To celebrate the opening of “Paper Stories, Layered Dreams: The Art of Ekua Holmes,†the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is offering free general admission on Saturday, July 17 and Sunday, July 18, thanks to Citizens, the lead exhibition sponsor and a longstanding…
Month: July 2021
Winthrop Students Earn Academic Honors
Residents On UMass Amherst Spring 2021 Dean’s List Below is a list of local students who were named to the dean’s list at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the spring 2021 semester. In order to qualify, an undergraduate student…
A Scar That Always Will Be Visible
The major media have moved on, as they inevitability do, in the aftermath of the tragic events that occurred on Shirley St. in the middle of a typically-peaceful, early-summer afternoon on Saturday, June 26. But the murderous spree committed by…
No Escaping Climate Change
Heat domes. Polar vortexes. Superstorms. Megadroughts. Wildfire tornados. Rising sea levels. These terms were unheard of at the start of this century — other than in academic journals — but are now part of our everyday conversation. Climate change and its catastrophic effects…
Letters to the Editor
I Will Not Run for Re-Election Dear Editor: After many months of debating my future involvement in town government, I have decided not to run for reelection as Town Councilor representing the Center. I want to thank this community and specifically…
Rams Take the Flag Football Championship in Winthrop
The Winthrop Flag Football League, under the direction of Parks and Recreation Direction Sean Driscoll and League Coordinator Eric Mack, completed a successful season. More than 250 athletes, in grades kindergarten through eighth grade, participated on teams with NFL names…
Obituaries 07-08-2021
Ramona Cooper Died Tragically Ramona R. (Robinson) of Winthrop passed away unexpectedly due to a tragic incident on Saturday, June 26 at 60 years of age. Ramona and her twin sister, Regina, were born in New Haven, CT. After birth, they were…
Hate-Filled Terror Comes to Winthrop
The tranquility of a typical mid-afternoon summer Saturday in Winthrop was shattered within a matter of 20 minutes when a 28 year-old local resident, reportedly wielding two handguns, shot two Black persons on Shirley Street. The shooter, Nathan Allen, began his rampage…
Candlelight Vigil Set for This Evening
Winthrop police chief and interim town manager Terence Delehanty has announced that there will be a candlelight vigil this evening (Thursday, July 1) at 7 p.m. on the Winthrop Town Hall lawn in Metcalf Square to honor and recognize David Green…
‘It Could Have Been Me’ Longtime Resident Shocked by Violence
A week before Nathan Allen crashed a box truck into a house on the corner of Shirley and Cross Streets and then executed two Black residents, lifelong Winthrop resident Anthony Williams was at the baseball field just a few steps…