Month: July 2021

Free Admission to MFA on July 17 and 18

To celebrate the opening of â€œPaper 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…

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…

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…