By Adam Swift An independent study recommends the town raise its recreation fees by five to seven percent to cover shortfalls in the department’s enterprise account and bolster its reserve funds. Jesse Myott, a manager with consulting firm BerryDunn, presented…
Winthrop’s Lisa Howard Named A Commonwealth Heroine
Special to the Transcript Winthrop Superintendent of Schools Lisa Howard was recently honored by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women (MCSW) at their 20th Annual Commonwealth Heroine Award reception. This annual event is an opportunity to recognize the…
Schools To Switch Student Information System
By Adam Swift Over the next year, the school district will be converting to a more efficient, robust student information system. “I-PASS is the student information system that the school department has used for maybe 10 years now,†said Superintendent…
Council Approves Gold Star Sign for Irving Mycue
By Adam Swift Sewall Avenue resident Irving Mycue was killed in action in World War II aboard the destroyer USS Meredith off the coast of Normandy in June of 1944. Now, Mycue will finally be receiving the Gold Star memorial…
EBNHC’s Michael Mancusi Receives Massachusetts Community Health Center Clinician Award
 Special to the Journal Earlier this month, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center’s (EBNHC) Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Michael Mancusi, LICSW, received the Massachusetts Community Health Center Clinician Award from the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers. The award is presented…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Russo of Winthrop Makes Dean’s List at RIT Jonathan Russo of Winthrop was named to the Dean’s List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the spring semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. Russo is in the computer engineering program. Full-time…