Getting around in Winthrop is getting better, thanks to the new Complete Streets policy passed by the Town Council in March and new MBTA bus contract rolled out in June. The Transportation Advisory Committee – formed this past October –…
Month: August 2017
East Boston Health Center Leads the Way
Last week, the US Senate tried to undo the Affordable Care Act or Obama Care. This system while it is not perfect and as a matter of fact it is far from the mark, still it provides a safety net…
Nancy Williams Was the Best
Winthrop lost one of its very best people with the passing of Nancy Williams, the long-time executive director of the Winthrop Council on Aging, this past week. Nancy Williams was irrepressible. We think of her as always with a smile…
Sports 08-03-2017
From the Press Box The Boston Patriots By: Jim Lederman The New England Patriots opened practice last week. The defending super bowl champions are seeking their sixth Super Bowl championship. Bill Belichick is the coach, and their home is Gillette…
Obituaries 08-03-2017
Harold Fries Career 10-pin-bowler, threw two perfect games of 300 Harold C. Fries of Golden Drive, Winthrop passed away at Chestnut Woods in Saugus on July 30. He was 80 years old. Born in Boston, he enlisted in the United…