Chief Terence M. Delehanty, Town Manager Austin Faison and Town Clerk Carla Vitale would like to announce that U.S. Census workers have started collecting data for the 2020 U.S. Census. Workers will be going door-to-door in order to collect the…
Month: January 2020
Senior Center Remembers Nancy Williams
When beloved resident, Nancy Williams, passed away on July 26, 2017, the town of Winthrop was overcome with sadness. The longtime Director of the Bob DeLeo Senior Center had impacted countless lives and several of those memories resurfaced in the…
Harbor City Church Celebrates One Year
One year ago, Harbor City Church had its first meeting in Jason and Micah Tallent’s living room. Since then, the couple from Arkansas, along with their five children, have immersed themselves in the Winthrop community, offering outreach at 26 town…
Kate’s Corner: Residents Team up for Film
Erin McCarthy and Matt Murphy met when they were in preschool at the EB Newton School. The two became fast friends, and, over the years, grew an equal love for horror movies. In junior high, Matt developed a dream of…
News Briefs
Free one night video production class at WCAT Looking for a fun, new skill? Interested in getting more involved with the Winthrop community? Sign up now for WCAT’s free “Introduction to Video Production Class†on Monday, Feb. 10, from 6…
Massport Delivers $25,000 Grant to Piers Park Sailing Club
When Piers Park Sailing Center, East Boston beloved community sailing program, nearly closed a few years ago due to financial hardships, the East Boston community rallied to help save the sailing center.  A donation from Massport then, and another generous…
MVES Lists Steps to Keep Warm
There are many joys to living in New England – summers by the sea, autumn foliage, watching the Patriots, Bruins and Red Sox, winter skiing, just to name a few. But for older adults in particular, it can be challenging…
Police Blotter 01-23-2020
Monday, Jan. 6 Person who wishes to remain nameless states a white SUV was tailgating him. Male party with a beard drove approx. 40 mph through a school zone. Party reports larceny from her porch. States package reported by company…
Winter: So Far, So Good (and Not So Good)
The winter season thus far has been fairly easy to take for those of us who have lived in New England for all of our lives. The warmer-than-normal temperatures, highlighted by the record-breaking highs in the 70s two weekends ago, have been…
Letter to the Editor
TCI IS A Regressive Tax Theres no mistake about it, the Transportation Climate Initiative, “TCI,†is a bad idea. Quite simply, it is a gas tax with a misleading name. The Governor claims that TCI’s goal is to reduce carbon…