Items selected from past issues of the Winthrop Sun, The Winthrop Review, The Winthrop Visitor, The Transcript and The Sun-Transcript 10 years ago October 28, 2004 Town Clerk Claire Sheltry is predicting a turnout of close to 90 percent for…
Sports 10-23-2014
The Viking Express Winthrop beats Lynn Classical, 28-14, will play for NEC title on Friday By Jim Lederman The Vikings defeated Lynn Classical 28–14 Friday night at Manning Field in Lynn. Danvers shut out Salem 33–0, to set up the…
Obituaries 10-23-2014
Cornelius Doherty Retired Boston Public Works Superintendent Cornelius W. Doherty of Chester Avenue, Winthrop passed away suddenly at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on October 19. He was 88 years old. Born in Boston, the beloved son of the…
Bob DiMento Now in Charge at Larsen Rink
WINTHROP – The Larsen Rink at the Mike Eruzione Center has been like a second home to Bob DiMento and that’s a good thing now that the town council has hired him as the new rink manager. “But I couldn’t…
Comedy Show at WYC on Friday
Steve Sweeney, “The King of Boston Comedy,†will be in Winthrop Friday night making an appearance at the Mike Eruzione Winthrop Charities’ comedy show. Sweeney, who has a role in Denzel Washington’s movie, “The Equalizer,†as the owner of a…
Truck Traffic One Issue at Oct. 22 Meeting
WINTHROP – Increased truck traffic headed to Deer Island as part of a new Massachusetts Water Resources Authority program is certain to be one of the topics when the MWRA and a citizen action group called Winthrop Concerned Citizens meet…