Tony Marino arrived bright and early Monday for his first day as the new town manager of Winthrop. He walked energetically up the steps of Town Hall and strode business-like into the second floor Town Manager’s Office officially as the…
Month: May 2022
Winthrop Police Sergeant Receives National Award
The Winthrop Town Council met on Tuesday, May 17, where Police Chief Terence Delehanty recognized one of his own. On May 12, Sgt. Nick Bettano was honored at a national awards ceremony in D.C. for his response to the racially-motivated…
Town of Winthrop Rededicates Wallace B. McClean Tennis Courts
The Town of Winthrop held a rededication ceremony for the new Wallace B. McClean Tennis Courts. Mr. McClean was a science, physical training, and driver safety teacher at Winthrop High School in the mid-1950s. He received his bachelor’s degree from…
News Briefs
Sections of Blue Line Replaced With Shuttles Until June 10 Beginning Sunday, May 22, through Wednesday, June 8, Blue Line train service will be suspended between Wonderland and Orient Heights stations to allow for critical work to take place on…
Trooper David Green Scholarship Fund Established by Class of 1972
Special to the Transcript The David Green Scholarship is being established by his classmates from the graduating Class of 1972 to honor his memory and life. David passed away heroically on June 26, 2021, saving his Winthrop neighbors from a…
May Street Sweeping Wraps Up Tomorrow: Week of June 20 Next Sweeping Dates
The Town of Winthrop conducts Street Sweeping operations on the last full week of the month (last week with a Friday) from April through October between 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM on the day of a street’s trash collection. If…
Center Business District Project Construction Updates
The following is a summary of the work completed the past two weeks and the work P. Gioioso & Sons, Inc. (contractor) has scheduled through June 3. Please note, the anticipated schedule may vary due to unforeseen site conditions, weather…
Winthrop Police Hosts State-Wide Explorer Conference
Special to the Transcript This past Saturday, the Winthrop Police Department hosted the 18th Annual Massachusetts Police Explorer Competition. Explorers (youth between the ages of 14 and 20) from various communities around the state competed in 17 events including burglary…
A Memorial Day Truism: Freedom Isn’t Free
For the first time in 20 years — that’s an entire generation — America’s military men and women are not fighting a war on foreign soil. The withdrawal of our remaining troops from Afghanistan last August brought to an end…
Letter to the Editor
MBTA’s New Bus Network Redesign Proposal: Winthrop Voices Needed Dear Editor, Last week the MBTA unveiled its long awaited proposal for a newly revamped regional bus system that has only been changed at the margins for the last half century,…