By Cary Shuman The Winthrop Sun-Transcript has learned that John Domenico, a beloved Winthrop resident and the popular former principal of Winthrop High School, passed away on Tuesday, July 1 at the ...

Of the 51 on-duty firefighter deaths in 2024, 19 were volunteer firefighters and 26 were career firefighters, with eight volunteer and three career firefighter fatalities occurring within 24 hours of ...

Veterans from all over surrounding communities were bussed in for the annual BBQ held at the Winthrop Lodge of Elks 1078.

Calls reporting a fire at the 150-year-old wood-frame building came in shortly after 7:15 p.m., and Winthrop crews responded along with firefighters from Chelsea, Revere, Everett, Boston, and Massport ...

By Adam Swift The editor-in-chief of Winthrop High School’s The Viking Times recently accomplished a rare feat in the world of media. Recent graduate Shannon Raneri received a prestigious Gracie Award ...

State Sen. Lydia Edwards, joined by Councillor Hannah Belcher and members of the community at Boston’s Long Wharf for the christening of the new Winthrop-Boston Ferry, “Harbor Gem.” The name was ...

?Special to the Transcript The MBTA today announced that fares will again be free this year on bus, subway, ferry, Commuter Rail, and the RIDE on Friday, July 4, 2025, after 8:30 PM. Boston is ...

Back at the turn of the last century (i.e., 1900), newspapers exhorted their readers to observe a “safe and sane” Fourth of July. That’s because in communities big and small all across America, the ...

With the Fourth of July falling on a Friday this year, many of us will be enjoying a long holiday weekend for which the weather is expected to cooperate. The Fourth of July brings back fond ...

“The thought process is by early to mid-spring of 2026, we will have shovels in the ground digging and building the new fire station with a goal of probably a 14- to 15-month build,” said Letterie.