According to the town charter, the Town spring forum is about budget matters, and Tuesday night Town Manager Austin Faison got to hold his first forum at the DeLeo Senior Center regarding the coming fiscal year 2020 budget. “We have…
Month: April 2019
Development Proposal Goes to ZBA April 25
Next Thursday, April 25 the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on a proposed 20-unit housing development at 213 Shirley St. The owner Michael Ferrara and KBM Capital LLC are seeking a permit to demolish the existing…
Dolphin Cited off Coughlin Park
Officials from the New England Aquarium were called to help guide a lone dolphin from a shallow inlet in Winthrop to a deeper part of Boston Harbor. Two white-sided dolphins stranded themselves shortly before midnight Sunday, but only one survived…
High School Seniors Use Their Voices for Protection
If you walked through the halls of Winthrop High School last Tuesday evening, you may have heard a lot of shouts, as several senior girls were learning to use their voices during a free self-defense class taught by the Winthrop…
WIHA 17th Century New England Cooking & Eating
By Marianne Salza Archeologist Roxanne Reddington-Wilde presented the program ‘17th Century New England Cooking & Eating’ at the Winthrop Improvement & Historical Association’s (WIHA) Deane Winthrop House barn on April 13. Reddington-Wilde discussed colonial recipes with 70 listeners, who later…
Student Highlight: WHS Junior, Trinity Rist Starts First Robotics Club
When Trinity Rist heard about the first Robotics Competition, she was immediately intrigued and went to work brainstorming the possibility of starting a robotics club at WHS, alongside fellow student, Liz Collins. Having always been interested in robotics, Rist took…
Gracie’s Back! Her High Falutin’ Band Plays at Belle Isle Tonight
Hometown favorite Grace Curran and The High Falutin’ Band will be performing tonight at Belle Isle Seafood. Curran, a former Winthrop High star athlete who went on to play women’s professional football, will lead the band in a show, “Belle…
Baker-Polito Administration Announces 13th Annual Park Serve Day Event
State Park clean-up events set for Saturday, April 27 The Baker-Polito Administration announced that the Annual Park Serve Day event will be held on Saturday, April 27, with more than 37 volunteer activities coordinated throughout the Commonwealth with the assistance…
Police Blotter 04-18-2019
Monday, April 8 Assisted fire with smoke in building on Main Street. It was an electrical outlet smoking. WFD checked and everything is fine now. Calling party on Prospect Avenue would like to file a complaint against his neighbor about…
Plastic Bag Ban Makes Sense
There presently are 90 communities across the state that have banned the use of those ubiquitous single-use plastic bags that typically are found at check-out counters in all kinds of stores — and which then typically end up strewn by…