Month: April 2023
Pizza Center Reopens on Walden Street
Story by Marianne Salza For six decades, the Pizza Center has been an energetic, family-friendly restaurant in a 700-square-foot space shaped like a slice of pizza at 47 Woodside Avenue. On March 24, the Petruccelli Family was elated to re-open…
Supt. Howard Provides Overview of School Budget
By Adam Swift Winthrop Supt. of Schools Lisa Howard presented an overview of the proposed budget for the 2023-24 school year at Monday night’s School Committee meeting. Howard presented both a level-service budget, which is typically close to what the…
News Briefs
Suffolk Downs to Host Annual Marathon Daffodil Dash Looking for a family friendly way to kick off the Boston Marathon weekend? On Saturday, April 15th, The HYM Investment Group LLC, “HYM,†will host the second annual Marathon Daffodil Dash from…
Council Approves Solid Waste Ordinance
By Adam Swift At its meeting last week, the Town Council approved a solid waste ordinance for the town. The ordinance codifies many of the items that have been in place for the past several years under the town’s current…
WIHA Looks Back at the ‘Wild Women of Boston’
Story by Marianne Salza Historian, Dina Vargo, author of “Wild Women of Boston: Mettle and Moxie in the Hub†discussed her book about obscure female figures in history during the April 4 Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association (WIHA) meeting in…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
The following students made Honor Roll for Term two during the 2022-2023 school year at Winthrop Middle School Grade 6 Agolli, Vjollca Alchaar, Edrick Algburi, Faris Banfield, Lyncoln Barron, Michael Bebri, Joey Beleacov, Alexander Berisha, Edmond Biancardi, Gabriela Bustamante Soriano,…
Last Chance To Experience: The World’s Most Popular Display of Lego Art Exhibition Extends Its Run One Additional Week
Special to the Transcipt A captivating exhibition featuring intriguing works of art by renowned contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya— has announced that it will extend its final week in Boston, with tickets now on sale through Sunday, April 30 — this…
The Marathon Bombing, 10 Years Later
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the tragic Boston Marathon bombing which occurred on April 15, 2013, when two brothers set off a pair of bombs near the finish line of the marathon, killing three persons (Krystle Marie Campbell,…
Clarence Thomas: Supreme Hypocrite
“I prefer the RV parks. I prefer the Walmart parking lots to the beaches and things like that. There’s something normal to me about it.†— Judge Clarence Thomas in a recent interview. The revelation this past week that Supreme Court Justice…