Month: September 2020

Police Blotter 09-17-2020

The following incident reports are among the calls to which the Winthrop Police Department responded on the listed dates: Monday, Aug. 31 1240: A person came to the station to report the theft of a registration plate from his motor…

Apocalypse — Now

The photos of the wildfires in our western states that have incinerated entire communities and that have turned daytime skies to night by their heavy smoke have illustrated the dramatic effects of climate change upon the daily lives of millions…

Donald Trump Is No Winston Churchill

Rage, the new book by veteran journalist Bob Woodward about the presidency of Donald Trump, has revealed unequivocally that Trump deliberately has downplayed the lethality of the Covid-19 pandemic from the very beginning of the virus’s detection in the United…

Letters to the Editor

We Must Stand Against Ignorance Dear Editor, It is with much dismay that I came to Town Hall last Thursday to be greeted by an angry group of protesters without masks led by Diana Ploss, a member of Our Fellow…

Obituaries 09-17-2020

Eugene Francis LaRiviere III Of Winthrop Eugene Francis (Jay) LaRiviere III, 60, of Winthrop, passed away unexpectedly on Aug. 28. He is survived by his mother, Grace (Dolly) LaRiviere of Medford; sons Jayson LaRiviere of Lowell and Nicky LaRiviere of…