Author: Transcript Staff
Council Fails to Move Forward with Fire Station Site Selection
By Adam Swift The next step in the effort to build a new fire station to replace the town’s current, aging facilities remains up in the air. At Tuesday night’s council meeting, Council President Jim Letterie failed to get a…
WIHA Presents its 2024 Ornament
Special to the Transcript The Winthrop Improvement & Historical Association (WIHA) is proud to present its 2024 Holiday ornament. This year’s design honors the Winthrop Art Association’s “Art in the Park” art shows. The Winthrop Art Association (WAA) has been…
News Briefs
Project Play’s Holiday Hop & Coat Drive This Saturday, December 7 from 4:30-6:00, young children and their grownups can celebrate the holidays with a FREE kids concert by Evan at Music at the Blissful in the festive & cozy Adriana’s…
Atlantic Works Gallery hosts ‘Jingle Bells, Batman Smells’ holiday showcase
Special to the Transcript Atlantic Works Gallery announces that its December will be an exhibition by Eric Hess and elfin friends called Jingle Bells, Batman Smells. The exposition is a subjective and kitschy look at the objectivity of Christmas in…
School Committee to hold Special Meeting on Override
By Adam Swift The school committee is hosting a special meeting on Monday, Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. at the Shapiro Center at Winthrop High School to discuss a potential school override request. In November, voters rejected a $4.95 million…
Winthrop High hockey team is spreading holiday cheer on and off the ice
Special to the Transcript The Winthrop High School Viking hockey team recently joined forces with the Mi-Amore Food Pantry to make the holidays brighter for local families. Team members volunteered their time to load trucks with turkeys and Thanksgiving fixings,…
Vikings dominate in Thanksgiving Day triumph
By Transcript Staf Neither rain, nor wind, nor cold, nor slippery turf — nor their Revere opponents — could deter coach Jon Cadigan and his band of determined Vikings from capturing the Beachcomber Trophy for a third straight year with…
WHS legend Steve Miles was on hand for Revere-Winthrop game
By Transcript Staff Among the Winthrop fans who braved the elements to root on the Vikings on Thanksgiving Day against archrival Revere was WHS football great Steve Miles (WHS Class of 1952) who made the annual trek on the holiday from his home…
Remember the Needy on Your Shopping List
Americans already have been spending a record amount of money thus far this holiday season, spurred on by the extended “Black Friday” (we are using air quotes because Black Friday sales began in early November), Small Business Saturday, and Cyber…