By Sandra Miller For the Transcript Winthrop is a pretty little community. When you come into town, there’s a happy little traffic island with flowers. In the center of town, French Square is a restful respite with benches and natural…
Bantam A’s win state title
By Pete Legasey For the Transcript The Winthrop Youth Hockey League’s Bantam A team has participated in three tournaments this season and won all of them. The most recent triumph earned them the right to call themselves state champions. The…
WSA skating show April 4 and 5 at the Larsen Rink
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. For the Transcript The Winthrop Skating Association, a locally based nonprofit skating school for young girls from Winthrop and the surrounding area, will present its annual skating recital, A Magical Moment, on April 4 and 5…
DeLeo helps broker a compromise
By Seth Daniel For the Transcript The clock was ticking on proposed increases to the tunnel tolls, and just about everyone, including new House Speaker Bob DeLeo (D-Winthrop), was sweating it out. March 30 was the day that new tolls…
Addition By Subtraction – Let’s eliminate the ‘R’ word
There is an interesting story in this week’s Sun Transcript about the efforts of Winthrop special education teacher Chris Donnelly and Winthrop students to eliminate the word “retarded†from reference to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This is not…
Familiar Faces – Turner and Dimes speak up
There were some good exchanges at the financial forum Tuesday night, but we enjoyed the moments when former Selectwoman and Town Clerk (among other offices) Marie Turner and former Selectman and current Planning Board Chairman Dick Dimes approached the microphone…