Winning a championship is never easy, especially in a year when there have been so many unprecedented challenges posed by a national health crisis. Coach Jonathan Cadigan’s Winthrop High School had played like “champions†in three consecutive victories, including a…
Month: April 2021
WHS Sports Roundup
Girls track team seeds past Gloucester The Winthrop High girls track team improved to 3-0 in the abbreviated indoor track season (which is being conducted outdoors) with a 61-21 triumph over Gloucester last Thursday. Izzy Mahoney got the Vikings off to…
Viking Sports Notebook
Viscio has one shining moment, forever Chris Viscio put the ‘special’ in special teams. He made the play of day and possibly the season. Instead of Gloucester getting the football, Winthrop had the football again and turned his play into…
Dempsey Emerges as the Face of Women’s Pro Hockey
Winthrop is already home to the greatest Olympic hockey captain. Mike Eruzione scored a very big goal for the 1980 U.S.A. team, the sports moment of the 20th century according to Sports Illustrated. Why not the home to greatest and…
Brand Makes her Mark for the Boston Pride Hockey Team
Hockey writers were referring to McKenna Brand as “a rising superstar†after her splendid collegiate career at Northeastern University. Brand has now arrived at that lofty status as one of the most outstanding players in the National Women’s Hockey League.…
Obituaries 04-15-2021
Patricia Cadigan Retired Insurance Underwriter Patricia J. Cadigan, 77, of Boston, formerly of Winthrop, passed away unexpectedly, on March 24. Born in Winthrop, the beloved daughter of the late John F. and Anna M. (Sullivan) Cadigan, she was a graduate…
Council Hears Rate Study, COVID Updates
The Winthrop Town Council met remotely on Tuesday, April 6, where it heard updates on a town water study and the pandemic. Around 25 members of the public attended. Council President Phil Boncore opened the meeting with a moment of…
Winthrop Students Return:A Full First Day of School
On Monday morning, 1,978 Winthrop students filed into the district’s four buildings, marking what was the first full day of in-person learning for the 2020-2021 school year. After spending a year of mostly remote learning and adapting to the hybrid…
Biden Administration Sends Easter Eggs to EBNHC
In lieu of this year’s White House Easter Egg Roll, President Joseph Biden and the First Lady gifted the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) with 800 commemorative Easter Eggs. In return EBNHC administrators have distributed the eggs to staff…
Construction Look Ahead
Center Business District Project update news The following is a summary of the work completed in the last week for the Center Business District project and the work P. Gioioso & Sons, Inc. (contractor) has scheduled for the next two…