Ring in the season this Friday in Winthrop Center for the Chamber of Commerce’s 24st annual Holiday Lighting Festival from 3:00-6:00 p.m. The Holiday Lighting Festival is the kickoff of Winthrop Small Business Weekend. Spend Local. Eat Local. Shop Local.…
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Bella Bond to be Interred at Belle Isle Cemetery
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Bella Bond will always remain a little toddler and forever call Winthrop home. She will be buried with her paternal great-grandmother in Belle Isle Cemetery this Saturday in a private service. Caggiano Funeral Home in Winthrop…
Winthrop Receives $950,880 Grant For Walkway Around Belle Isle Marsh
Winthrop’s Seaport Economic Council has received a grant of $950,880 for the construction a pier-supported wooden walkway and marine ecology park that borders Belle Isle Marsh. The marsh is currently used by only a small group of area activists and…
Town Clerk Processes Several Petitions
Secretary Bill Galvin’s office has 19 petitions that were circulating around the Commonwealth the last few months. In the Town Clerk’s office of Winthrop all deadlines were met and clerks processed 723 pages of signatures that yielded 1,426 good signatures…
News Briefs
WINTHROP FORCE NABS ILLEGAL GUN  Hours after attending Boston Police Commissioner Bill Evans and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s New England Gun Violence Summit, the Winthrop Police Department was hard at work taking illegal guns off the streets of Winthrop. On…
Town Officials Sign Community Compact to Partner with State
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Last week, Town Manager James McKenna and Council President Peter Gill signed the Commonwealth Community Compact with Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo joining in the celebration of Winthrop striving to…
Connie Grayson’s Cancer Battle Becomes a Teachable Moment
By Kate Anslinger Connie Grayson, fourth grade teacher at the Cummings School, is proof that an imprint can be left on students. So much so that when she was in the midst of her fight against cancer in 2014, the…
Council Approves Funding for Rink Improvements
By Sue Ellen Woodcock After getting approval from the finance committee, the town council approved funding to renovate the rink roof, construct locker rooms and purchase a new Zamboni ice machine. Tuesday night the council granted permission to borrow $600,000…
News Briefs
THANKSGIVING FREE MEALS AND FIXINS’ There will be two free meals served on Thanksgiving in Lynn. One at My Brother’s Table and one at Brother’s Deli. Most food banks have already given out their Thanksgiving items, but those in need…
Winthrop’s Ferry Arrives
The new Winthrop ferry arrived late Tuesday morning after a 525 nautical mile trip from Maryland to Winthrop. Top speed for the boat is about 24 knots. Built by Evans Boats of Crisfield, Maryland for $980,000. The Coast Guard will…