By Sue Ellen Woodcock It’s been well over five years in the making and now the Metro North Regional Emergency Communications Center, the regional dispatch center for Revere and Winthrop is now online taking emergency calls and dispatching public safety…
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Councilors Hear More Opinions On Moving McLean Tennis Courts
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Tennis courts have been on a lot of people’s minds lately and Tuesday night the topic came up again, this time members of the Winthrop High School tennis players and their coaches weighed-in. About 20 tennis…
Communities Band Together for Health
By Sue Ellen Woodcock In an attempt to bolster the health of Winthrop, Chelsea and Revere the communities have banded together to form a health collaborative and hire a regional public health director who will work on policy, reports and…
News Briefs
The 25th Annual Holiday Lighting The 25th Annual Tree Lighting and kick-off to the Small Business Weekend will take place in Winthrop Center from 3-6 p.m on Friday, Nov. 25. with the actual tree lighting around 5:30 p.m. Hosted by…
Winthrop Voters Follow State’s Choices in Election
By Sue Ellen Woodcock With a 77 percent voter turnout from 12,574 registered voters, Winthrop went with Hillary Clinton and Tim Kane with 5,193 votes over Donald Trump and Mike Pence who garnered 3,851 votes in Winthrop. Of course, much…
Winthrop Principals Join Forces to Raise Students’ State Test Scores
By Kate Anslinger Change is always scary. With the recent transitional phase of the school district due to the new high school/middle school, there have been several adjustments to other local schools. Gorman Fort Banks Principal Ilene Pearson and Arthur…
Few Attend MWRA Fall Forum
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Officials at the MWRA on Deer Island held a sparsely attended fall forum last Thursday night. It was noted that no one seemed to want to complain about the trucks, but they might have something to…
News Briefs
Small Business Weekend The Winthrop Chamber of Commerce wants to highlight its members during Winthrop Small Business Weekend, November 25 through November 27, 2016. Winthrop Small Business Weekend is an extension of the Small Business Saturday model. Chamber members are…
CASA Pushes for Warning Labels on Prescriptions
By Sue Ellen Woodcock It’s been noted that a large influence in the opioid epidemic has been the prescribing of opioid pain medications such as oxycontin, hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine, and codeine. Many people who struggle with opioid addiction start with…
The 2016 Election – What’s on the Ballot?
Q.1 Expanded Slot Machine Gambling This proposed law would allow the state Gaming Commission to issue one additional category 2 license which would permit operation of a gaming establishment with no table games and not more than 1,250 slot machines.…