By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. For the Transript During previous, unsuccessful, Proposition 2 1/2 override questions, the town has simply asked voters to place their faith in their elected and appointed officials. And on Tuesday, with a worsening financial situation facing town and state leaders, voters in Winthrop will head to the polls once again,...
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Caring residents
By Cary Shuman editor@winthroptranscript.com Calling the stakes “enormous” in the Tuesday, May 19 Proposition 2 1/2 override referendum, Richard D. Honan has been out and about, leading the Winthrop Cares organization into the final days before an election that will determine the immediate future of the town. By day, Honan is the owner of...
It’s Your Town – Ballot questions are monumental
Winthrop’s voters will go to the polls this Tuesday, May 19, to vote on the Proposition 2 1/2 override referendum that will feature 10 separate questions to determine funding levels for virtually every town department. For those of us who have spent our entire lives in this town and who have invested most of...
Obituaries – 05/16/09
Anna Levy, 92 Feisty, Friendly and Giving Woman Anna (Mendelow) Levy of Winthrop, a feisty, friendly, and giving woman, died recently. She was 92 years old. She was the beloved wife of the late Sidney Levy; devoted mother of Linda Levy of Chelsea and Karl S. Lev, Sr. and his wife, Patty, of Chapel...
Yes! No!
By Joshua Resnek There is something exquisitely bipolar about the way this town goes about the task of deciding whether to vote for the override. Some of the people who claim to love the town the most won’t vote for the override that will allow Winthrop to remain open, so to speak. They believe...
Beranger sets a new standard in the 200; Connors ties high jump record
The Winthrop High boys track team may be small in numbers this season (a direct result of the exorbitant athletic user fee which many cannot afford), but the Vikings are rich in talent. Although Coach Pat McGee’s team came out on the short end of their meet at Marblehead Monday, her Vikings turned in...
Hickey: Don’t trash current contract
By Cary Shuman editor@winthroptranscript.com Will approximately 5,000 Winthrop homeowners be able to select a trash collection company for weekly curbside pickup, sign up for the service, and make payment arrangements – all in a six-week period? That’s one of the variables that David Hickey, director of the Winthrop Department of Public Works (DPW), has...
Three for one
Transcript Staff Report Town Council President Thomas Reilly announced the three finalists for town manager at the council meeting Tuesday night at the Winthrop Senior Center. The finalists are James McKenna, a private attorney who has previously been the chief administrative officer for the City of Gloucester and administrator for the Town of Dover;...
Chamber combines sidewalk and yard sales
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. For the Transcript The Winthrop Chamber of Commerce will pair its popular and successful Annual Sidewalk Sale next Saturday, May 16, with a newly organized Townwide Yard Sale on Sunday, May 17, to create a weekend shopping event for local and area folks “The whole goal of the two events...
McCarthy’s homer sinks Witches, 6-5
Sophomore Nick McCarthy swatted a walk off homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Winthrop High baseball team a dramatic 6-5 victory over Salem last week. “Nick got hold of a fastball and the ball was over the left fielder’s head within a second of it leaving the bat,” said...
