Sections of Blue Line Replaced With Shuttles Until June 10 Beginning Sunday, May 22, through Wednesday, June 8, Blue Line train service will be suspended between Wonderland and Orient Heights stations to allow for critical work to take place on…
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Trooper David Green Scholarship Fund Established by Class of 1972
Special to the Transcript The David Green Scholarship is being established by his classmates from the graduating Class of 1972 to honor his memory and life. David passed away heroically on June 26, 2021, saving his Winthrop neighbors from a…
May Street Sweeping Wraps Up Tomorrow: Week of June 20 Next Sweeping Dates
The Town of Winthrop conducts Street Sweeping operations on the last full week of the month (last week with a Friday) from April through October between 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM on the day of a street’s trash collection. If…
Center Business District Project Construction Updates
The following is a summary of the work completed the past two weeks and the work P. Gioioso & Sons, Inc. (contractor) has scheduled through June 3. Please note, the anticipated schedule may vary due to unforeseen site conditions, weather…
Winthrop Police Hosts State-Wide Explorer Conference
Special to the Transcript This past Saturday, the Winthrop Police Department hosted the 18th Annual Massachusetts Police Explorer Competition. Explorers (youth between the ages of 14 and 20) from various communities around the state competed in 17 events including burglary…
A Memorial Day Truism: Freedom Isn’t Free
For the first time in 20 years — that’s an entire generation — America’s military men and women are not fighting a war on foreign soil. The withdrawal of our remaining troops from Afghanistan last August brought to an end…
Letter to the Editor
MBTA’s New Bus Network Redesign Proposal: Winthrop Voices Needed Dear Editor, Last week the MBTA unveiled its long awaited proposal for a newly revamped regional bus system that has only been changed at the margins for the last half century,…
WHS Sports Roundup
Cappuccio Wins NEC 200 Dash Crown, Takes 2nd in the 100 and Long Jump Nicholas Cappuccio turned in one of the most outstanding performances in Winthrop High track history at this weekend’s Northeastern Conference championship meet, taking first place in…
Obituaries 05-26-2022
John McCarthy Retired American Airlines Safety Manager John J. McCarthy of Winthrop passed away on May 19. He was 90 years old. John was a U.S. Army Veteran serving in the Korean War from 1952 to 1954. Prior to his…