Special to the Transcript Caroline Colarusso, Republican candidate for Congress, challenged Congresswoman Katherine Clark to hold a town hall meeting to explain her plan on lowering the price of gas. “Where’s the relief? Where the help for families and seniors…
Fran Rowan Meridian House To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Next Tuesday
In January 1972 a small article appeared in the East Boston Community News inviting the community to a ‘housing warming’ hosted by the staff of a new halfway-house that had opened three months prior on Meridian Street. It was the…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Parker Named to Dean’s List for the Spring 2022 Semester at Quinnipiac University Ryan Parker of Winthrop was named to the dean’s list for the Spring 2022 semester at Quinnipiac University: To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn…
Flag Raising and French Square Rededication
The Town of Winthrop held its French Square re-dedication and flag-raising ceremony on June 14, which is Flag Day. Town Council President James Letterie served as master of ceremonies for the program at the newly refurbished landmark gathering place in…
America Is in A Maelstrom With No Way Out
America and the world are in a bad place, with no easy way out. Although the worst of the coronavirus is behind us, the unprecedented economic after-effects of the pandemic continue to afflict every aspect of our lives. The Great…
Boating and Drinking Don’t Mix
A national news headline caught our attention recently: “Five people, including four from the same family, died in a boating collision on Saturday along a river popular with boaters outside Savannah, Ga., the authorities said. Four other people were injured,…