Month: November 2024
FKO Helping Hands Gala
Council Could Take Fire Station Location Vote Next Week
By Adam Swift At the town council’s next meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 3, the council could take a vote on the potential location for a new fire station. Last November, voters rejected a debt exclusion to fund a new fire…
Council Seeking Lower Toll Rates for Residents
By Adam Swift The town council is seeking a break on toll fees for Winthrop residents. At its meeting last week, it approved a motion by Council President Jim Letterie asking that the town’s legislative delegation file legislation seeking lower…
News Briefs
Mass. RMV Reminds Residents of Real ID Deadline The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is reminding residents that beginning May 7, 2025, anyone traveling by plane domestically or entering certain federal facilities will need a Registry-issued REAL ID-compliant driver’s…
Kristen Reynolds takes over as acting principal at Gorman Fort Banks
By Adam Swift There have been changes in leadership in the Gorman Fort Banks Elementary School. At last week’s school committee meeting, Superintendent of Schools Lisa Howard said current principal Mark McAneny has been on family leave pending some work…
NeighborHealth and HarborArts unveil art installation
Photos & Story by Marianne Salza NeighborHealth, formerly East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, and HarborArts celebrated the unveiling of the art installation, “Expressions of Community: Honoring Voices Through Art,” on November 20, at NeighborHealth’s new administrative offices, located on the…
Clerk’s Office and Election Workers Lauded for Efforts
By Adam Swift Town Manager Tony Marino and Town Council President Jim Letterie thanked Town Clerk Denise Quist and her team for their efforts during the presidential election on Nov. 7 at last week’s council meeting. “A special thanks to…
Happy Thanksgiving
Although a Harris poll a few years back revealed that Christmas is the favorite holiday of the year among all age groups of Americans, we think that Thanksgiving, our uniquely American holiday, has much more to recommend it than Christmas.…
Let’s Go Winthrop — Beat Revere!!!!
When the Winthrop High football team takes to Miller Field at 10:00 on Thanksgiving morning to face the Revere Patriots, coach Jon Cadigan and his Vikings will be looking for their third straight holiday victory over their ancient rivals. The…