Attorney General Maura Healey announced that Project Here Games, an online app available for middle school students to practice healthy decision-making skills for substance use prevention, has been selected as a 2019 Parents’ Choice Gold Award winner. “Project Here Games…
Month: February 2019
Letter to the Editor
First Year on the School Committee Dear Editor, While it seems like only yesterday that I was fortunate enough to be selected to fill a vacancy on the Winthrop School Committee, it is in fact one year since my appointment. …
Traffic, Traffic Everywhere
A recent national report confirmed what those of us in the Greater Boston area have known all-too-well for all-too-long: That by some measures, traffic congestion on our metropolitan roadways is the worst in the entire nation and among the worst…
Sports 02-21-2019
WHS Sports Roundup WHS hockey team ties Mansfield; shoots for NEC North title Winthrop High captain Sam Yarrow scored a dramatic goal with 40 seconds left in the game to give the WHS hockey team a 2-2 tie in a…
Obituaries 02-21-2019
Angelo Console Retired barber Angelo A. Console of Overlook Drive, Winthrop passed away at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Feb.15. He was 90 years old. Born in East Boston, the beloved son of the late Anna (Famolare) and…
Valentine’s Craft Fair At St. John’s Episcopal
Candidates for Precinct 1 Interviews Cancelled by Storm
Tuesday night there were supposed to be interviews from the candidates for the Precinct 1 Council seat, but as Mother Nature would have it, it snowed, and the interviews with the Appointments, Commissions and Committees subcommittee were cancelled. According to…
CBD Boundaries Causing Concern
It seems that any time the mention of the Center Business District (CBD) comes up in a meeting, a flood of confusion comes out between residents and officials, but the message from the Town Manager’s office is clear — they…
Warm Welcomes Were Waiting in Winthrop for Beau Schlichting
Winthrop rolled out the red carpet with a police escort from Logan Airport to welcome home U.S. Army Specialist Beau Schlichting, who just served nine months in Afghanistan as a military police officer in the First Stryker Brigade Combat Team,…
News Briefs
Climate Change in Winthrop Join us for a discussion on Climate Change in Winthrop Thursday, Feb. 28 at 6 p.m. in the Winthrop Public Library. MassPort Committee to meet The Massachusetts Port Authority Community Advisory Committee announces the Environmental and…