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News Briefs

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 &…

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…

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…

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…