Everybody is complaining about the high cost of heating our homes with natural gas this winter, but this year’s spike in our bills, which has been exacerbated by the colder-than-usual winter, has been completely predictable. Massachusetts has had the 5th-highest…
Month: March 2025
Letters to the Editor
Inspired By Submission Dear Editor, I was personally inspired by Scott Mahoney-Wright’s letter to the editor in the February 27 issue of “The Winthrop Sun Transcript.” Scott made reference to “the ignorance, vitriol and violence exhibited towards people who are…
WHS Sports Roundup
Isabella Rice chosen for national gymnastics team Isabella Rice, Winthrop High’s stellar senior gymnast, has been selected for one of the 20 spots on the girls national team that will compete in May in Ft. Myers, Florida. Isabella was chosen…
Winthrop High Girls Hockey Team Falls to Bishop Stang in First Round
By Cary Shuman There’s something to be said about home-ice advantage in the early rounds of the MIAA Tournament. Coach Butch Martucci’s Northeast Hockey League co-champions not only faced a difficult draw in a red-hot Bishop Stang hockey team, but…
Martucci Selected league MVP, Spencer is All-Conference, Towse, Pereira, Coffey are All-Stars
By Cary Shuman After near-misses for the league’s Most Valuable Player Award, Winthrop High senior captain Talia Martucci has knocked down the door for the Vikings. Martucci was the near-unanimous pick of the coaches for the league’s top award in…
Instant Classics
Vikings edge Appononoquet and Norwell, to advance to the Round of 8 By Cary Shuman It took three overtimes in one game and an incredible two-goal surge in another game, but the Winthrop High School hockey team has earned its…
Boncore, Survilas, Holgersen, Pumphret lead the way for the Vikings in tourney
By Cary Shuman If any town knows the magnitude of scoring one quite important goal in a rather big situation, it’s Winthrop. Right, Mike? Here are the most clutch goal scorers for Winthrop heading into a quarterfinal clash with Littleton:…
Obituaries 03-06-2025
Susan Kaplovitz Her legacy is one of strength, curiosity and profound kindness Susan (Enid) Kaplovitz passed away peacefully on February 12, 2025 at age 80. Susan was a native of Winthrop who graduated from Winthrop High in 1962, Mt. Holyoke…