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…
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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…
News Briefs
Bike Winthrop’s second Annual Halloween Fun Ride and Costume Parade On Saturday, Oct. 27 at Ingleside Park Gazebo join Bike Winthrop’s Annual Halloween Fun Ride and Costume Parade Grab your costume and bring the whole family down to the park for…
Academy Award Nominated Danny Aiello Appearing at Lynn Auditorium
Revere’s Roger Marino presents “Stiffs†by Lynn filmmakers Joe and Frank Ciota EMC co-founder and Revere native Roger Marino and Lynn’s own Joe and Frank Ciota return to the Lynn Auditorium on Sunday, Oct. 28 to present their second collaboration…