Special to the Transcript In her first year in office, Senator Lydia Edwards worked with her colleagues in the House, & with Senate leadership to secure over $2 million of funding for housing support programs, open space, homelessness response &…
Month: December 2022
Public Program Honors Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day at Charlestown Navy Yard
Special to the Journal National Parks of Boston hosted a commemorative service and a wreath-laying ceremony at the USS Constitution Museum and on the World War II-era destroyer USS Cassin Young to remember and honor those who perished in the…
Still Time To Support the Winthrop Police Dept.’s Christmas Toy Drive
The Winthrop Police Department is conducting its annual Toy Drive for local families and children in need of assistance through the middle of the month. A drop-off box is located in the Winthrop Police Station lobby 24/7. Last year, thanks…
Freedom Isn’t Free: Pearl Harbor Was 81 Years Ago:
It was 81 years ago this week that the warlords of Japan launched their attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The very next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt convened a joint session…
Letters to the Editor
The Care Packages Are on There Way Myself and my brother Veterans, Richard Gay, Jim Guilfoyle and Steve White were off to an early 6 a.m. opening of the Winthrop Post Office, where we met Rose and Will. Forty care…
Guest Op-Ed: Christmas Rest and Peace
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Christmas is a good time to catch up on your pumpkin pie eating. Pecan pie seems readily available so this too is a good option. Try to drink one glass of eggnog during the season of…
Winthrop Youth Cheerleaders Take Home First Place in Regional Competition
Special to the Transcript On November 5, 2022 the Winthrop Viking Youth Cheerleaders competed in the New England Dance and Cheer Competition held at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston, MA. This competition is one of the…
WHS Sports Roundup
WHS Girls Hockey Opens Season Saturday The Winthrop High girls hockey team will open its 2023 season this Saturday when coach Anthony Martucci and his Lady Vikings trek to Janas Rink in Lowell to take on Shawsheen Tech/Bedford at 1:00.…
A Perfect Season: Caggiano Brothers Reunite With Dom Savio’s 1982 Super Bowl Team
Winthrop’s Peter Caggiano was a starting offensive lineman on the 1982 Dom Savio High School football team. That East Boston powerhouse won the Division 4 Super Bowl with a 14-12 victory over Rockland at BU’s Nickerson Field, completing a perfect…
Obituaries 12-08-2022
Rose M. Brown One Hundred Three Years Young Rose M. (Swartz) Brown of Revere, formerly of Winthrop and raised in Dorchester, entered into eternal rest on December 1 at 103 years of age. She was the devoted wife of the…