The Winthrop Catholic Woman’s Club (WCWC) and Friends of the WCWC recently held its Third Annual Scholarship Lottery. Any member in good standing can nominate a graduating high school student, who has been accepted into a school of higher learning,…
Letter to the Editor
Fireworks were great Dear Editor, I think appropriate thanks are in order to Chief Paul Flanagan who, with all the weather considerations, coordinated the fireworks display on July 6th. Chief Flanagan and his firefighters are there for us with Santa…
House Passes Legislation to Combat Substance Abuse Epidemic: Requires Massachusetts Insurance Plans to Cover Medical Detox
House Speaker Bob DeLeo joined his colleagues in the House of Representatives to pass legislation that increases access to treatment for individuals confronting substance addition and takes significant steps to combat the current epidemic. The bill seeks to set patients…
Delehanty Warns Residents: About Telephone ‘arrest’ Scam
Chief Terence Delehanty is warning residents to be wary of a scam involving individuals claiming they are representatives of the Sheriff’s Department and informing the residents that they have outstanding warrants for their arrests for failing to attend jury duty…
MassDOT Seeks to Encourage Motorist to Use Vanpool Trips
Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Secretary and CEO Richard A. Davey announced the Massachusetts Commuter Vanpool Program. The Program is designed to increase vanpool use throughout the Commonwealth by subsidizing vanpool fares for participants. A monthly subsidy of up to…
From the Press Box: Medal Count
Two Winthrop coaches won medals last week at the Bay State Games. Phil Ronan coached the Metro Boston Boy’s Soccer Team  to a bronze medal.  It was a great day to end Phil’s successful ten years of coaching soccer in…