IPads are versatile tools that can offer educators diverse ways of instruction planning and methods of engaging with students. Next Monday and Tuesday nights (Sept. 29-30) these touch screen tablets will be distributed to students in grades 8-12. “We’re excited…
Students safety is Priority at WPS
Winthrop has been approved by the state to make school upgrades that will increase the safety of students and faculty using state-of-the-art protection. “There was a $251,000 earmark in regards to school safety. The police chief has been handling that…
Police Blotter 09-25-2014
Monday, September 15 W93 was flagged down by a female to state that a male is hiding in the brush at Coughlin Park and he is taking pictures of the airport and planes. Officers report the subject is a Salem…
Open Meeting Seminar
Two conclusions we can make from last week’s Town Council-led seminar on the Open Meeting Law are that attorney Elizabeth “Betsy” Lane of Kopelman and Paige has certainly become an expert on the state’s Open Meeting Law and that the…
Fall Festival is Sunday
The Winthrop Fall Festival this Sunday, September 28, in French Square certainly looks like one of those “can’t-miss, must-be-there” events on the calendar. There will be a lot of fun-filled activities happening right in the middle of the town from…
Officials Release Video in Effort to Find Justice for Taraskiewicz
The Suffolk County District Attorney and the Massachusetts State Police have released a video interview with the mother of a young woman who was brutally murdered 22 years ago this past weekend. The video urges anyone with information about the…