A while back we wrote an editorial about the clear and obvious evils of the easy availability of sports gambling via smartphones. This past Sunday evening, the news program 60 Minutes had a segment on exactly that topic, highlighting how…
Guest Op-Ed: A Little Bit of Kindness To Protect Massachusetts Parklands and Foster Community
By Brian Arrigo Just under a year ago, I had the honor of being appointed to lead the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the state’s largest landowner and steward of roughly half a million acres across Massachusetts. It’s been…
WHS Sports Roundup
Boys Hockey Drop First Contest, But Still Ranked No. 1 in Division The Winthrop High boys hockey team dropped its first contest of the season to Northeastern Conference (NEC) North foe Marblehead last Saturday afternoon at Larsen Rink. The Vikings had…
Obituaries 02-08-2024
Lawrence Cellucci Longtime Raytheon Cost Analyst Who Later Worked for the State of Massachusetts in the Accounting Division Lawrence M. Cellucci of Winthrop passed away at the Leonard Florence Center for Living in Chelsea on February 5. He was 74…
Memorial Bench in Honor of Bob Gillis
More than 100 Winthropites braved the freezing temperatures on January 21, as they gathered at Lewis Lake to dedicate a memorial bench in honor of the late Bob Gillis. That day was the first anniversary of Bob’s death at the…