The success and popularity of the first two years of ferry service to Boston from Winthrop Public Landing, has the town of Winthrop exploring the possibility of initiating year-round service, as well as the feasibility of procuring a town-owned vessel…
Author: Joe Domelowicz
Council Looks at Changing Codes
Winthrop residents considering an addition to their homes and local property developers may soon have a new set of building energy codes to contend with, as the Town Council considers a proposal to adopt the Massachusetts Stretch Energy Code, in…
Rebirth of Shirley Street is Becoming a Reality
For much of the last 20, years or more, the Shirley Street business district has often seemed like a forgotten and neglected collection of shops and restaurants that most people drove past on their way to other parts of town.…
State Supreme Court Upholds Conviction; Murder Suspect to Remain Behind Bars
Winthrop police and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office announced this week that the twice convicted suspect in a 1995 Winthrop murder was denied his final appeals last week by the State Supreme Judicial Court and will remain behind bars…
Macero Will Present Plan to Move Schools Forward
With their budget goals for fiscal year 2013 already announced, the Winthrop School Committee will meet Thursday night to review the findings of Superintendent’s John Macero’s School Entry Plan and hear his recommendations for moving the school district forward over…
Health Center Construction to Start in June
The long awaited Winthrop Community Health Center, which was first proposed by East Boston neighborhood Health Center for the Center area business district, is finally poised to begin construction in June, according to an EBNHC source this week. Manny Lopes,…
Spring Forum Highlights Town’s Budget Challenges
Winthrop Town Manager James McKenna and a parade of town department heads took turns briefing the Town Council, and the public, on the budget challenges that lie ahead in the fiscal 2013 budget, but little of substance about the budget…
School Committee Presents $16.37 Million Budget
In what Winthrop Chief Financial Officer/Town Accountant Michael Bertino described as “really the beginning of the budget process,†Superintendent of Schools John Macero last Thursday night unveiled a $16,373,553 level-serviced budget for the School Committee to consider for fiscal year…
School Committee to Unveil Budget Thursday Night Meeting Starts at 6 P.m. at Cummings School
The Winthrop School Committee will unveil its proposed budget for the fiscal 2013 year at Thursday night’s School Committee meeting at the Arthur Cummings school, beginning at 6 p.m. The first budget of new Superintendent John Macero is expected to…
Three-year Veteran Faro-petersen Named 2011 Explorer of the Year
Samantha Faro-Petersen, a three year veteran of Winthrop Post #99, has been named the 2011 Winthrop Explorer of the Year. “Samantha has been one of the leaders of our program for the last couple of years and she really deserved…