This past weekend the city held its annual International Revere Beach Sand Sculpture Festival.
Month: July 2026
Dead Humpback Whale Washes ashore in Winthrop
By Adam Swift A young humpback whale was stranded at high tide and washed ashore on Washington Avenue last week. The whale was stranded around 12:30 p.m., according to officials from Whale and Dolphin Conservation. A team from WDC was…
Bidding Underway for New Fire Station
Staff Report The bidding process for the new fire station at the old middle school site is underway. “The Bid Documents for the new Fire Station are out,” Town Manager Tony Marino stated in this week’s report to the town…
WPD Welcomes Two New Full-time Officers
Staff Report The Winthrop Police Department recently announced the swearing-in and hiring of new police officers Vanessa LaFlamme and Matthew Correale. Officer LaFlamme was hired in 2018 as a reserve officer and worked eight years part time for Winthrop Police…
News Briefs
Final Night of Revere Street Paving Operations in Winthrop Commuters traveling between Revere and Winthrop should prepare for traffic delays as Winthrop concludes its overnight paving on Revere Street this week. Work is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. on…
Healey Takes Action to Cut Concert, Sports Ticket Resale and Fees
Special to the Transript Gov. Maura Healey has announced that she will file An Act Relative to Closing the Great Divide between Ticket Prices and Affordability, or The Great Divide Act, to lower sports and concert ticket resale prices and…
After Six Years, CHA Birth Center Will Again Welcome Families
Special to the Transcript Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston’s metro-north communities, will reopen the CHA Birth Center on July 6, after a six-year hiatus. The CHA Birth Center closed in March 2020…
Joe Clark
Long-time Winthrop residents were saddened to hear of the passing last week of Joe Clark, one of the most-esteemed residents of our community. Joe was a Winthrop guy through-and-through, a graduate of the Winthrop High Class of 1959 who raised…
Maryalice Sharkey
Residents also were saddened to hear of the recent passing of Maryalice Sharkey, who served our community as a long-time teacher and then as a member of the School Committee. Maryalice brought an unmatched drive and zeal to everything she…
Where is Teddy Roosevelt When We Need Him?
The constant cacophony of bumbling babbling from our leaders in Washington these days with regard to the ongoing conflict with Iran brings to mind the wisdom of former President Theodore Roosevelt. On September 1, 1901 — just two weeks before…