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…
Disagreeing Agreeably – Debate must remain civil and courteous
Tuesday night’s Town Council financial forum provided a lively discussion about the town’s financial future and the Proposition 21/2 referendum election scheduled for May 19. The forum was a good start in a process that leads up to one of…
Forum generates heated debate, not a lot of good news
By Cary Shuman [email protected] If townspeople were looking for some optimistic news from the Winthrop Town Council’s annual public forum Tuesday night at the Senior Center, there wasn’t much. Near the end of the forum, Planning Board Chairman Dick Dimes…
Obituaries 03-26-09
Regina Brenner, 50 WGBH employee, active in Winthrop Community and St. John’s Episcopal Church Regina Brenner of Crest Avenue, Winthrop, died unexpectedly at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on March 21. She was 50 years old. Born in Oak…