Liz Barbour’s Creative Feast will bring the culinary arts to you on Tuesday, August 11 at 6 pm at the Winthrop Public Library. A slide presentation and cooking demonstration The program is free, but seating is limited. Please register by…
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CAPIC Head Start Now Accepting Applications for Fall 2015
CAPIC Head Start provides comprehensive services to eligible families with children between the ages of 3-5. To be eligible to participate in this federally funded pre-school program families must meet the federal poverty guidelines or qualify for an over-income slot.…
Free Events Set for Thursday Night
The Winthrop Parks and Recreation Department will host a Tribute to Frank Sinatra by the Hal McIntyre Orchestra tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at the Gazebo and Ingleside Park. Also on tap for tonight is a movie at Fort Heath…
Police Blotter 07-30-2015
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…
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,…