Yvette Dans Winthrop’s greatest cheerleader A life devoted to Winthrop High School student-athletes Yvette Dans of Winthrop passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at the Glen Ridge Nursing Home in Medford. The beloved and spirited sports fan was 70…
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Valentine’s Day Sale At St. John’s Episcopal
Storm Leaves Sections of Winthrop in the Dark
Special to the Transcript All power has been restored in the Shirley Street area and life is back to normal after heavy winds knocked down telephone poles there last Friday afternoon. The winds that reached 65 miles per hour and…
News Brief
Absentee Ballots Available for Presidential Primary Absentee Ballots can be mailed to you or dropped off at the Town Clerk’s office. Download your Absentee ballot form at: https://www.town.winthrop.ma.us/sites/winthropma/files/news/englishabsente e-ballot-application.pdf Early Voting Prior to the enactment of this new law, the…
Winthrop Police Department Reminds Residents of Upcoming Hands-Free Law for Drivers
Chief Terence M. Delehanty and the Winthrop Police Department would like to remind residents of the upcoming hands-free law for drivers. On Feb. 23, An Act Requiring the Hands-Free Use of Mobile Telephones While Driving will go into effect prohibiting…
Harpoon Shamrock Splash Set for March 8
The 10th annual Harpoon Shamrock Splash to benefit Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Better Beaches program partnership with the Department of Conservation & Recreation will be held on Sunday, March 8, at the BCYF Curley Community Center at M Street…
Police Blotter 02-13-2020
Monday, Jan. 27 Fire reports multiple cars parked on both sides of the street, making it difficult to turn. Police action going on will be clearing. Unit on scene states there is plenty of room for fire to get down.…
House Speaker Bob Deleo Achieves a Milestone
When we first heard the news that House Speaker Bob DeLeo had eclipsed the previous record for the longest-serving tenure as Speaker of the House of Representatives in Massachusetts history (which had stood since the early 19th century), our immediate…
The (Climate) News Is All Bad
At the start of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt reportedly said to his aides, “So far, the news is all bad,” referring to the reports from the front in the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor when the Japanese were taking…
Letters to the Editor
Supports Sanders for President Dear Editor, I support Bernie Sanders for President because his message is the most progressive in the bold ways we really need and he has always been the most consistent in his views. First let me…