By Sue Ellen Woodcock Town Council President Robert Driscoll Jr. shocked the council and more than 30 people attending the Tuesday night Town Council meeting at the senior center when he announced he was resigning. Driscoll calmly relayed what had…
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McKenna Not to Renew Contract
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Town Manager James McKenna has one year left in his contract and he has announced that he will not seek a renewal in an interview with The Sun Transcript on Tuesday night. The announcement was made…
Howard Appointed Interim Superintendent of Schools
By Cary Shuman The Winthrop School Committee selected Lisa Howard as the interim superintendent of schools at its meeting Monday night in the Joseph Harvey Room at Town Hall. Howard is a Class of 1985 graduate of Winthrop High School.…
Facebook Posting Causes Local Stir
After a contentious School Committee meeting Monday night in which the committee selected an Interim Superintendent of Schools, Chairwoman Dawn Sullivan posted her thoughts on Facebook about her fellow committee members and it wasn’t pretty. Sullivan admits it was wrong…
News Briefs
Town-Wide Yard Sale ON JUNE 10 The Ninth Annual Winthrop Town-Wide Yard Sale will be held Saturday, June 10 from 9 AM-1 PM rain or shine. Over 75 yard sales, look for balloons marking participating locations. Deadline to register to…
Fort Banks Pajama Night
Kindergarteners Norah Zaffini and Audrey Turner enjoy listening to a story on Friday night, May 12, at the Gorman Ft. Banks Elementary School Family Literacy and Math night. Students came in pajamas with their parents and enjoyed stories, math games…
Deer Island 5k Dash
IMPRESSIVE TREKKER:  Winthrop’s April Ferguson, 10, ran a 7:35 per mile pace as she finished 23rd among all racers during the Deer Island Dash 5K Run/Walk to benefit Water For People on Saturday morning, May 13. Ferguson finished sixth overall…
New Buses to Arrive in June, in Time for Tall Ships Parade
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Members of the Winthrop Transportation Advisory Committee announced that the six new MBTA/Paul Revere buses will arrive in town just in time for use during the Parade of Sail June 17-22. While there is excitement about…
Developer Seeks Parking in CBD for Condominiums
By Sue Ellen Woodcock A potential developer is hoping to purchase the old theater at 64 Putnam St., but they are in need of up to 38 parking spaces to get the project financed by a local bank. Rick and…
School Department Struggles with Budget Realities
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Keeping programs alive is something School Committee Chair Dawn Sullivan wants to see the school department do when it fine-tunes its fiscal year 2018 budget. Superintendent of Schools John Macero has submitted the budget to the…