town special election on Saturday, April 5th. The ballot will include three questions about building a…
Gov. Healey Visits Boston Children’s Hospital, Highlights Harm Caused by Cuts to NIH Funding, Medicaid
Special to the Transcript On March 17, Governor Maura Healey and First Lady Joanna Lydgate visited Boston Children’s Hospital, a world leader in pediatric health care, to highlight how the Trump Administration’s cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding…
FKO Receives MGH $300,000 Grant for Innovative Apprenticeship
Special to the Journal For Kids Only Afterschool (FKO) is excited to have received of Mass General Brigham Community Health Impact Funds for a groundbreaking new out-of-school time (OST) apprenticeship that is advancing economic mobility for low- and moderate-income residents…
We Have Lost the Battle to Stop Climate Change; We Need to Save Ourselves
We recently saw a chart that was incredibly depressing: Even though the amount of greenhouse gas emissions (GGE) by the United States has decreased by about 15% since 2000, the rest of the world has increased its GGE by 50%.…
Are Americans Losing Their Appetite for Junk Food?
PepsiCo, the international food conglomerate, reported last month that the company’s North American snacks business, which makes Doritos, Cheetos, and Lay’s potato chips, saw a 3% dip (pun intended) in sales volume in the quarter ended Dec. 28. Smuckers, which…
Letters to the Editor
Vote Yes on Overrides Dear Editor, As a former Winthrop teacher for 12 years and a parent of a severely disabled child, I whole-heartedly support the overrides for the schools. Due to shrinking budgets and increases in inflation, I received eight lay-off…
Guest Op-Ed: Winthrop’s Climate Commission takes action
By Ana Tavares Leary and Celeste Ribeiro Hewitt Massachusetts boasts some of the most beautiful and accessible coastal communities in the nation. However, this distinction brings with it various challenges. As one of the 78 municipalities within the state’s Coastal…
Guest Op-Ed: An Open Letter to the Massachusetts Port Authority Board
The following letter was submitted to the Massport Board members. Dear Massport Board Members, AIR, Inc., Mother’s Out Front, GreenRoots, Friends of Belle Isle Marsh, and other member organizations of the Logan Community Clean Air Coalition wish to endorse Massport’s…