By Ana Tavares and Julie Conroy Climate change is currently the most pressing environmental crisis of our time. However, there is a largely overlooked solution to this problem; carbon sequestration (storage) that is provided by wetlands. Carbon sequestration is the…
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WHS Sports Roundup
WHS Boys Lax Winstourney Opener; Plays at Weston Today The Winthrop High boys lacrosse team opened state tourney play with a 13-8 victory over the Tyngsborough Tigers Monday afternoon at Miller Field. The Vikings, who entered the tourney as the…
Obituaries 06-08-2023
Mildred Emmett NE Telephone/Verizon Retiree and Proud Member of the Telephone Pioneers Mildred M. (Placido) Emmett of Winthrop, passed away on June 2 at the age of 99 at the Advocate Health Care Center in East Boston. Millie retired from…
Memorial Day Exercises in Winthrop
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,…