Month: October 2022

News Briefs

Local Post Office Will be Closed for the Holiday Post Offices across the Commonwealth will be closed on Monday, October 10, in honor of the federal holiday Columbus Day. Retail services will be unavailable and there will be no street…

Local Student Earns Academic Honors

Tolliver Matriculates into Hamilton College Madelaine Tolliver, of Winthrop, recently matriculated as a member of the Hamilton College Class of 2026. Tolliver, a graduate of Winthrop High School, was selected from a pool of 9,899 applicants from 35 states and…

Take a Forest Bath

When we saw a headline about a “forest bath” in an on-line publication the other day, we initially took its meaning literally. But the article was not about physically bathing in the woods. Rather, it pointed out that there have…

Sundays Aren’t Fun Anymore

Some years back, amid the Patriots’ long string of success, we wrote that New England fans should enjoy the ride, because it inevitably would come to an end. We’ve been Pats’ fans since the 1960s, so unlike younger fans, we’ve…

WHS Sports Roundup

WHS Girls Soccer Blanks Salem, 6–0 The Winthrop High girls team put it all together at both ends of the pitch on Salem’s Bertram Field to come away with a 6-0 victory over the Witches last Wednesday evening. “We went…