Winter arrived in full force earlier this week, with a big snowstorm and skin-numbing temperatures. But we are New Englanders, so we know what to expect and how to prepare for it. Indeed, if you were shoveling snow as we…
Month: January 2017
What Would Martin Luther King Jr. Think?
When one considers that it has been almost 49 years since Martin Luther King was assassinated, it is easy to understand why so many of our fellow Americans today have so little understanding of who he was and what he…
Sports 01-12-2017
WHS SPORTS roundup WHS boys hockey team tops Fenwick The Winthrop High boys hockey team skated to a 4-1 victory over Bishop Fenwick last Wednesday evening at Larsen Rink to improve their record to a sterling 6-1 for the season.…
Obituaries 01-12-2017
Valerie Minichello Blue Cross retiree Valerie A. Minichello of Woodside Avenue, Winthrop passed away at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston on January 7 after a brief illness. She was 72 years old. Born in Winthrop, she was…
Residents Take the Polar Plunge
Giuliana and Tyson Graygor give the ‘Hang Loose’ signal after dipping into the freezing ocean last Sunday during the Point Shirley Plunge on Yirrell Beach. More than 100 residents hit the cold waters on Sunday for the annual neighborhood tradition…
First Place
Winthrop High’s Cormac MacPhail proudly displays the first-place ribbon that he earned by winning the 1,000-meter run in the NEC Freshman-Sophomore Meet at Beverly High School. Cormac is a rising star in the track program, carrying on the proud Winthrop…
Vitale Seeks to Modernize the Town Voting Machines
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Town Clerk Carla Vitale has asked the Town Council to fund the purchase of new voting machines for the Town. At Tuesday night’s meeting, the council set a date for a public hearing on the machines…
Most Polling Locations Slated to Change
By Sue Ellen Woodcock The next time voters go to the polls, everyone but those residents living on Golden Drive will be headed for a new polling place. Town Clerk Carla Vitale explained that the old polling place in the…
Council Focuses on Gym Rental Plan
By Sue Ellen Woodcock The Finance Committee continues to work on a long-term plan for the rental of the gym on Pauline Street at the old middle/high school. In the meantime the Town Council has approved a revolving fund to…
News Briefs
SANFORD TO HOLD Neighborhood Meeting Councilor Russ Sanford will hold a neighborhood meeting at the E.B. Newton Building on Pauline Street on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 10 a.m.. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss and hear an…