Transcript Staff Report The economic crisis that is laying bare the town’s financial problems is having a minimal effect on the Parks and Recreation Department and the Larsen Rink, two town departments that are entirely self-sufficient and are funded by…
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Winthrop Public Library
By Sandra Miller The public library raised about $300 in dropped-off donations as of yesterday. The Friends of the Public Library pledged its kitty of $14,000 collected over the years through used book sales. There’s talk of teaming up with…
Community Health Center
By Seth Daniel It seems as if everything in Winthrop has been lost or has been threatened with being lost in just a few months. First it was the library, then the senior center, and this week, it’s jobs at…
Senior Center Director Nancy Williams holds up a few of the many checks she’s received
By Sandra Miller Locals are pouring into the Senior Center and public library, dropping off checks for $100, thanks to pledges made at Monday night’s meeting by Precinct 3 Councilor Joseph Ferrino Jr. and Precinct 6 Councilor Linda J. Calla.…
Three arrested in double stabbing in beach area Monday night Victim brothers stable being treated at Mass. General
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. Winthrop Police, working with members of the State Police Suffolk CPAC Unit, arrested three Winthrop youths Monday night, following a double stabbing of two brothers on Trident Avenue. The three men arrested confessed to the stabbings,…
Senior Center caught in budget crunch
Senior Center regular Peter Ventresca, 79, remembers the days following the death of his wife, Ann, two years ago this month. He was lonely, in pain, and considering terrible thoughts. He moved in with his sister and her husband on…
Saving on insurance?
Town moves closer to inclusion in Group Insurance Commission By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. The Winthrop Town Council on Tuesday night adopted a key state law that will allow the town to conduct coalition bargaining with the town’s employees unions and…
Ballot set
One contested race, one unfilled seat on November ballot By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. When Winthrop voters head to the polls in November for the town’s first municipal election in two years, there will be 13 seats up for election, and…
White names Delehanty to Acting Assistant Police Chief’s position
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. Town Manager Richard White announced last week that Winthrop Police Sergeant Terrence Delehanty had been named to serve as Acting Assistant Police Chief, fulfilling a pledge he had made to Chief of Police David Goldstein to…
Burst pipe at Deer Island sends two to the hospital
Officials report no damage during planned maintenance operation By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. Two MWRA maintenance workers at Deer Island were taken to the hospital Tuesday morning, after they were accidentally sprayed with raw sewerage, when a sludge pipeline they were…