Month: March 2011

Thanks, Dick Dimes

Longtime official has given a lifetime of  dedicated service to Winthrop Long-time Planning Board member Dick Dimes’s decision to step down from that board brings to a conclusion more than 40 years of service to the Town of Winthrop. When…

Garden Variety Items

By Cary Shuman D’Amore stands tall   in the fourth quarter Joe D’Amore is a 6-feet-3-inch junior forward for the Winthrop High boys basketball team. He is also a pitcher for the Viking baseball team. But in eight thrilling minutes of…

Police Briefs 03-17-2011

Tuesday, March 8 9:19 a.m. – Alarm company called reporting a fire alarm sounding at an Upland Road address. Unit reports no answer at the home. Fire Department will force entry. No fire reported. 10:55 a.m. – The department assists…

Obituaries 03-17-2011

Dorothy Costigan Telephone Operator at former Winthrop Hospital Dorothy A. Costigan died March 15 at Lakes Region General Hospital in New Hampshire. She was 69 years old. Born in Everett, the daughter of S. Fred and Alice (Carroll) Grace, she…