As this is being written, the state Legislature is about to enact legislation that would give the governor the power to name an interim U.S. senator until an election is held in January. We fully support the measure. It is…
Category: Editorials
The Papers Are In – Voters can expect a lively local election season
The deadline for submitting nomination papers has passed, and we now know the candidates who will be running for office in the November 3 Town Election. The most watched race will be the Town Council president’s contest, in which candidates…
A Winning Proposition – Expanded NEC will benefit Winthrop in many ways
Your father’s Northeastern Conference is not your Northeastern Conference today, which is our way of saying that the tidy, 10-team conference that we knew for so many years is a relic of the past. When Revere and Peabody joined the…
The death of Senator Kennedy
The death of Senator Edward Kennedy was a tragedy of the first order for Massachusetts. His death was our demise in the Senate, and in Washington, where Massachusetts held a very special position from year to year when budget time…
Rep. DeLeo attends services for Ted Kennedy
Local legislator among those on hand, paying tribute to legendary senator Bob DeLeo, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, attended both the Memorial Mass and funeral for our late United States Senator, Edward M. Kennedy. As a former selectman…
Thank you, Paul – Paul Frazier served the town well as Board of Health director
In 1982, Paul Frazier was appointed as the director of the Winthrop Board of Health. For the past 28 years, he has been the man in charge of one of the most important, though often taken for granted, town departments.…
Meeting with EPA is in order
Town Manager McKenna to discuss $70,000 fine with federal officials At the Town Council meeting Tuesday night, Town Manager James McKenna reiterated the comments that he had made in last week’s front page story in the Sun-Transcript concerning the U.S.…
Matt Boyle – Remembering a legendary WHS teacher, administrator
If you ask the literally thousands of students who graduated from Winthrop High school from the 1960s through the 1980s whom they most remember from their high school years, chances are the person they will mention at the top of…
National Grid on the docket – Electric company needs to assure its customers
Dave Gendall, regional manager for National Grid, will be making a presentation at Tuesday night’s Town Council meeting. Gendall will be providing the Council an update on the two substations in the town and the work the company is doing…
Another great swim – Five Sisters swim race brought out the best in town
Were does the time go? It seems like it was just yesterday that the Five Sisters Swim race was a new and novel undertaking in Winthrop. But last Saturday’s race marked the 15th annual race event, and once again it…