Local concerns regarding Air Traffic Controllers working without pay at Boston Logan Airport during the government shutdown are surfacing. The shutdown and working without pay maybe making an already stressful job more demanding an impacting safety. With hundreds of thousands…
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Northeast Metro Tech Earns Skills Capital Grant for STEM Programming
School Committee Chair Deborah Davis and Superintendent David DiBarri are pleased to announce that Northeast Metro Tech received a $106,320 Skills Capital Grant to increase students’ access to STEM occupational opportunities. Skills Capital Grants, which are administered through Gov. Charlie…
Winthrop Students Earn Academic Honors
Kayla Blatz Named to SNHU President’s List Kayla Blatz of Winthrop has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) fall 2018 President’s List. Eligibility for the President’s List requires that a student accumulate an academic grade point average (GPA)…
The Verdict is In: Winthrop Arms is a Hidden Gem
Recently the Winthrop Arms was selected by Marc Hurowitz of “Hidden Boston†as “2018’s Best Traditional American Restaurant in the Boston Area.†An award they also received in 2016 and 2012. “I guess you could call it a hidden gem…
Friends, Family Celebrate the Life of Mike McDuffee
There was no shortage of stories being passed around at the Elks Club last Friday afternoon, as friends and family joined together to celebrate the life of Precinct 1 Councilor Mike McDuffee, a man who was known as a source…
No Smoking at Parks, Beach, Beginning May 1
The Board of Health has approved changes to the town’s smoking regulations that will go into effect on May 1. The newly revised workplace and public places smoking regulations prohibit smoking, including e-cigarettes, in parks, at town beaches, there is…
Residents Seek to Upgrade Soundproofing in Homes
It’s a tiny community, and on a cold night you could almost hear a pin drop, until an airplane blasts its way down the runway as the engines are pushed to full throttle, lifting the plane over the homes on…
News Briefs
2019 RESIDENTIAL PARKING STICKERS NOW AVAILABLE In-Person applications for 2019 permits are now being accepted at Town Hall during business hours. There is a $5 fee for a permit if you apply in person. This fee is waived for senior…
Eighth Grader Gets Crowned 2019 WMS Geography Bee Champion
The Neil Shapiro Center for the Performing Arts was filled with excited middle schoolers both in the audience and on the stage, for the annual Geography Bee last Friday. Ten competitors lined the stage, prepared for questions that were broken…
An Appreciation McDuffee: May the Road Rise to Meet You
Precinct 1 Councilor Michael McDuffee was laid to rest last Friday in the Belle Isle Cemetery after a beautiful funeral mass at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Several hundred people filled the church, which was still decorated with poinsettia’s…