With the rush and hub-bub of the holiday season now over, we’ll all be settling in for another long New England winter. Up to this point, we have been fortunate. We have yet to feel the wrath of any truly…
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Sports 01-03-2019
WHS sports roundup WHS boys basketball defeats St. Joseph’s The Winthrop High boys basketball team earned its first victory of the season with a 59-47 triumph over St. Joseph’s Prep last Friday afternoon at the WHS gym. After a slow…
Obituaries 01-03-2019
H. Bill Sabat Chef, baker, guitarist and lifelong Winthrop resident H. Bill Sabat, a lifelong Winthrop resident, lost his year-and-a-half-long battle with cancer on Dec 21. He was the son of well loved Winthrop residents, the late James “Jimmy “…
Winthrop Middle School Band Performs for Travelers at Logan Airport
The Winthrop Middle School band delighted travelers prior to Christmas when they were given the opportunity to play holiday favorites in Terminal C at Logan Airport on Dec. 19.
Book Review “Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World”
This is an exemplary retrospective of the financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath. Adam Tooze regales us with a depiction of the horrors that were unfurled during and after the crisis. the book is divided into four parts, each…
North Shore Music Theatre Honors David Coffee & Cheryl McMahon in Celebration of Their 25th Productions of ‘A Christmas Carol’
On Sunday, Dec. 9, Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) honored two cast members, David Coffee (Ebenezer Scrooge) and Cheryl McMahon (Mrs. Dilber), both celebrating their 25th appearance in the holiday show, “A Christmas Carol.” Following the 2 p.m…
Income Tax Rate to Drop to 5.05 Percent on Jan. 1
The Massachusetts Department of Revenue confirmed last week that the required revenue metrics have been met to ensure the state’s Part B income tax rate will drop on Jan. 1, 2019 from the current 5.10 percent to 5.05 percent. “A…
Police Blotter 12-27-2018
Monday, Dec. 17 Report of male party in lobby of Governors Park. He is sleeping. 93 and 94 spoke with male party who fell asleep waiting for his friend. He will be on his way. Caller at Bellevue and Johnson…
Letters to the Editor
THANK YOU WINTHROP ELKS Dear Editor, I would like to thank the Winthrop Elks for organizing the 39th Annual Elks Holiday Party WINARC Holiday Party. This year was their 39th annual event. Speaking as a board member of WINARC and a parent…
Have a Happy, Safe — and Mindful — New Year
The arrival of a new year marks a time for reflection, as to both the year that has passed and the year that lies ahead. In the words of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson: Ring out the old, ring…