Anyone involved in the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center knows that Manny Lopes is a dedicated leader and one of the most recognizable figures in and around the area. So it came as no surprise when Lopes took over the…
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Winthrop School Resource Officer Selected for International Training Program:SRO Dawne Armitstead to Travel to UK for Training
Chief Terence M. Delehanty reports that Winthrop Police Department School Resource Officer DawneArmitstead has been selected to take part in an international training program hosted by the Rotary Club. SRO Armitstead, three other Massachusetts SROs and a Rotarian Leader will…
Student Highlight:Victoria Donahue Knows What It’s like to Be on Winning Team
Victoria Donahue has recently learned just how rewarding it is to be part of a winning team. The high school cheerleader played a part in making history for the school, as the cheerleading team won first place at the Northeastern…
Annual Snowflake Fair at St. John’s Episcopal
ulia and Maya Wallerce, and Bodie Bucholtz during the annual holiday Snowflake Fair at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Shoppers had a wide range of items from homemade jewelry, gift baskets,blankets and more to peruse; the Church also made lunch available…
Cultural Council Fair
Sandy Schiff from the Winthrop Improvement Historical Association(WIHA), shows off the new Winthrop Christmas ornament during the Winthrop Cultural Council art fair and show opening on Saturday, Dec. 1.
Plans on File for Somerset Avenue Development
Plans are on file in the town clerk’s office for a proposed development on Somerset Avenue at the site of the “old dollar store.†The developer will appear at a public meeting on Dec. 13 at the E.B. Newton to…
Tax Rate to Decrease in 2019 Fiscal Year
At Tuesday night’s Town Council meeting, a presentation was made for the upcoming tax rate from Assessor Stephen Roche. After the presentation, the Town Council voted to decrease the tax rate for fiscal year 2019. Taxpayers will see this reflected…
Rookie Flight Crew Gets Ready to Take off for Another Season
For the third year in a row, the Winthrop Middle School STEM club came face-to-face with a few Celtics celebrities and JetBlue professionals. Last Wednesday, 30 STEM club students spent some quality time in the classroom and on the basketball…
News Briefs
Father Tom’s Live Nativity On Sunday, Dec. 9 at 2 p.m., come and celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus at The Holy Rosary Church, 1015 Shirley St., Winthrop. For more information call 617-846-1210. It is not too late…
Save the Harbor Hosts a Literary “Cruise†through the Golden Age of American Piracy in Winthrop
After a rewarding spring, summer and fall of Sharing the Harbor with free cruises to the Harbor Islands, Marine Mammal Safaris and tours of Boston Light, Save the Harbor embarked on the winter phase of its Share the Harbor initiative.…