The Winthrop Police Department, in partnership with CASA (Community Action for Safe Alternatives), is seeing the important benefits of its Middle School Open Recreation Program, with teenagers participating in weekly recreational activities at the old Middle School gymnasium under the…
Month: February 2023
News Briefs
WAA Announces Video Contest It’s time to take out your camera and start shooting! The Winthrop Art Association is sponsoring a Short Video Contest open to Winthrop residents ages 14-18 ONLY! The Theme: Winthrop, My Home Town. Videos between 10-20…
Schools Make Safety Training a Priority
By Adam Swift Winthrop schools are putting safety first for students and staff. During the district’s last half day, Superintendent of Schools Lisa Howard said there was an excellent Stop the Bleed (tourniquet training), AED (automated external defibrillator) and CPR…
Make a Splash at the 2023 JetBlue Shamrock Splash
Special to the Transcript Get Cold for a Cause on Sunday March 12 with Save the Harbor/Save the Bay at the 12th annual JetBlue Shamrock Splash! Join 250 splashers to raise money for free, fun summer events in YOUR community…
Superintendent Praises Retiring Special Education Teacher Hodgkins
By Adam Swift The school district, especially the high school, will miss special education teacher Maria Hodgkins’ empathy, sympathy, and advocacy when she retires at the end of the school year, according to Superintendent of Schools Lisa Howard. Howard read…
Senator Edwards and Representative Connolly Launch Housing for All Caucus
Special to the Journal Senator Lydia Edwards and Representative Mike Connolly, joined by 60 of their colleagues, launched the Housing for All caucus in the Massachusetts Legislature. At the inaugural meeting, legislators presented their priority housing policy ideas for the…
EBNHC Introducing theOffice of the Patient Advocate
By Michael Coughlin Jr. Equity is one of the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center’s (EBNHC) biggest focuses this year in all facets. With equity in mind and to improve patient service, the EBNHC is creating the Office of the Patient…
Local Student Earns Academic Honors
Napoli Earns Dean’s List Honors Liliana Napoli, of Winthrop, earned dean’s list honors at The University of Tampa for the Fall 2022 semester. Napoli is majoring in Nursing BSN. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.75 or higher to be…
Thank You, Mike and Donna!
We’d like to take a moment to thank Mike and Donna Eruzione for their recent generous donation to the Winthrop School Department for the purchase of defibrillators for all of the town’s schools. The Eruziones, through their family’s charity, Winthrop…
The Sky Is Falling?
With U.S. jets shooting down numerous unidentified flying objects seemingly every day over North American air space in the past week, we’re all wondering, “What the heck is going on?†As this is being written, the only thing we know…