Commonwealth Clinical Services, Inc. (CCS), the Winthrop Board of Health, the Winthrop Chamber of Commerce, and Commonwealth Primary Care, Inc. will partner to host the Winthrop Community Health Forum on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at…
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For Kids Only to honor co-founder Debbie Kneeland Keegan’s 40+ years of leadership at annual Helping Families Gala
For Kids Only Afterschool (FKO) will celebrate the legacy of co-founder Deborah Kneeland Keegan at its annual Helping Families Gala on Friday, October 23, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Boston Harbor. The event will honor Keegan’s more than 40 years…
NeighborHealth celebrates health, wellness and community at Fall Family Health Fair
NeighborHealth hosted its annual Fall Family Health Fair on Wednesday, October 7 at Central Square Park in East Boston, bringing together families, patients, and community members for a day full of seasonal fun and preventive care services. Joining forces with…
Viking Pride Foundation preserves decades of Winthrop school history
Decades of Winthrop school history have been preserved and made available to the public through a project initiated by the Viking Pride Foundation in cooperation with Winthrop High School. The project converted aging VHS tapes containing recordings of school and…
S.P.I.R.I.T.S. of New England Ghost Lecture and Paranormal Investigation at Deane Winthrop House
S.P.I.R.I.T.S. of New England, in co-operation with the Winthrop Improvement & Historical Association (WIHA), will host a Fundraiser for the historic Deane Winthrop House. The event will be held on Saturday, October 24th in the Deane Winthrop Barn, 38 Shirley…
East Boston Italian Heritage Parade route set for Sunday
The East Boston Italian Heritage Parade will step off from Suffolk Downs this Sunday, Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. Chairperson Joe Ruggiero said in a preliminary highlight to the event, there will be a parade of 30 antique cars that…
FKO’s Rise & Shine playgroup returns to Winthrop this month
For Kids Only Afterschool (FKO) is welcoming families back to its Rise & Shine playgroup, a drop-in community playgroup designed for infants, toddlers and young children ages 0–5 and their caregivers. Rise & Shine will resume on Monday, October 5,…
TreeWinthrop announces new pollinator garden and community planting day Volunteers, donors invited to help transform Crest Ave Park on Oct. 10
TreeWinthrop (a/k/a as Winthrop Loves Trees & GROW) will lead an effort at Crest Ave Park to clean up its garden beds, create a pollinator garden, seek official Monarch Waystation status, and plant three serviceberry trees. TreeWinthrop.org received permission from…
WHS Senior Class President Safiatou Barry earns spot at prestigious Notre Dame Leadership Seminar
Out of more than 3,000 applicants from around the globe, WHS Senior Class President Safiatou “Safi” Barry was chosen as one of only 190 students to participate in the prestigious, all-expenses-paid Notre Dame Leadership Seminar. Selected for the 10-day course…
Celebrating 34 years of caring service: Bill Squires bids farewell to Championship Physical Therapy
After more than three decades of keeping local residents healthy and moving, Bill Squires has officially hung up his physical therapy coat. Squires, alongside co-founder Kathleen Doherty, first opened the doors of Championship Physical Therapy on August 2, 1992. Over…