The public comment period for the mammoth 2016 Massport Environmental Data Report has been extended to July 29 and is available on the town and Massport websites for review. The report was released by Massport on May 15. The 30-day…
Month: June 2018
Olin College to Test Winthrop Air Quality
Last Thursday night the Airport Hazards Committee hosted a professor from a local college who will be monitoring the air quality in Winthrop in relation to Logan Airport. Aerodyne Research and Olin College, in Needham will be joining forces to…
Speaker DeLeo Leads Growing Coalition of Support Behind Evandro Carvalho for Suffolk DA
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo endorsed Democratic State Representative Evandro C. Carvalho for Suffolk County District Attorney, citing Carvalho’s strong progressive record and prosecutorial experience. Speaker DeLeo, a lifelong Democrat and Winthrop resident, said Carvalho has distinguished himself as a…
Police Blotter 06-28-2018
Monday, June 18 Well being check on Shirley St., male passed out behind wheel unknown if sleeping or passed out. Complaint from Townsend St., called found needles and placed them in recycle bin. Would like an officer to retrieve them.…
Why Is Plastic Pollution Partisan?
Pollution should be a non-partisan issue. But, for some reason, it’s not. On June 5th, World Environment Day (WED), India’s Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Harsh Vadham, announced India’s unprecedented pledge to abandon single-use plastics by 2022 at…
Letters to the Editor
I WAS SHOCKED BY HIS WORDS Dear Editor, I recently stood out on Belle Isle Bridge with a number of other Winthrop residents holding signs supporting diversity, respecting all cultures, and opposing the inhumane immigration actions of the Trump administration:…
School’s Out — Drive Carefully
With the school year having just ended (thanks to all those snow days that lengthened the school year), motorists need to adjust their driving habits to take into account that children will be in our streets all day long and…
Sports 06-28-2018
Winthrop’s Mike Eruzione inducted in to MIAA Hall of Fame By Cary Shuman The most famous Olympic hockey player of all time is now officially an MIAA sports legend as well. Winthrop’s Mike Eruzione, captain of the 1980 Gold Medal-winning…
Obituaries 06-28-2018
Thelma ‘Tibe’ Kaminsky Active at Winthrop Senior Center, enjoyed her role as ‘family yente’ Thelma “Tibe†Kaminsky of Winthrop died on Saturday, June 23. She was 86 years old. “Tibe,†as she was called by those who loved her, worked…
Winthrop Hah-Bah Day
Mary Hagen, Barbara Marley, Jean Barry, Kathy Nelson, Jennifer and Vik Malik, Susan Castella, and Lynn Rieth.