The Viking Pride Foundation is busy planning “The Final Countdown,” which will be the last opportunity for us to visit Winthrop High School before the wrecking ball arrives and makes way for the new Winthrop middle/high school that will be…
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Boys Tennis Team Is on a Roll
The Winthrop High boys tennis team is on a roll, having won its last four matches. The team, led by head coach Marie Finn and senior captain Chris Capone, could be one of the best Viking teams in years. It’s…
Police Blotter 05-01-2014
Monday, April 21 Caller on Shore Drive reports a male walking in the area looking into parked motor vehicles. Units report no one in the area. Party on Veterans Road reports that his motor vehicle was hit. Officers report the…
Lady Vikings Roll in Three Victories
The Winthrop High softball team righted their ship this past week, recording four victories to move over the .500 mark with a 5-4 record. The Lady Vikings opened the week with a victory by forfeit in the consolation game of…
Obituaries 05-01-2014
Lois Ventresco Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Principal Administrator Lois A. Ventresco, a lifelong Winthrop resident, died following a brief illness at Boston’s Mass. General Hospital on Easter Sunday, April 20. She was 73 years old. Born and raised in Winthrop,…
Easter Morning Mass at St. John the Evangelist
St. John the Evangelsit Church on Winthrop Street was filled on Sunday morning as many of the congregation went to celebrate Easter masses as seen in the photo.
Winthrop in Line to Receive State Funds
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature yesterday to enact a $12.766 billion transportation finance bill to bolster the state’s transportation systems, improve existing infrastructure and assist Massachusetts’ communities in funding local projects. The bond…
The Show Will Go on
The Winthrop Playmakers are in the process of selling their building on Hermon Street, but incoming Playmakers’ president Pam Racicot assures us that the theatrical organization will continue in this town. The decision to sell their long-time home was obviously…
Let’s Welcome Back Saugus
You’ve probably heard that the Saugus High athletic program, led by Winthrop’s Rob O’Leary, wants to return to the Northeastern Conference after spending this year as a member of the Cape Ann League. Rob, who was a tremendous hockey player…
Montone Wants to Honor Winthrop Hockey
And speaking of Winthrop sports, former Winthrop Viking hockey player Andrew Montone has launched an excellent plan to commemorate Winthrop High’s 50th anniversary of its boys’ ice hockey program. Montone was a member of the first-ever WHS hockey team (when…