By Adam Swift Superintendent of Schools Lisa Howard is looking to make a decision soon on the selection of a new principal for the Gorman Fort Banks Elementary School. Two finalists recently visited the school, stopping into classrooms and meeting…
Month: March 2023
Online Meeting Planned for Zero Carbon Action Plan
By Adam Swift Chelsea, Winthrop, and Revere are in the midst of creating a Zero Carbon Action Plan for the region through the North Suffolk Office of Resilience and Sustainability and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC). The two organizations…
Developers Give Update on Soldiers’ Home Project
By Adam Swift State officials and the private developer of the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home updated the City Council on the progress of the project at a special subcommittee meeting on Monday night. The update highlighted some potential changes from the…
COVID-19: Still a Major Threat for Seniors
President Biden declared recently that the COVID-19 pandemic officially will be over in May, but in our view, that is just wishful thinking. In January, the number of COVID-related deaths fell after a holiday spike, but nevertheless numbered about 2,100…
Safe Consumption Sites Are the Only Way To Stem the Tide of Drug Overdoses
The so-called War on Drugs, which began in the administration of Richard Nixon, has been ongoing in America for more than 50 years. Putting aside the fact that Nixon began his war on drugs primarily as a means for incarcerating Black and brown…
Winthrop Girls Hockey’s State Title Hopes Ended by Billerica, 3–2
The Winthrop High school girls hockey team’s quest for an historic undefeated season came to an end in the Division 1 quarterfinals in a 3-2 loss to Billerica at Cronin Memorial Rink in Revere. Billerica senior Remore Serra scored at…
MIAA State Hockey Tournament: Vikings Fall to Amesbury, 4–3, in Overtime
There is nothing more exciting in high school sports than the MIAA State Tournament. And there is nothing more exciting in the MIAA State Hockey Tournament than sudden death overtime. The Winthrop High School boys hockey experienced back-to-back overtime games…
Winthrop Vikings Fifth-Grade Travel Team Falls Just Short to Danvers in Cal Title Game
Playing four hard-fought 32-minute playoff games on successive days, the Winthrop fifth-grade basketball team fell just shy of claiming a Cape Ann Youth Basketball League title, losing to Danvers, 43-37, in the championship game Sunday afternoon at Salem High School.…
Obituaries 03-16-2023
G. Regina Davis Retired Office Manager G. Regina (Lynch) Davis of Winthrop passed away suddenly on March 6. She was 89 years old. The beloved wife of the late Robert Davis, she was born in Boston, the cherished daughter of…
WIHA Talks History Of Scollay Square at Meeting
Winthrop Improvement & Historical Association (WIHA) announced the retirement of Claire Hubbard after 58 years of dedication, during the March 7 dinner meeting at the Deane Winthrop House barn. Hubbard served as the first female president of WIHA, and has…