By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. For the Transcript Earlier this summer, just a few short weeks after town voters approved a landmark tax override, agreeing to spend more than $1 million extra to keep the town running smoothly, the Winthrop Fire…
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Ladies Lodge lining up spectacular day of food, fashion and fun
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. For the Transcript Winthrop Ladies Lodge President Dottie D’Onofrio and the other women of the local social organization have been working overtime this summer preparing for their newest and best scholarship fundraising event ever. On Saturday,…
Survilas enters election for Council President
By Cary Shuman [email protected] The election season has begun. Lifelong Winthrop resident Barbara A. Survilas has taken out nomination papers for the office of president of the Winthrop Town Council in the Town Election to be held on Tuesday, November…
Ruling nears; will affect several Winthrop residents
By Seth Daniel For the Transcript Liz Krumenacker probably has one of the worst commutes in the state. Every morning, she awakens in her Winthrop home and has to journey west to Ashland, where she is a manager for a…
First Priority Credit Union signs up hundreds of new members
By John Lynds [email protected] It was one of the most anticipated commercial development in decades, and now that First Priority Credit Union has opened its doors, there’s been no shortage of new customers. Since the credit union’s grand opening in…
Tern Style – Birds find a comfortable home on Winthrop’s shore
By Seth Daniel For the Transcript Winthrop’s beaches are taking a turn to the birds, a Least Tern that is. For the past couple of years, endangered bird species have returned to Winthrop Beach and Yirrell Beach – a development…
Revised budget accounts for loss in state aid
By Cary Shuman [email protected] The Winthrop Town Council approved the revised budget submitted by the town manager and recommended by the Finance Commission, a vote that will erase a deficit of $772,260 in the Fiscal Year 2010 Town Budget. The…
The jury is in: Fiandaca is right at home on the bench
By Cary Shuman [email protected] The Honorable Justice Kenneth Fiandaca is hard at work in the Roxbury District Court these days. He is presiding over a docket of criminal cases, from the most serious criminal arraignments to the most mundane community…
Town receives an oil spill response trailer
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. For the Transcript Sitting as it does on the northern doorstep of Boston Harbor, the region’s largest working port, means that Winthrop is constantly at risk from the potential dangers of oil spills at sea. Similarly,…
Get out and play – With skill and panache, Winthrop Jam Band carries on the garage rock tradition
By Seth Daniel For the Transcript The garages in Winthrop, like garages all over America, are no longer alive with the sounds of music. In fact, the garage rock and roll band that used to be such a common experience…