Senator Lydia Edwards to Host a Coffee Hour On Tuesday February 14 from 1-2pm Senator Lydia Edwards will be hosting a coffee hour at the Robert DeLeo Senior Center, 35 Harvard St in Winthrop. “I want to thank the Winthrop…
Month: February 2023
Schools Make It Through Cold Snap
By Adam Swift The first weekend of February saw record-breaking cold across New England. The Winthrop schools, like everyone else across the region, faced some challenges as the temperatures went into a freefall, but came out of the cold snap…
Bill Schmidt Will Support Bridge Over Troubled Waters in the 7th Annual Winter Walk
Special to the Transcript On Sunday, February 12, at 8:30 am in Copley Square, Boston, Winthrop resident Bill Schmidt will be participating in the Annual Winter Walk as a member of the Bridge Over Troubled Waters Team to help raise…
2023–2024 School Budget Process Getting Underway
By Adam Swift The 2023-24 school budget process is underway, although it is still in the early stages, according to Superintendent of Schools Lisa Howard. At Monday night’s School Committee meeting, Howard laid out the general outline for the new…
Mass Humanities Announces 2023 Funding Opportunities
Special to the Journal Mass Humanities, the Commonwealth’s leading funder of humanities programs, announced upcoming opportunities for its 2023 grant season. In 2022, the Northampton-based foundation awarded more than $1 million in grants to non-profits, supporting free public events, oral…
Zenith Lodge 42 IOOF Has a Heart for Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching Zenith Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Winthrop decided to host a CPR certification class taught through a program of the American Heart Association. The instructor for the class was Winthrop resident Roseann Trionfi-Mazzachelli,…
Local Student Earns Academic Honors
Parker Named to Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 Semester at Quinnipiac University The following area student Ryan Parker was named to the dean’s list To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a grade point average of at…
Winthrop Is Small – And That’s the Way We Like It
We were pleased to print the entire text of the State of the Town address delivered by Town Council President Jim Letterie in last week’s Sun-Transcript and we hope that all of our readers took the time to read it.…
No Child Should Live in Deep Poverty
We wish to voice our support for a bill sponsored by State Senator Sal DiDomenico, the Assistant Majority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate, that seeks to accelerate the timetable for lifting children in our state out of what is known…
Hannah Parker’s Game-Winner Leads Unbeaten Winthrop Past Peabody, 3–2
Junior forward Hannah Parker scored the game-winning goal in the second period as the Winthrop High girls hockey team bested Peabody, 3-2, in a Northeast Hockey League first-place showdown last Wednesday at the McVann-O’Keefe Rink. “That was one of the…