When new Winthrop Schools Superintendent John Macero announced last week that he was promoting educator and curriculum coordinator Connie Moore to the position of Director of Humanities for the school district, it was an acknowledgement of both Moore’s fine work…
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Obituaries 07-21-2011
Janet Finely Winthrop Librarian Janet S. Finely of Golden Drive, Winthrop died suddenly at home on July 13. She was 68 years old. Born in North Reading, she was the daughter of the late Ruth and William Mason. A resident…
Carving Artists: As Many as 300,000 People Expected to Attend Annual Event on Revere Beach
There may not be a better way to usher in the dreamy, fantasy world of sandcastles than by staging a parade on the Boulevard with eight-foot-tall puppets. And that’s exactly what’s going to happen this week. The Revere Beach National…
A Car-load of Discoveries: More Than $1,500 in Cash Seized with Marijuana, Cocaine and LSD
A patrol officer checking parked cars on Veterans Road early Tuesday morning, ended up arresting a 24-year old Nevada Street man on an outstanding warrant and several other drug charges, after finding the man sitting alone in his parked car…
Gobiel Named WHS Director of Athletics
Peter Gobiel, a longtime educator and coach in the Winthrop school system, was appointed on July 8 as director of athletics for Winthrop High School. Superintendent of Schools John Macero said Gobiel will also serve as the director of physical…
A Smooth Start to Replacement Project
John Vitagliano, community liaison and project coordinator for the Belle Isle Bridge replacement project, reports that traffic has been flowing smoothly since the start of the project Monday. “The traffic management plan is going exceptionally well, even better than any…
Carnival Barkers: Residents want to know why they weren’t given more Notice about Festival; Turco Defends Decision, Citing Fiscal Concerns
Council President Jeffrey Turco remained firmly behind his idea to have a Fiesta Shows carnival at Ingleside Park despite the vehement objections expressed by abutters of the park at a Council meeting Tuesday night. Winthrop Parks and Recreation Department is…
Unbroken Spirit: Garfunkel Authors Book on her Husband’s Catastrophic Injury
On August 27, 1992, Frank Garfunkel was playing squash at a Boston athletic facility and during the match he hit his head into a wall, sustaining a contusion to the spine, which is an incomplete spinal cord injury. “I received…
New Salon Opens on Revere St.
Rose Rabuffo had worked in the beauty industry as a sales consultant to salon owners before she decided to take the biggest step in her career. Also a licensed hair stylist and cosmetologist for 20 years, Rabuffo said owning a…
Winthrop Man Accused of Exposing himself Inside the Public Library
Winthrop Police Chief Terence Delehanty announced this week that an alleged dangerous sexual predator has been taken into custody and removed from the community thanks to the bravery of two young girls and solid police work that led to his…