‘Conversations With the Councilors’ at the Beacon Gallery
Precinct 2 Town Councilor John Munson will be hosting the third in a series of “Conversations With The Councilors†on Friday, October 7th from 4:00 to 5:30 pm at The Beacon Gallery, 196 Winthrop Street. Attendees can park in the parking lot and should enter through the front door.
This “Conversations†will be with Town Councilor-at-large Rob DeMarco, Precinct 4 Town Councilor Barbara Flockhart, and Councilor Munson. Councilor-at-large DeMarco will speak on the proposed changes to the Town Charter and Ordinances as recommended by the Ordinance Review Committee. Councilor Flockhart will discuss the work of the Public Health and Safety Committee as well as the Revere Street Reconstruction Project. Councilor Munson will talk about Economic Development in the community including any updates on the Old Middle School Site Development.
Each Councilor will make a brief presentation on the respective topic, followed by a Question-and-Answer Session on that topic. An informal reception with light refreshments will follow.
All Winthrop residents are cordially invited to attend this event. It is an opportunity for citizens to learn the status of ongoing projects and issues in Winthrop from the Councilors and to express their own opinions.
Future “Conversations With The Councilors†will be held on a quarterly basis.
WHS Class of 1970 Reunion on Oct. 8
The Winthrop High School Class of 1970 announces that they will be holding a 50-plus reunion on October 8 from 7-11 p.m. at the Winthrop Lodge of Elks, 191 Washington Ave.
Please join the Class of 1970 for an evening of familiar faces, old friends, great food, drink and music. There is a cost $65 per person.
Please remit payment to:
Leslie Remis
1 Seal Harbor Road, Unit 801
Winthrop, MA 02152
Feel free to contact:
Janet Connor Willwerth 617 834-0029; janetbuddy
@comcast.net
Sharon Fioretti Tallent 617 953-4460; sharontallent
@comcast.net
September Street Sweeping Underway
Sweeping occurs through September 30 on the day of a street’s trash collection.
The Town of Winthrop conducts Street Sweeping operations on the last full week of the month (last week with a Friday) from April through October between 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM on the day of a street’s trash collection. If there is a holiday on the week sweeping would normally occur, sweeping is done a week early.
Town ordinance prohibits parking in a manner that impedes the street sweeper. Violation of the street sweeping ordinance carries a $40.00 fine, and your vehicle can be towed.
The remaining 2022 street sweeping dates are:
Oct. 24-28 (week of the 24)
August Job and Unemployment Estimates Released
Local unemployment rates increased in eighteen labor market areas and remained unchanged in six areas in the state during the month of August compared to July, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported.
Compared to August 2021, the rates were down in twenty-four labor market areas.
Of the fifteen areas for which estimates are published, four areas gained jobs. The largest increases occurred in the Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem MA-NH (+1.1%), Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town MA-NH (+0.6%), and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton (+0.4%) areas.
From August 2021 to August 2022, fourteen areas gained jobs with the largest percentage increases seen in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton (+5.6), Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem MA-NH (+4.7), and Springfield MA-CT (+4.3) areas.
In order to compare the statewide rate to local unemployment rates, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the statewide unadjusted unemployment rate for August 2022 was 3.5 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from the revised July estimate.
Last week, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported the statewide seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the month of August 2022 was 3.6 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from the July 2022 estimate of 3.5 percent.
The statewide seasonally adjusted preliminary jobs estimate showed an increase of 6,400 jobs in August, and an over-the-year gain of 126,400 jobs.
The unadjusted unemployment rates and job estimates for the labor market areas reflect seasonal fluctuations and therefore may show different levels and trends than the statewide seasonally adjusted estimates.
The estimates for labor force, unemployment rates, and jobs for Massachusetts are based on different statistical methodology specified by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).