-By Joseph Domelowicz For the Transcript A major substation upgrade and enhancement project in Winthrop, being undertaken by National Grid is in the final stages, and will result in a more stable and reliable power grid within the town when it is completed. According to Public Works Director Dave Hickey and representatives of National...
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WPD Cautions Residents, Businesses to Comply with Snow Removal By-law
-By Joseph Domelowicz For the Transcript As town emergency and public safety workers prepared for th enext bug snowstorm of the season on Tuesday evening, Winthrop Police Chief Terrence Delehanty said that local police will be ticketing residents and businesses alike, for failure to comply with the town’s snow and ice removal by-law (see...
Vikings Turn Back the Clock — and Springfield Cathedral
It had been 35 years since the Winthrop High hockey team last played Springfield Cathedral. That memorable contest was played in the old Boston Garden for the 1976 State Division I hockey championship, a contest which every Viking hockey fan knows was won by that immortal Winthrop squad. Although the present day Vikings were...
Enemy from Within
The tragedy in Tucson The tragic shootings in Tucson, Arizona this past Saturday served once again to remind us that the greatest threats to our nation’s stability are not from our real or imagined enemies in far off places, but rather from within our own borders. Yes, the young man who pulled the trigger...
A Driving Force
The VFP’s bus donation We’ve often commended the Viking Pride Foundation in the past, but Friday’s ceremony in which the group dedicated the new buses for the Winthrop schools may have been its crowning achievement. The plan to purchase buses for sports teams had been in the works for years as a means of...
Police Blotter 01-14-2011
Monday, Jan. 3 8:47 a.m. – Party reports that his ex-wife has stolen his identity and used it obtain service for electricity. 9:46 a.m. – Party called to report a past shoplifter at a Woodside Avenue business. Unit 92 reports he has information and a report will be submitted. 9:48 a.m. Sgt. Hickey reports...
Obituaries 01-14-2011
Patricia Kelley Member of Sons of Italy Women’s Lodge Patricia G. (Marino) Kelley of Winthrop died on January 10. She was the beloved wife of the late Harold B. Kelley Jr.; loving mother of Harold G. Kelley III and his wife, Sharon, of Florida, Patricia Ricci of Lynn and Marie Ortalani and her husband,...
Mother’s Keeper
Middle School student who learned CPR through Parks and Rec. comes to her mother’s aid -By Cary Shuman editor@winthroptranscript.com A 12-year-old Winthrop Middle School high honor roll student who learned CPR in a Winthrop Parks and Recreation class is being credited with starting the process that helped her mother recover from a serious medical situation...
A Gentleman and An Inspiration
-By Cary Shuman editor@winthroptranscript.com Friends and family members paid tribute to Anthony F. “Lefty” DeFelice at a visitation Sunday at Caggiano and Son Funeral Home and a funeral Mass Monday at St. John the Evangelist Church. Mr. DeFelice, a well-known and admired resident of Winthrop for many years, died on December 30. He was...
Planning Board Members asked to Explain Their Stance on ‘Overlay District’
By Cary Shuman editor@winthroptranscript.com The Winthrop Town Council has voted by a 9-0 margin that Town Manager James McKenna draft a letter to the individual members of the Planning Board requesting that they submit a letter of reason to the Council by Jan. 13 for their “non-decision” on a petition of an “overlay district”...
