Special to the Journal The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), in partnership with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, has launched a new public health campaign to support young adults across Massachusetts to quit vaping and stop using other tobacco…
Month: November 2025
Winthrop Middle School Students Earn Academic Honors
Winthrop Middle School has announced the list of students who made Honors and High Honors for the first quarter of the 2025-2026 school year. They are as follows: Honors – Grade 6 Eli Aguirre Acevedo Alvarez Nico Ancillo Giovanni Barchard…
The Stark Message of a House of Dynamite
More than 40 years ago, a made-for-TV movie, The Day After, shocked Americans of all ages. We were among the 100 million of our fellow Americans in nearly 39 million households (about 62% of the viewing public that night) who…
The Shutdown Made No Sense
As we are writing this earlier in the week, it would appear that the government shutdown is about to end after almost six weeks. Enough Democratic senators joined with Republicans in the Senate to achieve the 60-vote threshold necessary to…
Guest Op-Ed: Post Election Reflection
By Sen. Lydia Edwards To all the candidates—especially in Winthrop—thank you. It is never easy to run for office. It is, in fact, one of the scariest things a person can do. You put your name, your values, and your…
Letters to the Editor
Due Process Is on the Line Dear Editor, Immigrants are today’s scapegoats—but the Constitution belongs to all of us. Most Saturdays, I stand with a small group of mostly women on the bridge connecting Winthrop to Boston. We hold signs…
WHS Football: Vikings Fall Short to Stoneham, 30-20, in MIAA First-round Playoff Game
By Cary Shuman According to head coach Jon Cadigan, the Winthrop High School football team “offensively played well enough to win,” but the Vikings’ inability to contain Stoneham’s rushing game was the difference. The host Spartans, who rely almost exclusively…
Winthrop Hockey Team will Head to Lake Placid to Start the Season
By Cary Shuman When Winthrop High School hockey coach Dale Dunbar was a mega-hockey star at New Hampton Prep, he and his teammate and roommate, Ray Shero – the future general manager of the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins –…
Obituaries 11-13-2025
Kathleen Anne Mulkerron Her wonderful Irish sense of humor and her iconic, infectious laugh will be dearly missed Kathleen Anne (Carr) Mulkerron, 76, of Winthrop passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Born in…