At its meeting on Jan. 5, council voted unanimously to approve Town Manager Austin Faison’s request for Winthrop to join the North Suffolk Resilience & Sustainability Agreement. The agreement forms a regional alliance between Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop, with a…
Author: Laura Plummer
Boncore Outlines 2020 Successes
During the Jan. 5 meeting of the town council, Council Pres. Phil Boncore delivered his annual State of Our Town Address, in which he detailed Winthrop’s accomplishments of 2020. Despite a year of unprecedented hardship, the town was able to…
Boncore Praises Town Workers for Fighting COVID
On Jan. 5, the Winthrop Town Council convened remotely for its first meeting of 2021, where it heard updates impacting the community. State of the Town Address Council President Phil Boncore opened the meeting with his annual State of the…
Divided Over In-Person Meetings
The Winthrop Town Council met on Jan. 5 for its first meeting of the new year. A motion on the agenda asked the town manager to develop a plan that would allow the body to resume in-person meetings when deemed…
Boncore: No more warnings
COVID spike dominates Council meeting Around 28 members of the public attended the virtual meeting of Town Council on Dec. 15 where the latest COVID surge was the dominant theme of the night. As of the date of the meeting,…
Town Council Tackles Loss, Hate, Rates
The Winthrop Town Council met remotely for its regularly scheduled meeting on Dec. 1, where it confronted a recent loss, voted on hate and received updates on the town’s water and tax rates. Community Loss Council President Phil Boncore choked…
Faison Presents Local Overview in Annual Fall Forum
On Tuesday, Nov. 24, Town Manager Austin Faison presented his annual Fall Forum to the Town Council where he touched on the major issues currently facing Winthrop. The presentation covered five areas: COVID-19, finances, middle school site, water and sewer,…
COVID Dominates Pre-Holiday Town Council Meeting
The Winthrop Town Council met remotely on Nov. 24 for its final meeting before the Thanksgiving holiday, where COVID was the dominant theme of the evening. Council President Phil Boncore opened on a somber note, calling for a moment of…
Report of Racist Incident Hits Suffolk DA’s Desk
Resident Lee Fich has a big back yard on Shirley Street where she likes to host socially-distanced gatherings. But according to her and her friends, their coffee talk has recently been disturbed. Fich alleges that five separate times between July…
Let’s Talk about Disability: A Conversation With John Morgan – Part III
In this third segment of our interview with Winthrop resident John Morgan, we explore new themes relating to blindness and disability. LP: Talk about your work as a disability and blindness activist? JM: If I find something that could help…