Sunday, July 19 Report of loud music on Moore Street. Report of loud party being cleared out on Johnson Avenue. Report of couple walking on Pleasant Street and female appears distraught. Officer reports all ok. Loud kids on tennis courts…
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Letters to the Editor
Winthrop Chamber of Commerce Family Day at the Beach 2015 Dear Editor: This was the 18th Annual Family Day at the Beach which was originally spearheaded by the late Phyllis Fluet. In honor of Phyllis, this year’s Family Day at…
Whales Ahoy
Last week a couple of whales were spotted in Boston Harbor. For those of us growing up in Boston in the 1970’s and 80’s, when many of our rivers and the harbor served as a toxic chemical and sewage dump,…
No Olympics in 2024
It’s now official that there will be no Summer Olympics in 2004 in the City of Boston. Perhaps things could have been different with a better strategy of rolling out the plan, but the proposal never garnered a clear-cut majority,…
Lynn Mayor was Born in Winthrop
We just learned, as Lynn Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy celebrated her 53rd birthday at a surprise gathering in Lynn, that the Mayor was born at the Winthrop Hospital in 1962. The Mayor said her family was living in nearby East…
Welcome Aboard, PGA Pro Jim Bruce
We at the Sun-Transcript are delighted to welcome Winthrop Golf Club PGA Head Professional Jim Bruce to our pages with his golf tips column, “On The Range.†Jim is running an excellent golf course that is a joy for its…
Town Bustling with Sounds of Summer
There are so many reasons why this town is beloved by its residents, but the summers in Winthrop — with the opportunities for boating and sailing out of our yacht clubs, the convenient treasure that is the Winthrop Golf Club,…
Sports 07-30-2015
From the Press Box Seven-on-Seven By Jim Lederman The summer heat can be tough on high school athletes. The 2015 WHS Vikings are defending NEC football champions. Coach Sean Driscoll and the Vikings have been working extra hard to get…
Bitten by Gardening Bug
Eric Ferguson doesn’t mind being Mr. Mom to his four children. After all, it gives him more time to spend with his kids and to get them involved in his passion for gardening. It’s a passion that has continued to…
Winthrop Fares Well in Recently Passed State Budget
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo (D-Winthrop), Senator Anthony Petruccelli (D-East Boston) and Representative RoseLee Vincent (D-Revere) joined their colleagues in the Legislature to enact a $38.145 billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) which emphasizes economic growth, support for…