Month: June 2025
WHS Girls Viking Hockey Awards Night
Two Candidates Come Forward for Vacant Precinct 2 Council Seat
By Adam Swift The town council is scheduled to interview two candidates for the vacant Precinct 2 council seat at its next regular meeting on Tuesday, June 17. Karin Chavis and Michael Kinlin both submitted letters of interest to serve…
Winthrop WorkingTogether Holds Forum on Housing Crisis
By Transcript Staff At a time of intense focus on questions related to housing, particularly in the context of the controversial MBTA Communities Act (commonly known as the 3A law, which mandates that communities within the MBTA’s service area in…
School Committee Meeting Focuses on End-of-Year Activities
By Adam Swift Much of Monday night’s regular meeting of the school committee focused on end-of-year activities in the Winthrop schools, as well as a brief update on ongoing negotiations with the local unions. “Negotiations are continuing with teachers, secretaries,…
News Briefs
Local teens explore medical opportunities through CHA’s Career Pathways Program Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville and Boston’s metro-north communities, recently hosted 19 young adults from the communities of Somerville, Everett, Malden, Cambridge, Revere, and…
School Committee Approves Pupil Personnel Position Hiring
By Adam Swift A familiar face is returning to the Winthrop Public Schools as the new Director of Pupil Personnel Services. Monday night, the school committee approved the selection of former Winthrop teacher Susan Gibbons as the new director. The…
Orange Line Service to be Suspended from June 21 – 29
Special to the Transcript Between North Station and Forest Hills on Weekends, Between Back Bay and Forest Hills on Weekdays This notice serves as a reminder of the upcoming Orange Line closure previously announced on May 20. The MBTA is…
Four Tips for Preventing Dog Attacks on Mail Carriers
Special to the Transcript Can you picture a member of your family attacking a mail carrier? Of course not, but it happened over 6,000 times last year across the nation. “I was bit by a dog on my leg recently…
Fetterman, Mccormick Discuss a Range of Issues at Edward Kennedy Institute
Special to the Transcript United States Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and David McCormick (R-PA) embodied bipartisanship last week at the most recent installment of The Senate Project series at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. During a…