Samantha Faro-Petersen, a three year veteran of Winthrop Post #99, has been named the 2011 Winthrop Explorer of the Year. “Samantha has been one of the leaders of our program for the last couple of years and she really deserved…
Month: March 2012
A Big Send-off: Captain “Ned†Hazlett Honored for 43 Years of Service to Fire Department
After 43 years as a firefighter in Winthrop, including the last 20-plus years as Fire Inspector, Captain William “Ned†Hazlett has retired and will be honored for his dedicated service to the town on Saturday, March 24 at the Winthrop…
Congratulations, Vikings: WHS Boys Hockey Team Had a Great Run
March Madness at any level of athletic competition and in every sport is a cruel event in that for every team that gets to compete, their season ends on a losing note, save of course, for the one and only…
Great Things Happening at WHS: Students Spread Their Talents and Forge Extracurricular Successes
Winthrop High Principal Gail Conlon is a proud administrator these days, basking in her students’ successes in such endeavors as mock trial, drama festival, history competition, other academic events, and of course the athletic teams, with the boys and girls…
Let’s Go Courtney: Former Winthrop Star Now in National Spotlight
We knew that when Lady Viking hoop star Courtney Finn left Winthrop for Waltham and Bentley University, she would be an impact player in the Falcons’ nationally ranked program. And sure enough, Finn, arguably the greatest player in WHS basketball…
Police Blotter 03-15-2012
Tuesday, March 6 Party from Nahant Avenue reports her alarm just went off and she believes she heard someone trying to get in her basement door. Officers reports that door has not been breeched and they will be checking a…
Obituaries 03-15-2012
Joshua W.J. Pepi Chef Joshua W.J. Pepi  of Winthrop died at home on March 4. He was 39 years old. A chef in the restaurant business, he was the adored father of Victoria Pepi of Winthrop. He was born in…
Capobianco Wins Dem. State Committee Post
Winthrop resident Valentino Capobianco was elected in the First Suffolk and Middlesex Senate District race for Democratic State Committeeman Tuesday. Capobianco, a 23-year-old graduate of Winthrop High School and Suffolk University, received 712 votes in Winthrop while his opponent received…
WHS Hockey Team is Just 2 Wins Away from State Title
Winthrop High hockey coach Dale Dunbar saw so many good things happening on the ice in Tuesday night’s 6-0 semifinal victory over Saugus that he could have heaped praise straight through to the Division 2 North championship game against Wilmington…
Father Charged in Hockey Game Disruption
Winthrop Police Chief Terence Delehanty and Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced charges on Tuesday against a local man who allegedly disrupted a girls’ hockey game last week, by pointing a green light laser pointer at the ice…