By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. For the Transcript The Gloucester Fishermen were just too big and too disciplined for Winthrop to handle this year, as the Vikings went on the road to Gloucester and lost 35-7, falling to 1-2 on the young season. “The best way I can describe it, is to say that (Gloucester)...
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. For the Transcript For just the second time in the brief four-year history of Town Council form of government, there will be a three-way race for the top elected office in town, Council President. In the first election of Town Councilors in 2005, Thomas Reilly emerged victorious from a field...
By Cary Shuman [email protected] Winthrop Police Lieutenant Paul DeLeo has announced that due to the increasing number of false burglar alarms in the town, the department will start enforcing the town ordinance for malfunctioning or needless alarms – which means fines will be assessed beginning with the fourth false alarm at a home...
By Joshua Resnek [email protected] Responding to reports in the Globe and the Herald on Tuesday that casino legislation is being put off well into the New Year, House Speaker Robert DeLeo said that was simply untrue. “I have not changed my mind,” he told the Journal Tuesday morning. DeLeo said time constraints were pushing...
By Pete Legasey For the Transcript Two brand new Winthrop Youth Hockey girls teams will play the first games of their existence this Saturday. The 10-and-under girls will play in Lexington at 7:40 p.m., while the 12-and-under girls will play in Peabody at 6:50. The Winthrop Youth Hockey Association has included a number of...
If you’ve ever walked into the weight training center at Winthrop High School and have seen the many student-athletes using it to enhance their strength and conditioning, then you know how important an addition it has been to the Winthrop High athletic program. That beautiful facility is the result of a substantial donation by...
We want to welcome the Rev. Alecia-Reeves Freeman, the new pastor at the First Church Winthrop, United Methodist, to our town and wish her well in her new position at the historic church on Winthrop Street. The Rev. Freeman is originally from Liberia, West Africa, and is one of 15 children. She holds a...
A candidates’ debate is a unique event in our political culture. It is the only opportunity for the voters to see the candidates in an unscripted, head to head setting. Debates can make or break a candidate and often are the lore of legend, such as the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the Kennedy-Nixon debates. On...
J. Edmund Collins Member of Cottage Park Yacht Club J. Edmund Collins died in Winthrop on September 29. A member of the Cottage Park Yacht Club, he was the beloved son of the late J. Edmund Collins and Josephine (McDonald) Collins; former husband of Mary Jane (Flynn) McDonald; devoted father of Bridget Collins of...
