The Viking Pride Foundation is gearing up for its second annual fundraiser. Riding high after the success of its first-ever concert fundraiser featuring Tavares, the Foundation will host a concert at Miller Field on Saturday, August 6 with Harold Melvin…
Month: July 2011
Kamal Begins Tenure as WCC Curator
Yasmina Kamal has officially begun her duties as curator of the Winthrop Cultural Center located on the first floor at E.B. Newton School Building on Pauline Street. The Cultural Center consists of the Clock Tower Art Gallery, the Winthrop Heritage…
Firefighters Are at the Heart of Heat Wave
Winthrop Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director Paul Flanagan was happy to report this week that the town’s emergency contingency plan to provide three cooling stations during the worst of last week’s record heat wave were not extensively used by…
Cummings School Principal is Leaving for Post in Georgetown
After seven years as principal of the Arthur T. Cummings Elementary School in Winthrop, Brian Gill is leaving his position to lead another school. Gill accepted the job as principal of the Georgetown (Mass.) Middle School last Thursday. He has…
Peter Gill Considers a Run for Presidency
Peter Gill said that he is “contemplating†a run for the position of president of the Winthrop Town Council. Gill has issued the following statement: “Several local residents for whom I have a great deal of respect have contacted me…
Thank You, Brian Gill: Best Wishes to Distinguished Educator
Brian Gill, the popular principal of the Cummings Elementary School, has announced that he will be leaving the Winthrop school system to take the position as the principal of the Georgetown Middle School. Brian, 45, is a dedicated educator and…
Lingering Questions: Answers Needed to Avoid Future Problems
Although the Fiesta Carnival has come and gone (and by all indications it was successful and uneventful), the manner in which the carnival suddenly appeared and the ire it invoked among townspeople require that questions be asked and answers given…
Political Pot Stirring: Gill Considering a Run for Council Presidency
The fallout from the controversial decision to bring a carnival to town without notice to anyone until a few days before the carnival opened continued this week with the announcement by long time resident Peter Gill that he may run…
Welcome to Town: New Curator is a Big Plus for Cultural Center
We want to join the town in welcoming Yasmina Kamal to her new position as curator of the Winthrop Cultural Center, which is located on the first floor of the E.B. Newton School Building. Yasmina will be a great asset…
Police Blotter 07-28-2011
July 18 9:02 a.m. — A Charles Street resident reports that a kid in the neighborhood damaged her fence while playing a game of “manhunt.†Officers speak to the youth, who will fix the two broken pickets. 9:34 a.m. —…