The Town Council will begin interviews with three candidates for the town manager position next week. One candidate is very familiar with Winthrop. Tim Gordon served as Winthrop’s chief financial officer under former Town Manager James McKenna. Gordon was responsible…
Author: Sue Ellen Woodcock
Council Approves Moratorium
The Town Council voted Tuesday night to take “no further major actions on any significant Town initiatives until a new permanent town manager and town planner is in place.†Before the vote was taken three councilors, Mike Lucerto, Peter Christopher…
Fake Gun Threat Puts Town Officials On Offensive
Police Chief Terence M. Delehanty and Superintendent of Schools Lisa A. Howard confirm that the Winthrop Police Department and Winthrop Public Schools have conducted a thorough investigation into a report that a student at Winthrop Middle School had shown another…
Council Passes Town’s FY19 Budget
Last week the Town Council passed a general operating budget of $50,703,576 for fiscal year 2019, a roughly 4 percent increase from $49,146,338 in FY18. The school department budget went from $19,341,310 for FY18 to $20,141,310 for FY 19, which…
Police Bring Shooting Range to Winthrop
The Winthrop Police and Harbormaster departments were able to do some training last week with Boston Shooting Club Mobile Shooting range. Deputy Chief John Goodwin said about 50 individuals practiced in the mobile range, that was located next to the…
Officials Quiet on Legal Cases
Town officials are quiet about the three legal issues facing the town, and the town’s attorney doesn’t seem to want to talk about any of them, and even though all three cases stem from the police department, there is little…
Winthrop Readies for 109 WHS Graduates
The Winthrop High School Class of 2018 is set to graduate Friday night in the high school gymnasium at 6 p.m. This year’s class may be a little bit smaller than previous class sizes, but it has formed a closeknit…
FinCom Recommends $1.4 Million Increase for Schools
The Finance Commission will recommend a school budget of $20,760,280 for FY19 to the Town Council, this is an increase from $19,341,310 or a 7.3 percent increase. At last Thursday night’s meeting of the commission Chairman Bob Wynne said an…
Residents Oppose Fish Pier Proposal
Letters have been delivered to Gov. Charlie Baker, Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, and State Sen. Joe Boncore opposing a proposal to build a fish pier and a parking lot on Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) land at Deer…
Finance Commission Not Happy with Budget
It was very clear last Thursday night that Finance Commission was not happy with the recommended $50 million town budget presented to them and the Town Council. “I have been doing this since 1992, and I have never been so…