Author: Transcript Staff
Winthrop Ferry Service Begins With New Stop, Additional Funding
By Adam Swift There was plenty of good news on the Winthrop Ferry front this week, as the ferry officially launched for the season on Tuesday. The town added a brand-new terminal to its ferry route at Logan Airport. The…
News Briefs
Winthrop Dems To Choose Delegates for DNC On Monday, June 12, 2023, at 6:30 PM, Democrats will convene in the Lyceum Room at the EB Newton School, 45 Pauline Street, to elect 10 delegates and 4 alternates to represent Winthrop…
Massport Announces Schedule For Summer Runway Work at Logan
Special to the Transcript The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) announced the Runway 15R-33L Safety and Pavement Rehabilitation Project schedule for this summer. In collaboration with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Massport will begin work on Runway 15R-33L in August, with…
Superintendent Rates High in School Committee Evaluation
By Adam Swift It was exemplary marks across the board for Superintendent of Schools Lisa Howard as the School Committee approved her performance review at last week’s meeting. Due to the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and efforts to…
Congratulations To The Class of 2023
A high school graduation is a singular event in the life of every community, where almost everybody knows one of the graduates or their families. All of us share the happiness and sense of achievement of our young people who…
Biden, McCarthy Deserve Praise
As this is being written, it would appear that the deal struck between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over the weekend to raise the nation’s debt limit has averted what would have been a cataclysmic economic event,…
Progressives: Please Get Real
If you’ve been following the histrionics of the debt limit negotiations these past few weeks, the political theatre on all sides of the political spectrum has been amusing. Republicans will tell us that the country’s burgeoning deficit will lead us…
Letter to the Editor
Chickens and the Board of Health Dear Editor: I’m writing regarding “the chicken story” reported by Adam Swift in the 05-25-23 issue of the “Winthrop Sun Transcript.” The story covered the issue of raising chickens and in what part of…
Guest Op-Ed: Enjoy Your Stuff, But Be Prepared To Let It Go
By Dr. Glenn Mollette One of the perils of life is putting too much value on “stuff.” Stuff can be about anything. It can consist of what we have or what we don’t have. Much of life is about our…