The ''Winthrop Sun Transcript'' is the weekly newspaper for the town of Winthrop,

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

. The paper is the product of the merger of the ''Sun'' and the ''Winthrop Transcript'' in 1959. The ''Winthrop Sun'' was in turn the product of a series of mergers of local papers the ''Winthrop Review'' (1919-1944), the early ''Sun'' (1892-1905), and the ''Winthrop Visitor'' (1885-1905). It is distributed every Thursday morning, and has a circulation of 4,300 copies. It is owned by Independent Newspaper Group, and edited by Cary Shuman.

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Winthrop Transcript Homepage
Winthrop, Massachusetts Newspapers published in Massachusetts Newspapers established in 1882 Weekly newspapers published in the United States {{Massachusetts-newspaper-stub