John Oliveira, Acting Commissioner for the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB), Brookline, attended the August 16 Winthrop Low Vision Group meeting at the Robert DeLeo Senior Center to discuss the proposed $27.1 million FY2024 state budget as well as…
Month: August 2023
Fire House Building Committee Focuses on Communications
By Adam Swift The Fire House Building Committee held its second meeting Monday night, focusing on the timeline for building a new fire station as well as highlighting the conditions at the current headquarters and Shirley Street fire houses. Town…
Football Vikings Set for Intra-Squad Scrimmage Tonight at Miller Field
Winthrop High School football supporters can get their first look at the 2023 team in the annual Blue and Gold intra-squad scrimmage today (Thursday) at 6 p.m. at Miller Field. “We’ll divide the group into two evenly matched teams, and…
News Briefs
Notification of Road Work on Veterans Road and Locust Street D&R Paving is notifying all residents on Veterans Road (Between Shirley St. and Locust Street) and Locust St. (Between Beach Rd and Winthrop Shore Drive) that asphalt milling and resurfacing…
Namastay Sober, Revere Recreation Holding Third Tina Hinojosa Memorial Yoga Class and Dodgeball Tourney
Special to the Transcript On September 24, Namastay Sober partners with Revere Recreation and will host their third annual Tina Hinojosa memorial yoga class and dodgeball tournament at Harry Della Russo Stadium. Tina Hinojosa was a Revere resident, a beloved…
Hayden Announces Youth Advisory Council, Encourages Suffolk County Teens To Apply
Special to the Transcript District Attorney Kevin Hayden has announced the creation of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Youth Advisory Council, which will meet regularly throughout the school year to give Hayden’s office insight into issues such as youth violence,…
Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Updates to MBTA Communities Guidelines
Special to the Transcript The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) has announced updated Guidelines relative to the MBTA Communities law. In response to feedback from municipal leaders in several MBTA Communities, EOHLC is revising the Guidelines to…
Trump and Biden: Worst Candidates Ever?
As it becomes increasingly apparent that the candidates for President in 2024 will be Joe Biden and Donald Trump in a rematch of their 2020 campaign, it is understandable why Americans are so pessimistic about the future direction of the…
Our Age of Anxiety
The Wall St. Journal this past week featured a front page story entitled, “The Booming Business of American Anxiety.†The issue of New York Magazine two weeks ago touched on the same subject with the cover story, “Trauma: America’s Favorite…
Guest Op-Ed: Tick Talk
By the Winthrop Board of Health Today, we are going to talk about ticks: Where they breed, what can be done to reduce the risk of harboring ticks on your property, tick-borne illnesses, personal protection for you and your pets…