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,…
Author: Laura Plummer
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…
Faison: ‘Put Community First’ – COVID Spike Dominates Council Meeting
The Winthrop Town Council met remotely on Tuesday, Nov. 10, where councilors and town officials urged personal responsibility in combating the pandemic. Due to a resurgence of COVID-19 across the Commonwealth, Gov. Charlie Baker recently issued a number of statewide…
Town Council Talks Dog Park, CBD
While COVID was at the forefront of everyone’s minds at Tuesday’s meeting of Town Council (see separate article), councilors also discussed a number of other issues impacting the community, including a new dog park, the Center Business District project, and…
Let’s Talk about Race: Winthrop to Lose Black Resident
Mitch Gayns moved to Winthrop two years ago and identifies as Black, biracial and multiracial. On Oct. 6, he called into a meeting of Town Council to urge against “making space for people with bigoted, racist points of view.†Gayns…
Let’s Talk about Disability: A Conversation With Winthrop’s John Morgan – Part II
Last week we interviewed resident John Morgan in honor of White Cane Awareness Day. Morgan is one of 130,000 Mass. residents living with some kind of vision impairment. This week, we take a deeper dive into his journey with blindness.…
‘Hate Has No Home Here’ – Council Discusses Town Hall Rallies
At the meeting of the Winthrop Town Council on Oct. 6, a dominant theme that emerged was the presence of political demonstrators at Town Hall the past several Thursdays. The gatherings have been the subject of Letters to the Editor…
Let’s Talk about Disability: A Conversation with Winthrop’s John Morgan – Part I
John Morgan of Winthrop is one of 130,000 people in Massachusetts with some kind of vision impairment. A resident for 46 years, he was recently appointed to the Winthrop Commission on Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Relations (CDICR) due to his…