By Niki Vettel This shopping adventure was inspired by Neanderthals. I am watching a PBS documentary about Neanderthals, aka cavemen – the real ones, not those quasi-charming, quasi-dopey guys in the commercials. Incredible computer graphics show them running, hoping to…
This is no stocking suffer; brand new van is on the way
Nancy Williams is preparing to unveil a Christmas gift for the seniors of Winthrop: a brand new $40,770 shuttle van. The new van is the result of a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Williams, the director of the…
Police Blotter 12-11-2009
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30 2:56 PM: Off. Donnellan stopped a MV on Veterans Road. When he determined through the RMV computer that the operator, an Everett resident, was unlicensed, he issued a criminal citation to the operator for unlicensed operation of…
A Nice Christmas Present – Williams helps make a special delivery
Council on Aging Director Nancy Williams said it aptly in the story in this week’s Sun Transcript that the delivery of a new shuttle van for the Senior Center is a wonderful Christmas gift for the senior citizens of Winthrop.…
Shop in Winthrop – Support our local merchants over the holidays
We call our readers’ attention to an opinion piece by Winthrop resident and PBS producer Niki Vettel in this week’s Sun Transcript about shopping in Winthrop for the holidays. We couldn’t agree more with Vettel that there are some wonderful…
Who’s Going Where? – Political dominoes set to fall
To no one’s surprise, Winthrop voters followed the course of the state and gave Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley and State Sen. Scott Brown the nod for the Democratic and Republican nominations in the special primary election held Tuesday for…