The Neil Shapiro Center for the Performing Arts was filled with excited middle schoolers both in the audience and on the stage, for the annual Geography Bee last Friday. Ten competitors lined the stage, prepared for questions that were broken…
Month: January 2019
An Appreciation McDuffee: May the Road Rise to Meet You
Precinct 1 Councilor Michael McDuffee was laid to rest last Friday in the Belle Isle Cemetery after a beautiful funeral mass at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Several hundred people filled the church, which was still decorated with poinsettia’s…
Winthrop School District Establishes Core Values
Known as the fundamental beliefs of a person or organization, core values are set in motion to help individuals understand the difference between right and wrong while also serving as a guiding light for goal performance. On a mission to…
Town Leadership Hosts State Business Development Officials
Town Council President Ron Vecchia and Town Manager Austin Faison hosted officials from the Massachusetts Office of Business Development and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center this past week for a briefing on the Town’s economic development activities and a tour…
DeLeo Begins New Term as Speaker of the House
Speaker Robert DeLeo has been busy considering whom to appoint as the leaders of the committees in the House of Represenstatives for the new year. “It’s very important to get the right people in to the right posts, anywhere from…
Student Highlight: Bobby Hubert Recognized for Athletic Accomplishments
Sixteen-year-old Bobby Hubert has recently been recognized for his accomplishments in both track and football. Having a wide variety of role models, Hubert has gained confidence in sports over the years, and is hoping to one day take it up…
Police Blotter 01-17-2019
Monday, Jan. 7 Report of a disturbance between neighbors involving driving conditions on Prospect Avenue. Verbally arguing about female’s driving down a one-way the wrong way. A citation was issued for driving the wrong way. 92 and 93 attempted to…
Letter to the Editor
Opinion on center development plan project The following letter was submitted to the Winthrop Town Council members and Town Manager. Dear Council Members and Town Manager, To further the issues about the Center Development that remain temporarily unresolved, but by…
What Would Dr. Martin Luther King Think?
When one considers that it has been almost 51 years since Dr. 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…
Sports 01-17-2019
WHS sports roundup WHS girls defeat Danvers in overtime The Winthrop High girls basketball team earned one of the biggest wins in the recent history of the program with a 59-57 triumph in overtime over Danvers this past Friday evening…