MAGICIAN TO PERFORM AT LIBRARY The Winthrop Public Library and the DeLeo Senior Center present magician Scott Jameson at the Senior Center, 35 Harvard St., on Wednesday, February 17 at 2 p.m. This program is supported in part by a…
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Police Blotter 01-28-2016
Monday, January 18 Caller report a motor vehicle was parked in violation of the ban on Cora Street. W92 went by and the vehicle was moved and the street clear. The caller called back and reports the owner moved the…
Safety Tips for Burn Awareness Week
State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan announced that national Burn Awareness Week is February 1-7, 2016. “While we traditionally associate burns with fires, the leading burn injury in Massachusetts is hot liquid scalds to children under 5,†said State Fire…
Letter to the Editor
Talking politics Dear Editor: I wanted to take a moment to make a comment on our current Presidential election. I am a 28 year old male Winthrop native, raised as a Republican. I have voted Republican in every local /…
CASA Targeting Opioid Crisis
There was a large turnout for the Community Against Drug Abuse (CASA) forum as the organization focuses its efforts on the opioid crisis that has affected our state and our town. CASA Director Amy Epstein has been working hard to…
Boncore Set to Announce
Winthrop attorney Joseph Boncore will make it official next week that he will be a candidate for the State Senate seat that was held by Anthony Petruccelli for the past nine years. Boncore has been making his rounds throughout the…
Deleo Forms Commission on Daily Sports Fantasy
Anyone who has watched Channel Five’s “On the Record” Sunday morning show knows that Speaker of the House has a tremendous knowledge of Boston sports — as he often has demonstrated on the “Pop Quiz” portion of the show. And…
Chamber of Commerce Awards Dinner
The Winthrop Chamber of Commerce, under the direction of executive director Betsy Shane, will hold one of its biggest events of the year — the Chamber’s Community Awards Dinner — Saturday night at the Hyatt Harborside in East Boston. A…
Sports 01-28-2016
WHS sports roundup Girls hockey team takes three of four points The Winthrop High Lady Bulldog hockey team enjoyed a successful week, earning a tie and a win in its two contests against a pair of non-league foes . The Lady…
Obituaries 01-28-2016
Paul Ciarcia Retired property manager Paul J. Ciarcia of Winthrop passed away on January 24. He was 75 years old. Paul served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1959 to1960. He worked for the Charles Bulfinch Condominium Association as a…