Month: January 2019

Sports 01-10-2019

WHS sports roundup WHS girls defeat Somerville, 38-26 The Winthrop High girls basketball team added another impressive victory over a Northeastern Conference rival with a 38-26 triumph at Somerville this past Friday. Both teams got off to a slow start,…

Obituaries 01-10-2019

Michael McDuffee Current member of Winthrop Town Council, Winthrop Yacht Club, Winthrop Lodge of Elks and active Holy Rosary parishioner Michael McDuffee of Winthrop passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 6. He was 62 years old. Michael was a veteran of…

Winthrop Year in Review

January Vecchia sworn in as council president  The town of Winthrop swore in it’s newly elected officials Tuesday night in the Neil Shapiro Auditorium at Winthrop High School. Newly elected Town Council President Ron Vecchia took the oath from Town…

News Briefs

Photo Hunt for Banners The Winthrop Chamber of Commerce is conducting a photo hunt for our upcoming street banner program! We are looking for your photos of the Winthrop scene. Photos should look great from high up on a street…

Police Blotter 01-03-2019

Monday, Dec.  24 Calling party on Orlando Avenue states that three or more vehicles on her street have their windows broken. No items appear to be taken from the motor vehicles. Caller on Sagamore Avenue states that two dogs have…

Letter to the Editor

Thank You from Santa, Dear Editor, I would like to thank the people of Winthrop, and their out-of-town visitors, for their great turn out, support, and well wishes on Christmas Eve. It is such a great tradition that this Town…

So Far….So Good

With the rush and hub-bub of the holiday season now over, we’ll all be settling in for another long New England winter. Up to this point, we have been fortunate. We have yet to feel the wrath of any truly…