An otherwise stellar hockey season has been sullied by allegations of an after hours drinking party at Winthrop’s town rink allegedly involving the team’s head coach, Dale Dunbar, and some players. In response to the allegations, Winthrop Town Manager James…
Author: John Lynds
Gilbane Is Leading Contender for SBAC
Winthrop’s School Building Assistance Committee (SBAC) has narrowed the field of construction managers for the school building project down from four to one. The Construction subcommittee of the SBAC conducted interviews with four pre-qualified construction management firms on Saturday, March…
Open Campus for WHS Seniors to Start next Year
The Winthrop School Committee has voted to allow seniors at the High School to have open campus beginning next school year–a development that has Principal Eileen Belastock excited “I didn’t think it was going to happen but I’m excited that…
Schools to Present Preliminary Budget
Superintendent of Schools John Macero said the School Department will make a preliminary budget presentation to the Town on Tuesday, March 10 and will begin advertising the meeting in the Winthrop Transcript next week. “We will unveil the preliminary budget…
Assignments to Change During Construction
Superintendent of Schools John Macero said that beginning next year the Winthrop School Department will reconfigure schools to begin the construction of a new Middle/High School facility. Beginning September 2014, the Middle School will become the High School during construction.…
SBA Meets on Procedures of Committees
On Monday, December 16 the Winthrop School Building Assistance Committee (SBA) met. At the meeting the four SBA subcommittees reported on how they have set up their meetings. As reported last week during the first construction subcommittee, the Finance, Construction,…
Construction Subcommittee Meets on New Schools
Winthrop’s School Building Assistance Committee (SBAC) has created several subcommittees to oversee the creation of a new High/Middle School in the town, the first of which met Tuesday night at the Harvey Meeting Room. The first meeting of the construction…
10th Eastie Elves Fundraiser Set for Dec. 13
What began as a good idea by Senator Anthony Petruccelli has turned into something Winthrop residents and residents from surrounding communities in the senator’s district look forward to each Christmas Season. This year will mark the 10th Annual Eastie’s Elves…
Rep. DeLeo Votes to Make Election Process Efficient
House Speaker Robert DeLeo and the House unanimously passed a bill last week will establish early voting for presidential elections and provides resources to local officials and residents to make the voting process more efficient. Under the bill pushed by…
Orient Heights Station Officially Opens
On Tuesday the Orient Heights MBTA Station in East Boston, a main transportation hub for Winthrop commuters heading into Boston, officially reopened after an 8-month construction overhaul. On Tuesday morning House Speaker Robert DeLeo joined MassDOT Secretary Richard Davey, MBTA…