WINTHROP TOWN DEMOCRATIC MEETING The Winthrop Town Democratic Meeting announced today it is scheduled to meet March 7th, 6:30p.m at the Winthrop Senior Center.  The Committee will convene to elect offices and to select delegates to the upcoming Suffolk &…
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Joanna Ciampa is One of Winthrop’s Artistic Treasures
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Joanna Ciampa can’t explain how she does what she does, but the outcomes are more than spectacular. “I have always done art. When I was in school I used to daydream and draw,†Ciampa said from…
Kasbah Cited Again
By Sue Ellen Woodcock An inspector from the Six City Initiative, which oversees the Tobacco Control Program, visited the Kasbah restaurant on Putnam Street this past Saturday night and cited the owner for the fourth time for violating the state’s…
Basketball Fundraiser
WHS Boys Basketball has helped to raise awareness in support of local philanthropies. On January 15th the town of Winthrop and Boys’ Basketball raised $253 in support of ALS, a disease affecting millions of Americans. On Monday, Feb. 22nd, Boys…
Winthrop Parent Network Offers A Chance for Youngsters to Get Ahead
By Kate Anslinger It’s no secret that Winthrop has a lot to offer young families, and the Winthrop Parents Network is just another perk that has given young children an opportunity to get ahead. The “Learn and Play†groups that…
News Briefs
Police cracking down on handicap parking If you’re thinking about pulling into a handicapped parking space think again. Winthrop Police are always on the lookout for violators, said Police Chief Terence Delehanty, and this past weekend they found several violators…
Calm After the Storm
Winthrop resident Richard Honan captured Yirrell Beach looking tranquil after the snowstorm on Friday. Below Honan captured the EB Newton School looking like a scene from a postcard.
Storm Causes Local Flooding
By Sue Ellen Woodcock It wasn’t so much the snow that caused problems for some Winthrop residents this past Monday, it was the ocean, giving especially The Point area a one-two punch. Town Manager James McKenna said the berm at…
Medical Reserve Corp at the Ready
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Snowy weather, flooding, power outages, no matter what Mother Nature throws toward Winthrop there is a band of volunteers waiting to make sure residents of the community are safe. The Medical Reserve Corps. (MRC) of Winthrop…
Winthrop Officials Begin the Budget Process
By Sue Ellen Woodcock With a new chief financial officer just a few weeks on the job, the town has begun to delve in to the financial process for fiscal year 2017, which begins July 1, 2016. Without getting into…