School Committee Approves Needs-Based Budget for FY24
By Adam Swift The School Committee approved Superintendent of Schools Lisa Howard’s recommendation for a needs-based school budget for Fiscal Year 2024 on Monday night. Howard was scheduled to discuss that budget figure of $36,644,103 with the town’s finance commission…
News Briefs
April Street Sweeping Now Underway Sweeping occurs through April 28 on the day of a street’s trash collection. The Town of Winthrop conducts Street Sweeping operations on the last full week of the month (last week with a Friday) from…
Schools Assisting With Students Displaced by Fire
By Adam Swift The school department is working with the town and local organizations to help students and families displaced by the four-alarm fire at a large apartment building at 91 Veterans Road last Friday. Of the 110 people displaced…
Healey-Driscoll Admin. Launches New Climate Resiliency Program
Special to the Transcript Governor Maura Healey and Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper have announced a new pilot program to support cities and towns across Massachusetts in updating and putting their climate change resiliency plans and projects…
Winthrop Police Issues Warning for Residents To Secure Vehicles
Chief Terence Delehanty and the Winthrop Police Department would like to urge community members to secure their vehicles following an uptick in reports of stolen vehicles and vehicle break-ins, all of which occurred in unsecured vehicles. On March 19 and…