One of the largest job fairs for a single company will be happening over the next few months and local residents are encouraged to apply for a position. Encore, Boston Harbor, is seeking to hire 5,000 people to staff the…
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Letters to the Editor
In Support of a Diversity Inclusion and Community Relations Committee for Winthrop Dear Editor, On Tuesday, February 19th, our town council will be presented with an option to form a Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Relations Committee (DICRC). One Winthrop continues…
Letters to the Editor
Calling for a Collective Visioning Process Dear Editor, Last week’s letter from Frank Constantino, “We Need a More Inclusive Process†offered many salient arguments for why Winthrop needs a town-wide collective vision achieved through an inclusive public planning process. He…
Immigrants Are Our Future
It is an undeniable fact of history that all Americans other than Native Americans are descendants of immigrants. It also is undeniably true that immigrants have not always been welcome with open arms, starting most conspicuously with the Know-Nothing Party…
Letters to the Editor- We Need a More Inclusive Process
The following letter was delivered to the Winthrop Town Council as well as the Winthrop Transcript. Dear Council Members and Town Manager, To further the idea of obtaining resident input to a planning and development process that has thus far…
Thank You, Bob Deleo
It’s hard to believe that it has been 10 years since Winthrop/Revere State Rep. Bob DeLeo was elected the Speaker of the House by his colleagues. (Yes, time flies.) We wish to make note of the 10th anniversary of Speaker…
Thank You, Jay Ash
When Gov. Charlie Baker was elected to his first term of office four years ago, his first major announcement was the appointment of Jay Ash to the post of Secretary of Housing and Economic Development. The announcement by Gov. Baker,…
LETTER to the Editor
Boudrow thanks town Dear Editor, To my family, friends, and neighbors, Christmas Eve 2018 will forever be etched into my memories. On this night, my family, friends, and fellow Winthrop residents came out to show me just how wonderful it…
Letter to the Editor
Opinion on center development plan project The following letter was submitted to the Winthrop Town Council members and Town Manager. Dear Council Members and Town Manager, To further the issues about the Center Development that remain temporarily unresolved, but by…
What Would Dr. Martin Luther King Think?
When one considers that it has been almost 51 years since Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated, it is easy to understand why so many of our fellow Americans today have so little understanding of who he was and what…