The conviction of former Speaker of the House Sal DiMasi on seven out of nine counts last week in Federal District Court in Boston was a sorry moment in the life and times of our state government. When DiMasi left…
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The Fourth Estate: Cummings School Fourth Grader Ava Bertino Wins Statewide Writing Contest
By Cary Shuman [email protected] Ava Bertino may have a future career as a writer because she certainly has a present and by present, we mean a gift for writing. Bertino, a fourth grader at the Cummings Elementary School, won the…
Superintendent’s First Pitch: Create a Comprehensive Athletic Director’s Post
–By Cary Shuman [email protected] Incoming Superintendent of Schools John Macero has created a new athletic director’s position that has been retooled as director of physical education (grades K-12), wellness/health education, and athletics, and transportation coordinator. Macero said advertising for the…
DeLeo Named Elks Citizen of the Year
–By Joseph Domelowicz For the Transcript Massachusetts Speaker of the House, Winthrop’s own Robert A. DeLeo, was honored as the Winthrop Lodge of Elks’ Citizen of the Year Wednesday night, during the organizations’ annual Flag Day Ceremonies at the Elks…
Summer Program is Ready for Take-off
–By Joseph Domelowicz For the Transcript Parks and Recreation Director Sean Driscoll and his staff, with the help of a grant from Massport, are once again preparing to launch their successful summer park program at Ingleside Park, beginning June 27…
Graphic Boomer Tell All Memoir – The Evening News with Walter Cronkite
The Evening News with Walter Cronkite evokes a time, the years 1967-1971, and the shift in ideals and experience through the closely observed eyes of Jack Krivitsky. He goes off to college in 1967 straddling two worlds: the upper middle…
Lord Stanley, Meet Captain Chara
One of our photographers grabbed this historic shot Thursday morning of Boston Bruins Captain Zdeno Chara exiting the charter plane at Logan Airport while hoisting the Stanley Cup into the air. A small group of fans were there to cheer…
It’s Official: Macero now Sits at the Head of the Class
–By Cary Shuman [email protected] John Macero is officially the next superintendent of Winthrop public schools. Tuesday night the Winthrop School Committee unanimously ratified a four-year contract for Macero, who will start in his new position on July 1. Macero succeeds…
Young Students Treated to a Visit by the WPD
–By Joseph Domelowicz For the Transcript Winthrop Police Chief Terence Delehanty and three of his officers visited the Pre-Kindergarten morning and afternoon classes of Miss Corinne and Miss Andrea at Fort Banks -William Gorman Elementary School on Tuesday. The purpose…
Eye on Crime: Responsible Resident helps Police Identify Car Break Thief
-By Joseph Domelowicz For the Transcript Winthrop Police arrested a 26-year-old Arlington man on Memorial Day weekend, thanks to the diligent efforts of a witness who continued calling the police as they searched the Veterans Road neighborhood for the suspect.…