The start of the 2024 fall sports season for Winthrop Viking teams gets underway this week. As usual, the WHS golf team, under the direction of former Viking star Jack Wallace, got the fall campaign going with a match yesterday…
Month: August 2024
Meet The Vikings’ Super Six
Cappuccio, Reardon, Noonan, Grein, Boncore, and Murphy elected captains By Cary Shuman The Winthrop High School football team has yet to play a regular season game, but it’s already made history. In an unprecedented happening, six seniors – Nick Cappuccio,…
Vikings Scrimmage Manchester-Essex Friday
The Vikings will host Manchester-Essex in a simulated game scrimmage Friday at 11 a.m. at Miller Field. In preseason action last Saturday, Nich Cappuccio rushed for a 40-yard touchdown in the Vikings’ scrimmage against Beverly and Malden. Coach Cadigan was…
Sacco Wins Ironman Competition
Junior running back and linebacker Seth Sacco was the winner of the team’s Ironman competition. Sacco took first place in the bench press, agility, and 400-meter run to edge out Cappuccio (winner of the 40-yard dash and broad jump events)…
Obituaries 08-29-2024
Savvas Steve Demetriou October 20, 1929 – August 19, 2024 On Monday, August 19, 2024, Savvas “Steve” Demetriou, 94, of Naples, Florida died peacefully in his sleep. Steve was born on the Greek island of Cyprus, son of the late …
Town Dedicates Memorial Pole to U.S. Army Veteran Robert L. Sheppard
Riley’s ice Cream Opens for Business on Hagman Road
Council Continues Debate on 3A Act
By Adam Swift The town council is moving closer to making a final decision on how it wants to proceed with the MBTA 3A Communities Act. The town is required to submit a plan for multi-family residential zoning to the…
6 Days Left!
Winthrop students head back to school on Wednesday By Adam Swift Winthrop students and families only have a few days left to finish their back-to-school shopping. The first day of school for students is Wednesday, August 28, with teachers heading…
News Briefs
Purple Bow Campaign for Overdose Awareness Kicks Off Aug. 22 in East Boston The 3rd annual Adopt-A-Pole for Overdose Awareness campaign will begin on August 22 at North Suffolk Community Services’ recovery support center, Recovery on the Harbor, located at…