WINTHROP – It started with a little entertainment from the town manager, DPW director, school superintendent, fire chief and police chief. The four took to the stage to read the email messages swapped around during the winter snow storms. Everything…
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Police Blotter 03-26-2015
Monday, March 16 Officer reports he is off with a stuck vehicle on Beal and Main streets. He reports that the vehicle was pushed out of the way. DPW was called to sand and salt the area. Party called to…
New Principal Search Begins
With the resignation of Winthrop High School principal Eileen Belastock last week, the search for a successor will begin and one of the names being introduced in the process is former Winthrop schools administrator Lisa Howard. Those who worked with…
National Cheerleading Champions — Wow!
Just when you think our Winthrop High athletes couldn’t achieve any more this winter, with the girls basketball team reaching the Garden and the hockey team winning the Northeastern Conference title, along comes the WHS varsity cheerleading to cap off…
Character Breakfast Is Saturday
Winthrop Parks and Recreation Director Sean Driscoll and his staff will host the annual Character Breakfast Saturday morning at the high school. This event — featuring cartoon characters galore, the Easter Bunny, photo opportunities, and a delicious breakfast — is…
Derderian to Speak at Library
Our well-known community leader, Mary Lou Osborne, informed us that Tom Derderian, an authority on the Boston Marathon, will be speaking at the Winthrop Public Library on Thursday, April 2, at 6 p.m. Tom has written books about the Marathon…
CASA Presents YRBS at Meeting
Since 1994, CASA (Community Against Substance Abuse) has been collecting data from schools, including Winthrop High and Middle Schools, and developing strategies to reduce the risk factors in the environment, and increase protective factors in schools. The organization presented the…
Letter to the Editor
Massport says thank you for helping in ice rescue To the East Boston and Winthrop communities: On behalf of the leadership and staff of the Massachusetts Port Authority, we wish to thank the East Boston and Winthrop communities for helping…
Sports 03-26-2015
WHS Sports roundup Baseball, softball teams are in a holding pattern, waiting for fields to thaw The calendar may say that spring officially was sprung by Mother Nature last Friday, but her landscape of snow and ice, leftovers from…
Catching up on Homework
Brothers Reese, left, and Wyatt Teixeira work on their electronic tablets while their mom, Library Trustee Gillian Teixeira participates in a Winthrop Library Trustees meeting last week.