Assistant House Speaker Katherine Clark toured the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority’s (MWRA) Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Tuesday afternoon to help promote the clean water infrastructure provisions in the recently signed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The bipartisan infrastructure law…
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Yawkey Foundation Commits $15 Million to Pine Street Inn: Transformational Gift Will Help Create 400-500 Permanent Housing Units
Today, Pine Street Inn, New England’s largest homeless services organization, announced that it has received a transformational gift of $15 million from the Yawkey Foundation to advance Pine Street Inn’s goal of ending homelessness by making permanent housing a reality…
Metro Beaches Commission and Advocates Call for Better Beach Access for People With Disabilities
The Metropolitan Beaches Commission and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay convened a Virtual Public Hearing focused on improving access for people with disabilities on the Commonwealth’s public beaches in Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and…
Wynn Development Proposes New Project Along Everett’s Lower Broadway
Special to the Journal Wynn Development DBA East Broadway LLC, has announced that the company has filed plans with the City of Everett for a mixed-use development project along Lower Broadway, located across from Encore Boston Harbor. The initial phase…
Charlie Baker Will Be Missed
There has been a lot of speculation by the pundits as to the reasons behind Governor Charlie Baker’s decision not to run for re-election in 2022, but we think it comes down simply to this: Gov. Baker is burned-out, similar…
GOP’s Opposition to Rachael Rollins Is Both Racist & Misogynistic
The unprecedented opposition, accompanied by unprecedented vitriol, by the Republican members of the U.S. Senate to the nomination of Suffolk County District Atty. Rachael Rollins for the position of U.S. Attorney for the Massachusetts district has laid bare their racist…
Throw the Book at Them
Another news cycle — and yet another mass shooting incident in America. The horrific murder last week of at least four students at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit and the wounding of several others by 15 year-old fellow student…
Guest Op-Ed: What About the Other Ethan Crumbleys?
By Dr. Glenn Mollette We are unfortunately informed once again of another horrific, senseless school shooting. They don’t stop. When will the next one be? Who will be the next shooter and who will be the next unsuspecting victims? Once…
WHS Sports Roundup
WHS Girls Hockey Hosts Shawsheen this Saturday The Winthrop High girls hockey team will open its 2022 season this Saturday afternoon when the Lady Vikings host Shawsheen Tech at the Mike Eruzione Center at Larsen Rink. The opening face-off is…
Obituaries 12-09-2021
Marguerite Paul Lifelong Educator with a Deep Faith in the Lord Marguerite A. (Quist) Paul of South Weymouth, formerly of Winthrop, entered fully into the presence of the Lord on November 28. She was 65 years old. Marguerite was the…