-By Joseph Domelowicz For the Transcript Massachusetts Speaker of the House, Winthrop’s own Robert A. DeLeo, was honored as the Winthrop Lodge of Elks’ Citizen of the Year Wednesday night, during the organizations’ annual Flag Day Ceremonies at the Elks Lodge on Washington Street. The presentation of the award was made by State Senator...
-By Joseph Domelowicz For the Transcript Parks and Recreation Director Sean Driscoll and his staff, with the help of a grant from Massport, are once again preparing to launch their successful summer park program at Ingleside Park, beginning June 27 and running for seven weeks. “The price to enroll children is $249 per child,...
One of the harbingers of the summer season for generations in Winthrop has been the annual Strawberry Festival sponsored by the Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association. The festival is held each year on the grounds of the historic Deane Winthrop House and serves as the principal fundraiser by the WIHA for preservation of the...
June 6 8:04 a.m. — A caller reports a woman is “pounding her fist and screaming near a moving truck” at Revere and Bayou streets, but the person left the area while units were en route. 8:52 a.m. — A caller reports his dog was struck by a hit-and-run driver on Beacon Street, near...
And yet another harbinger of the summer season is the annual Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast in the high school cafeteria to support the Winthrop High football team. Coach Sean Driscoll and his crew of Vikings will be serving up all you can eat pancakes with all the fixin’s this Sunday morning, just as their...
We have to admit that writing the above two editorials really made us think, not just about how much we’d love to have some pancakes and strawberry shortcake (right now!), but also about the degree to which our memories and thoughts of food bring such warmth and comfort to us. For example: We remember...
By Cary Shuman editor@winthroptranscript.com The Winthrop High softball team made its deepest run in the State Tournament since the days when Lisa Monteleone-Ferrara and Lisa Gill Howard led the team to a state championship in 1983. Coach Dave Guffey and his 2011 Lady Vikings won state tournament games against Notre Dame Academy, Whittier Tech,...
Lawrence Sirois Retired Owner of Surf Cleaners in Winthrop Lawrence Sirois of Revere, formerly of Winthrop, Maine and Florida, died June 13 at the Lighthouse Nursing Care Center, Revere after a long illness. He was 89 years old. Born in Norridgework, ME, the son of the late Laura (Burgoyne) and Edmund Sirois, he spent...
The Evening News with Walter Cronkite evokes a time, the years 1967-1971, and the shift in ideals and experience through the closely observed eyes of Jack Krivitsky. He goes off to college in 1967 straddling two worlds: the upper middle class Jewish world where he’s grown up privileged on Boston’s North Shore, and is...
One of our photographers grabbed this historic shot Thursday morning of Boston Bruins Captain Zdeno Chara exiting the charter plane at Logan Airport while hoisting the Stanley Cup into the air. A small group of fans were there to cheer on the team as they arrived back in Boston just after 8:30 a.m. on...
