By Pete Legasey For the Transcript Nearly 100 Winthrop High students are participating in this year’s National History Day Competition. Some students worked as individuals, while others formed into small groups to create educational projects on historical figures for this…
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Faith and funding – As economy slumps, churches feel the pinch
By Sandra Miller For the Transcript As Winthrop licks its wounds and prepares for more pain, the spiritual base of the community is also shoring up its resources for its congregants and the town at-large. Charity begins at home, however,…
Board of Trustees formulate a plan to keep the library open for the remainder of the fiscal yea
By Cary Shuman [email protected] James Matarazzo, chairman of the Winthrop Public Library’s Board of Trustees, said the board will submit a plan to the Town Council that outlines a strategy to keep the library operating for the remainder of the…
Kid’s Play – Recreation Dept. skillfully weathers fiscal storm
Transcript Staff Report The economic crisis that is laying bare the town’s financial problems is having a minimal effect on the Parks and Recreation Department and the Larsen Rink, two town departments that are entirely self-sufficient and are funded by…
Winthrop Public Library
By Sandra Miller The public library raised about $300 in dropped-off donations as of yesterday. The Friends of the Public Library pledged its kitty of $14,000 collected over the years through used book sales. There’s talk of teaming up with…
Community Health Center
By Seth Daniel It seems as if everything in Winthrop has been lost or has been threatened with being lost in just a few months. First it was the library, then the senior center, and this week, it’s jobs at…
Senior Center Director Nancy Williams holds up a few of the many checks she’s received
By Sandra Miller Locals are pouring into the Senior Center and public library, dropping off checks for $100, thanks to pledges made at Monday night’s meeting by Precinct 3 Councilor Joseph Ferrino Jr. and Precinct 6 Councilor Linda J. Calla.…
Three arrested in double stabbing in beach area Monday night Victim brothers stable being treated at Mass. General
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. Winthrop Police, working with members of the State Police Suffolk CPAC Unit, arrested three Winthrop youths Monday night, following a double stabbing of two brothers on Trident Avenue. The three men arrested confessed to the stabbings,…
Senior Center caught in budget crunch
Senior Center regular Peter Ventresca, 79, remembers the days following the death of his wife, Ann, two years ago this month. He was lonely, in pain, and considering terrible thoughts. He moved in with his sister and her husband on…
Saving on insurance?
Town moves closer to inclusion in Group Insurance Commission By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. The Winthrop Town Council on Tuesday night adopted a key state law that will allow the town to conduct coalition bargaining with the town’s employees unions and…