By Kate Anslinger Residents came out in force at Monday night’s School Committee meeting to voice their opinions on the school choice program. The program, which was established in the district several years ago, offers students from outside communities an…
New Health Regs for Owners of Chickens and Bees
By Sue Ellen Woodcock If you are in to keeping chickens or bees, the Board of Health has ramped up its regulations and plans to present them to the town’s Ordinance Review Committee for review. The proposed regulations do not…
EBNHC Discusses School Clinic
By Kate Anslinger Representatives of the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) made an appearance at Monday night’s School Committee meeting to discuss the possibility of establishing a clinic in the new high school/middle school. The clinic would be designed…
News Briefs
DEPARTMENT RECEIVES CHILD SEAT GRANT There’s no need to have a wiggly, unstable car seat in your car when the Winthrop Police Department has officers capable of installing new car seats. The department recently received a $5,000 grant to purchase…
Police Blotter 03-24-2016
Monday, March 14 Party on Nahant Avenue called to request medical for his girlfriend. Transferred to WFD. Individual came into the station to speak with detectives regarding ATM skimming incident. He stated that the picture posted on news and online…
Obama in Cuba
The decision by President Obama to open the diplomatic doors to Cuba and begin the process of bringing that nation into the modern world acknowledges something that has been a reality for decades: the Cold War is over. Yes, the…