The statewide Multiple Listing Service Property Information Network reported a banner year for Winthrop Real Estate in 2018. The single-family home prices increased by 11.7 percent to an average value of $530,224.00. The condominium prices also increased by almost 7…
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Winthrop Year in Review
January Vecchia sworn in as council president The town of Winthrop swore in it’s newly elected officials Tuesday night in the Neil Shapiro Auditorium at Winthrop High School. Newly elected Town Council President Ron Vecchia took the oath from Town…
It’s a Polar Plunge
Winthrop Officials Issue Guidelines Regarding State 911 Outage
Fire Chief Paul E. Flanagan and Police Chief Terence M. Delehanty report that the Massachusetts state 911 system is currently experiencing intermittent interruption of service related to problems with a nationwide internet service provider. This is a national problem also impacting…
News Briefs
Photo Hunt for Banners The Winthrop Chamber of Commerce is conducting a photo hunt for our upcoming street banner program! We are looking for your photos of the Winthrop scene. Photos should look great from high up on a street…
Student Highlight: Sophomore Shows Many Levels of Talent
John Cataldo is a true Winthrop teen. He started sailing at the Cottage Park Yacht Club (CPYC) when he was 11 years old, and is now an instructor for both the youth and adult sailing programs, where he teaches beginners…
Winthrop Middle School Band Performs for Travelers at Logan Airport
The Winthrop Middle School band delighted travelers prior to Christmas when they were given the opportunity to play holiday favorites in Terminal C at Logan Airport on Dec. 19.
Santa’s Winthrop Driver Retires after 35 years
When Winthrop Firefighter Dennis Boudrow was only 12 years old, he rescued an elderly man from a burning building behind his family’s store in East Boston. It was in that moment that he developed what would become a life-long passion…
Winthrop Sun Transcript’s 2018 People of the Year:Ron Vecchia is Man of the Year
This past year has not been an easy one in Winthrop. There have been three town managers, three legal cases stemming from the Police Department, an outcry from the residents about the future of the center business district, a continued…
Rose Trifoni Mazzuchelli is Woman of the Year
There are those who exude goodness, and Veteran’s Services Officer Rose Trifoni Mazzuchelli is one of those people. She attributes this to the way she was raised in the North End and Revere. For many years, she’s been helping veterans,…