Just when all of us were counting the days to the beginning of spring — known as the vernal equinox, which this year falls on Wednesday, March 20, at 5:58 p.m. — Ol’ Man Winter struck with a vengeance, bringing…
Month: March 2019
Let’s Close the Loophole in State Law to End Human Trafficking
The recent national news stories concerning a massage parlor in Jupiter, Fla., have brought to light what is nothing less than a national abomination: The trafficking of women that reaches into every corner of the United States. The news stories…
Don MacLeod Honored with AHCA’s Women’s Ice Hockey Founders Award
Former Northeastern women’s hockey head coach Don MacLeod was honored with the Women’s Ice Hockey Founders Award on Friday, as announced by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). The Founders Award honors a member of the hockey community or college…
Resident D’Ambrosio Is Motivated to Run Boston Marathon for CASA
Resident, Mark D’Ambrosio knows firsthand what it’s like to be on the receiving end of grief caused by addiction. Having lost far too many loved ones as a result of drug and alcohol dependence, the 40-year-old father of three has…
WHS Sports Roundup
Lady Vikings fall in tough battle with Peabody in tourney The Winthrop High girls hockey team battled hard, but came up short by a score of 2-0 to Peabody in the opening round of the MIAA Division 1 state hockey…
Obituaries 03-07-2019
Shirley Agnes O’Malley Devout Catholic; longtime secretary at General Electric Shirley Agnes O’Malley, age 93, formerly of Pittsfield, died after a long battle with dementia on Sunday, Feb. 24 at Light House Nursing Care Center, Revere. She spent her final…
Petersen Sisters Make a First on Police Force
There have been brothers, uncles, fathers and grandfathers but there has never been a set of sisters serving on the Winthrop Police Dept. until now. Last week 23-year-old Vanessa Faro Petersen was sworn in as a new reserve officer in…
Town Releases List of Top 50 Paid Employees for 2018
Winthrop Police Chief Terrence Delehanty is the top paid town employee for calendar year 2018, taking home $182,984 including overtime and longevity. While he diid serve as Town Manager for several months he took his police chief salary for pay…
Deleo Announces Greenworks Resilient Communities Investment
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo announced a new initiative to invest $1 billion over the next 10 years to help communities across Massachusetts adopt technologies – including clean energy, energy efficiency, and climate change resiliency measures – that cut greenhouse…
Officials Happy with Federal Wetlands Protection
Winthrop, Revere and Lynn are in good shape when it comes to protecting marshland and wetlands through the Wetlands Protection Act. Winthrop and Revere share the Belle Isle Marsh with East Boston. Revere and Lynn also share the Rumney Marsh.…