Winthrop completes historic journey on Garden ice By Cary Shuman A season that began with high hopes in November ended in a dream-come-true reality, with hats on the ice and students and fans cheering, all in supreme recognition of senior…
Month: March 2025
WHS Principal Matt Crombie Delivers a Beautiful Message
Staff Report Winthrop High School Principal Matt Crombie splendidly summarized the Vikings’ state championship season in remarks to the Sun-Transcript. “Winning the MIAA D4 State Championship is a testament to the relentless physical and mental toughness of our boys hockey…
School Committee Approves Preschool Program Tuition Hike
By Adam Swift The school committee approved an increase in the district’s preschool tuition rates at its meeting on Monday night. The tuition will now be $8,000 per year for the full-day program, which runs from 8:15 a.m. to 1:15…
News Briefs
Congrats on Retirement George Barker and Sean Donahue Winthrop Youth Hockey wishes to offer Volunteer Learn to Skate Instructors George Barker and Sean Donahue heartfelt congratulations on their retirement. After 40 years the duo is hanging up the skates. Winthrop…
Town Facing Higher than Anticipated Health Insurance Rates
By Adam Swift Town and school officials continue to focus on the budget process for Fiscal Year 2026 in advance of the school budget override vote on Saturday, April 5. However, according to the town manager, higher than anticipated health…
Councilor Suzanne Swope Holds Coffee Hour on Special Election
Courtesy Photos Last Thursday, March 13, Town Councilor Suzanne Swope held a coffee hour at Seal Harbor to inform local residents about the upcoming town special election on Saturday, April 5th. The ballot will include three questions about building a…
Gov. Healey Visits Boston Children’s Hospital, Highlights Harm Caused by Cuts to NIH Funding, Medicaid
Special to the Transcript On March 17, Governor Maura Healey and First Lady Joanna Lydgate visited Boston Children’s Hospital, a world leader in pediatric health care, to highlight how the Trump Administration’s cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding…
FKO Receives MGH $300,000 Grant for Innovative Apprenticeship
Special to the Journal For Kids Only Afterschool (FKO) is excited to have received of Mass General Brigham Community Health Impact Funds for a groundbreaking new out-of-school time (OST) apprenticeship that is advancing economic mobility for low- and moderate-income residents…
We Have Lost the Battle to Stop Climate Change; We Need to Save Ourselves
We recently saw a chart that was incredibly depressing: Even though the amount of greenhouse gas emissions (GGE) by the United States has decreased by about 15% since 2000, the rest of the world has increased its GGE by 50%.…
Are Americans Losing Their Appetite for Junk Food?
PepsiCo, the international food conglomerate, reported last month that the company’s North American snacks business, which makes Doritos, Cheetos, and Lay’s potato chips, saw a 3% dip (pun intended) in sales volume in the quarter ended Dec. 28. Smuckers, which…