Upcoming Road Detours and Construction Residents are advised that night time road construction near the Winthrop St / Revere St intersection is scheduled for this week. Paving on Pauline and Pleasant Streets took place on Wednesday. Paving will begin on…
Month: August 2022
Jobs Fair for Suffolk Downs Development Draws 300
Special to the Journal Thomas O’Brien, founding partner and managing director of the HYM Investment Group, was asked the following question at the July 26 jobs fair at Suffolk Downs: How many new construction jobs will there be for HYM’s…
Winthrop’s Rizzotto Participates in National Leadership Academy
Special to the Transcript The Winthrop Police is proud to announce that Winthrop Police Cadet (Explorer) Adrianna Rizzotto was one of only 32 youths selected to participate in the Public Safety Cadet National Leadership Academy from July 24 to July…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Local Students Graduate from Emerson Emerson College, the nation’s premier institution for the arts, communication, and the liberal arts, awarded more than 1,000 undergraduate degrees during its 142nd Commencement at Agganis Arena in Boston. • Joy Freeman from Winthrop, received…
District Attorney Hayden Says Shootings May Usher In ‘Generational Calamity’
Special to the Transcript Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden expressed his fears that the rising level of multiple-person shootings in Boston could usher in a “generational calamity†for young inner-city residents. Hayden’s comments came after three teens were shot in…
“Emerald Tutu†Floating Biomass May Help Eastie Against Sea Level Rise
Last year, coastal engineer and professor, Julia Hopkins led a team to place a floating biomass mat off the shores of East Boston. The mat tested were part of a larger National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research project dubbed the…
Bill Russell Was A Beautiful Person
For those of us who were Boston sports fans in our childhood while growing up in the 1960s, there was only one real hero — and that was Bill Russell. With 11 NBA titles in 13 seasons, the Celtics and…
Gina Raimondo For President
This past week, Congress finally passed the CHIPS (Creating Helpful Incentives for the Production of Semiconductors) and Science Act, legislation that will provide $280 billion in federal funding to ensure that the making of semiconductors, which are crucial to every…
Letters to the Editor
Regarding the MBTA Better Bus Project Dear Editor, The following letter was sent to the Better Bus Project, Steve Poftak (MBTA), James Tesler (MassDOT), as well as, Winthrop Town Manager Anthony Marino, State Senator Lydia Edwards, State Representative Jeffrey Turco,…
Obituaries 08-04-2022
Ronald Zampanti He Will Be Missed More Than Words Can Say Ronald “Ronnie†Zampanti of Falmouth died from complications after surgery on July 23, 2022 and entered eternal life. He was only 27 years old and the family is deeply…