-By Joseph Domelowicz For the Transcript A major substation upgrade and enhancement project in Winthrop, being undertaken by National Grid is in the final stages, and will result in a more stable and reliable power grid within the town when…
Month: January 2011
WPD Cautions Residents, Businesses to Comply with Snow Removal By-law
-By Joseph Domelowicz For the Transcript As town emergency and public safety workers prepared for th enext bug snowstorm of the season on Tuesday evening, Winthrop Police Chief Terrence Delehanty said that local police will be ticketing residents and businesses…
Vikings Turn Back the Clock — and Springfield Cathedral
It had been 35 years since the Winthrop High hockey team last played Springfield Cathedral. That memorable contest was played in the old Boston Garden for the 1976 State Division I hockey championship, a contest which every Viking hockey fan…
Enemy from Within
The tragedy in Tucson The tragic shootings in Tucson, Arizona this past Saturday served once again to remind us that the greatest threats to our nation’s stability are not from our real or imagined enemies in far off places, but…
A Driving Force
The VFP’s bus donation We’ve often commended the Viking Pride Foundation in the past, but Friday’s ceremony in which the group dedicated the new buses for the Winthrop schools may have been its crowning achievement. The plan to purchase buses…
Police Blotter 01-14-2011
Monday, Jan. 3 8:47 a.m. – Party reports that his ex-wife has stolen his identity and used it obtain service for electricity. 9:46 a.m. – Party called to report a past shoplifter at a Woodside Avenue business. Unit 92 reports…
Obituaries 01-14-2011
Patricia Kelley Member of Sons of Italy Women’s Lodge Patricia G. (Marino) Kelley of Winthrop died on January 10. She was the beloved wife of the late Harold B. Kelley Jr.; loving mother of Harold G. Kelley III and his…
Mother’s Keeper
Middle School student who learned CPR through Parks and Rec. comes to her mother’s aid -By Cary Shuman [email protected] A 12-year-old Winthrop Middle School high honor roll student who learned CPR in a Winthrop Parks and Recreation class is being credited…
A Gentleman and An Inspiration
-By Cary Shuman [email protected] Friends and family members paid tribute to Anthony F. “Lefty†DeFelice at a visitation Sunday at Caggiano and Son Funeral Home and a funeral Mass Monday at St. John the Evangelist Church. Mr. DeFelice, a well-known…
Planning Board Members asked to Explain Their Stance on ‘Overlay District’
By Cary Shuman [email protected] The Winthrop Town Council has voted by a 9-0 margin that Town Manager James McKenna draft a letter to the individual members of the Planning Board requesting that they submit a letter of reason to the…