The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) hosted a ribbon cutting event last Friday to celebrate improvements made to Winthrop Shore Drive in the Town of Winthrop. The $16.5 million project, headed by the DCR, significantly improved the usability and stability of…
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Baker-Polito Administration Awards $100 Thousand Grant Pico Seawall
The Baker-Polito administration announced over $10.2 million in grants and loans to assist communities in addressing deteriorating dams and refurbishing critical coastal infrastructure. The Town of Winthrop received $100,000 grant for the Pico Avenue seawalls. The Town of Winthrop experienced…
DeLeo Secures Funding for New Senior Van
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) awarded the Winthrop Council on Aging a community transit grant of $46,800 – which the Senior Center will use to purchase a van to transport older residents. The grants is being matched by $11,700…
Student Receives Harvard Book Award
At the end of the 2017-2018 school year, Camila Miranda-Llovera was presented with the Harvard Book Award for her hard work and dedication in the classroom. Miranda-Llovera, a junior at the time, had the highest GPA in her class. She…
School Committee Votes on Discrimination Resolution
At Monday night’s School Committee meeting, Chairman Valentino Capobianco, offered a resolution reaffirming the Prohibition of Discrimination in Places of Public Accommodation on the Basis of Gender Identity and Gender Expression in Winthrop Public Schools. Capobianco urged fellow committee members…
I’d Rather Be Lucky than Good
Ken Brassard, as Lucky Lou, and Arthur Williams III, as Meticulous Max, playing the two main characters in the golf versus life play ‘I’d Rather Be Lucky Than Good,’ which played at the Winthrop School of Performing Arts through last…
DeLeo Comedy Night
Lots of laughs for 25 years, Speaker Bob DeLeo welcomes his headliners, Lenny Clark and longtime friend and Master of Ceremonies Johhny Pease at Bob DeLeo’s annual Comedy Night that was held on Friday, Oct.19.
Fire Leaves Family Homeless
Diane Olson sat on the wall of a neighbor’s front yard just looking at the home she has known for all her life. Wearing only her pajamas and a yellow bathrobe she wiped away tears as it was sinking in…
Early Voting Off to a Good Start in Winthrop
Massachusetts voters have the opportunity to vote early and in Winthrop the idea has panned out well. At the close of polls on Monday, the first day to vote early, over 70 people had come to Town Hall to cast…
Town Manager Picks Assistant Town Manager
A new assistant town manager will begin working for the Town of Winthrop on Nov. 19. Town Manager Austin Faison has selected David Rodrigues, who has accepted the position with a $100,000 salary. Rodrigues comes from Middlesex Sheriff’s office, where…