It was 50 years ago this week that the Winthrop High hockey team completed an undefeated season of 26-0-1 (a 4-4 tie with Saugus was their lone blemish) with a 4-1 victory over Western Mass. champion Springfield Catholic to capture…
Category: Editorials
Our Brave Soldiers Once Again are Defending Freedom
Regardless of whether one agrees with the undertaking of an undeclared war with Iran that ignited over the weekend, these hostilities once again have placed the lives of American soldiers at immediate risk on the front line. However, as our…
Remembering the 1976 WHS state champion hockey team
It was 50 years ago this week that the Winthrop High hockey team completed an undefeated season of 26-0-1 (a 4-4 tie with Saugus was their lone blemish) with a 4-1 victory over Western Mass. champion Springfield Catholic to capture…
Why hasn’t the NHL Banned Fighting?
Our love of hockey dates back to the 1960s, the golden era when “Bobby Orr and the Big, Bad Boston Bruins” (that was the title of a book that we’ve had since our youth) ruled the hockey world and the…
Why hasn’t the NHL Banned Fighting?
Our love of hockey dates back to the 1960s, the golden era when “Bobby Orr and the Big, Bad Boston Bruins” (that was the title of a book that we’ve had since our youth) ruled the hockey world and the…
Social media must be off-limits for children
After about 20 years of social media platforms operating without any legal or moral constraints, the evidence is overwhelmingly clear that social media is toxic for our children. Much like the tobacco companies 75 years ago (Big Tobacco was fully…
Ramadan begins this week
Ramadan, which will begin this week following the sighting of the crescent moon, is the holiest month of the year for members of the Muslim faith. For 2026, Ramadan is projected to start as early as Tuesday, February 17, and…
Letters to the Editor 2-12-2026
Letter Grading Of Food Establishments Dear Editor, I was pleased to read in the Winthrop Sun Transcript on January 22, 2026, that the Inspectional Services Department will soon start implementing the Regulation of the Winthrop Board of Health on Letter…
Our legislature should not stand in the way of Waymo
The two bills that are circulating in the state legislature that effectively would ban autonomous, self-driving vehicles in the state not only are short-sighted, but they also will serve to perpetuate the carnage on our dangerous and deadly roads. It…
Acclimating to Our Local Ice Age
The bitterly cold weather that we’ve been experiencing day-after-day this winter has been oppressive (not to mention costly because of our high heating bills). The daily lows in the single digits, coupled with the strong winds that have brought the…