We wish to congratulate Winthrop High School senior Jack Wallace on winning this past fall’s Northeastern Conference Open, the first Winthrop player in school history to accomplish that feat. Jack’s finish atop a field that included golfers from the 11…
Month: December 2016
Coach Finn Wants Tennis Courts to Remain Across from High School
Winthrop High boys tennis coach Marie Finn is strongly opposed to removing the Wallace B. McLean tennis courts, presently located across from the new high school, and adding additional parking spaces in their place. Under the proposed plan, two additional…
Sports 12-08-2016
From the Press Box Looking at two football standouts By Jim Lederman We salute two Viking football standouts named to the NEC South All-Star team. Co-captain Chris Zuffante was named a quarterback on the team. The (6’3-185) quarterback excelled on…
Obituaries 12-08-2016
Peter Miccichi Long time Boston Herald Truck Driver and member of Teamsters Local 225 Peter Miccichi of Hampton, New Hampshire and formerly of Winthrop, passed away at the Hyder Hospice Unit in Dover, New Hampshire on December 3. He was…
A Winter Wonderland in the Center
In the photo to the above, Jeani and Geno DeAngelis with Paul and Stacey Spezzano gather in front of the Town Christmas Tree with their dogs on Friday, Nov. 25, at the Winthrop Centre Tree Lighting. Scores of families, friends,…
Christmas Trees Are A Family Affair
By Kate Anslinger If you are in need of some Christmas spirit in your life, Governor’s Garden may have just what you are looking for. For 13 years Corey Abrams has set up his vast array of Christmas trees, wreaths…
Vocational School Students to Help Build Field House At New Miller Field Project
By Sue Ellen Woodcock The Miller Field Committee met Tuesday night with the principal of Northeast Metro Tech High School in Wakefield to discuss details of how her students will be able to work on the Miller Field project. Carla…
News Briefs
ABCC KICKS OFF “OPERATION SAFE HOLIDAYS†This holiday season the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC) will focus their enforcement efforts at bars throughout the Commonwealth that have been most identified as the last bar to sell alcohol to a…
Police Blotter 12-01-2016
Monday, November 21 Elder service plan called asking for a well being check on subject on Nevada Street. High risk cardiac patient. Party not answering. 63 year old. Gained entry with landlord. Nobody inside. Party came to the station to…
The Secret Weapon to Ending America’s Health Crisis:Schools
By Kenneth Thorpe America has a big, fat problem. A whopping 13 million American children are obese — and millions more are about to join their ranks. By 2025, according to a report in Pediatric Obesity, the nation will house…