By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. For the Transcript Facing a multi-million dollar budget deficit for next fiscal year and an uphill climb to win support for a Proposition 2 1/2 override next month, town officials announced this week they have severed ties with the Cambridge-based parking enforcement agency that had been running the town’s resident...
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Famolare named President of Massachusetts Harbormaster’s Assoc.
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. For the Transcript The good news continued for Winthrop Harbormaster Charles “Chucky” Famolare this week, after his peers in the Massachusetts Harbormaster’s Association elected him to serve as president of the organization for the coming year. “I want to publicly congratulate Chuck Famolare on his election as president of the...
A great turnout – Town shows its support for Speaker DeLeo
They came from all parts of town and beyond to celebrate with Bob DeLeo at the Winthrop Yacht Club last Friday night. There was a standing room only crowd on hand to congratulate Bob DeLeo on his ascension to the position of speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Our Through the Years column...
Worth the Investment – Grant writer could generate much-needed funds
One of the questions on the override ballot will be a request for $50,000 for a town planning/grant writer’s position for the coming fiscal year. We look at the arts grants announced last week by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and notice that several cities and towns throughout the state received sizable grants to invigorate...
What’s in an order? – Plenty, as DelVento smartly points out
Town Councillor Nicholas DelVento raised an interesting point in discussing the override election at Tuesday night’s meeting – should the council decide the order of the questions on the ballot or should they be in alphabetical order by department as they were listed on the review sheet at Tuesday night’s meeting? In our view,...
Counting to Ten – Each ballot item has its own significancce
At a special meeting Tuesday night, the Winthrop Town Council finalized the 10 override questions in the total amount of $2.65 million that will be on the Proposition 2 1/2 referendum ballot on May 19. One only has to read the quotes of Council President Thomas Reilly in the front page story of this...
Obituaries – 04-02-09
Anne O’Reilly Assistant Manager of Workingman’s Cooperative Bank, Immaculate Conception Church volunteer Anne E. (Driscoll) O’Reilly of Revere, formerly of Winthrop, died on March 24. She was a former assistant manager at Workingman’s Cooperative Bank and a volunteer at the Immaculate Conception Church. The beloved wife of the late Denis William O’Reilly, MD, she...
