He’s definitely one that got away, a dynamite basketball player that took his long-range game from Winthrop to St. Mary’s High School in Lynn and became a star. Surely, Dave Brown would loved to have seen the sharpshooting 6-foot-2-inch Devin…
Month: March 2012
Gill Asks for Clarification on SC Transfer Request
Council President Peter Gill has asked the town manager to compile a report on a $208,800 transfer request from the School Committee that would be taken from the town’s free cash fund. Gill was quick to denounce the request when…
School Committee to Unveil Budget Thursday Night Meeting Starts at 6 P.m. at Cummings School
The Winthrop School Committee will unveil its proposed budget for the fiscal 2013 year at Thursday night’s School Committee meeting at the Arthur Cummings school, beginning at 6 p.m. The first budget of new Superintendent John Macero is expected to…
Not a Good Situation: Council Pres. Gill Not Happy About $208,800 Transfer
The job of Council President in not an easy one. As the elected leader of town government and a member of the School Committee, you have to follow closely all aspects of town operations. Council President Peter Gill has maintained…
Shuttle is a Great Idea: Calla’s Proposal Needs Speedy Consideration
We were encouraged to hear that the town’s ferry service to Boston drew as many as 9,000 passengers last year and that it will be resuming on Memorial Day weekend and continuing through the summer. That’s why Councillor Linda Calla’s…
Apology Has Been Made: Insulting Comments Have No Place in Our Community
We understand that one of our town’s most civic-minded residents, someone who truly enjoys being a part of the entire Town Council experience and has come up with some excellent suggestions in the public comment portion of the meeting, has…
St. John’s CYO Girls Basketball Team Wins State Title
The St. John’s CYO Cadet seventh-and-eighth-grade girls basketball team is No. 1 in Massachusetts after stunning St. Adelaide’s of Peabody, 28-24, in the championship game Saturday at Milton High School. St. Adelaide’s had defeated St. John’s by 20 points in…
Police Blotter 03-22-2012
Tuesday, March 13 Caller from Shirley Street states that her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend is banging on the windows and doors and appears intoxicated. Officers reports that brother picked up his sister and the motor vehicle. Peace restored. Party from Cottage Avenue…
Obituaries 03-22-2012
Stephen Collins, Sr. Former employee of Suffolk Downs Stephen F. Collins, Sr. died unexpectedly in Revere on March 19. He was 70 years old. A member of Iron Workers Union Local #7 and OSI-Giuseppe Mazzini Lodge of Revere, he was…
Vikings Fall Short to Wilimgton in State Semifinals
Bobby Clewer received one of those roars from the crowd that you only hear in the State Tournament. Winthrop’s senior forward had dramatically tied the game at 2-2 just 26 seconds after Wilmington had gone ahead in the third period.…