The Winthrop Town Council and Town Manager James McKenna discussed several topics during a three-hour session Tuesday night at the Winthrop Senior Center. The meeting was more a roundtable discussion (in fact the councillors’ tables were set up in rectangular…
Soper named to all-rookie team
Bryant University freshman Meredith Soper (Winthrop, Mass.) and senior Kelsey O’Keefe (Warren, Mass.) have earned the first-ever postseason Northeast Conference honors in women’s basketball history. O’Keefe, a Bulldog tri-captain, capped her record-breaking career with a First Team All-NEC honor while…
Chief says WPD backs town’s effort to enforce parking regulations
Winthrop Police Chief Delehanty said his department will support any decision that Town Manager James McKenna makes about the enforcement of parking regulations and the possible installation of parking meters in the town. “As far as meters go, that’s our…
Lots of Ideas – Budget brainstorming was productive
The Town Council’s budget discussion meeting Tuesday night took two hours and 50 minutes, but if Council President Jeffrey Turco can harness some of the excellent ideas that were put forth by his colleagues (and himself), then Winthrop will move…
Police Blotter 03-17-2010
Monday, March 8 4:41 a.m. – Call for medical aid for an individual who reports a nose bleed. 6:20 a.m. – Officer reports to station that he will assist in directing traffic for arriving school parents and children. 7:59 a.m.…
Obituaries 03-17-2010
Anna ‘Annie’ Pacella Of Winthrop, formerly of Revere Anna "Annie" (Giamattei) Pacella of Winthrop, formerly of Revere, died on March 13 at the Whidden Memorial Hospital. She was 94 years old. A homemaker, she lived most of her life in…