Author: Transcript Staff

New Principal Search Begins

With the resignation of Winthrop High School principal Eileen Belastock last week, the search for a successor will begin and one of the names being introduced in the process is former Winthrop schools administrator Lisa Howard. Those who worked with…

Character Breakfast Is Saturday

Winthrop Parks and Recreation Director Sean Driscoll and his staff will host the annual Character Breakfast Saturday morning at the high school. This event — featuring cartoon characters galore, the Easter Bunny, photo opportunities, and a delicious breakfast — is…

Derderian to Speak at Library

Our well-known community leader, Mary Lou Osborne, informed us that Tom Derderian, an authority on the Boston Marathon, will be speaking at the Winthrop Public Library on Thursday, April 2, at 6 p.m. Tom has written books about the Marathon…

CASA Presents YRBS at Meeting

Since 1994, CASA (Community Against Substance Abuse) has been collecting data from schools, including Winthrop High and Middle Schools, and developing strategies to reduce the risk factors in the environment, and increase protective factors in schools. The organization presented the…

Letter to the Editor

Massport says thank you for helping in ice rescue To the East Boston and Winthrop communities: On behalf of the leadership and staff of the Massachusetts Port Authority, we wish to thank the  East Boston and Winthrop communities for helping…

Sports 03-26-2015

WHS Sports roundup Baseball, softball teams are in a holding pattern, waiting for fields to thaw   The calendar may say that spring officially was sprung by Mother Nature last Friday, but her landscape of snow and ice, leftovers from…