By Cary Shuman Winthrop resident Sue Chidlovski has written a poignant and colorful look back in time and in her life with the release of her debut book, “Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig.†The book is a memoir of…
Month: July 2017
News Briefs
Summer Concert Series TO START Tonight at Ingleside Park The Winthrop Parks and Reecreation Department will begin its summer concert series tonight (Thursday, July 6). The band, Soup Du Jour, will be performing at Ingleside Park, beginning at 7 p.m.…
John Ligotti, Former East Boston Clerk-Magistrate, Judge, Passes Away
The passing this past week of John C. Ligotti. known to his friends as Jack, who served for five decades as an assistant clerk and clerk-magistrate of the East Boston District Court and then was promoted to the District Court…
Police Blotter 07-06-2017
Monday, June 26 Assisted WFD with lockout at Governors Park. Fire got in through the balcony. Assisted other agency with serving warrant on Myrtle Avenue. Unable to locate party. Reporting party on Cottage Avenue states it is street sweeping and…
Markey is 100 Percent Correct for Reproach of Kellyanne Conway
It is fair to say that the world as Americans have known it in the post-World War II era has been turned upside-down  — and not in a good way — since the election of Donald Trump as President of…
Letter to the Editor
THANKFUL FOR TOWN’S HELP To the Editor: As a native resident of Winthrop and the Executive Director of 34 years of the local nonprofit For Kids Only Afterschool (FKO), I am a firm believer in the positive impact of afterschool…
Sports 07-06-2017
From the Press Box The city returns By: Jim Lederman The Winthrop Summer Basketball League in 1976 had 32-teams! Yes, basketball was ‘number one’ in town, some 41 years ago! Sorry I did not pay tribute to the 1976 Winthrop…
Obituaries 07-06-2017
Angelo Gagliardi Retired salesman Angelo Gagliardi of Main Street, Winthrop passed away at the Leonard Florence Center for Living in Chelsea on July 2. He was 92 years old. Born in East Boston, the beloved son of the late Rose…