Winthrop Mixed Lodge #2057 Order Sons of Italy in America made a donation to  Marianna Fabiano’s Memorial Fund, which will make the Ft. Banks-Gorman School handicapped accessible.  Marianna Fabiano died on October 2, 2014 at the age of three.  She was a…
Month: May 2015
Name the Ferry Contest Open To School Children
It will be arriving three-quarters through the month of August and like any good seafaring vessel, it has to have a name. While names like S.S. Winthrop and S.S. McKenna have been tossed into the hat, students in grades one…
Hermon St.Project Gets Nod from Council
After months of going back and forth with the Town Council the developers finally got the zoning designation that will allow them to convert an old church into condominiums. The Town Council voted Tuesday, May 19 to approve the change…
Democrats to Caucus on June 3
Democrats in Winthrop will be holding a caucus on June 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Robert A. DeLeo Senior Center, 35 Harvard Street. The purpose of the caucus is to elect delegates and alternates to the 2015 Massachusetts Democratic…
Thespians Needed for Production
On August 29, 2005, Mother Nature challenged the mettle of the residents of New Orleans, LA. This storied American city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina and the ensuing damage it caused. Winthrop Resident, Ralph Tufo, traveled to New Orleans on…
Police Blotter 05-28-2015
Monday, May 18 Party on Bowdoin Street reports a suspicious black male is laying down in the hallway in an apartment building. Officer reports having the party clear out of the lobby and the officer gave him a no trespass…
Opinions
FIREWORKS DRIVE BEGINS Winthrop Fire Chief Paul Flanagan has announced that the fundraising drive for the Fourth of July Fireworks Show has begun. This is Flanagan’s fourth year in charge of the annual fireworks exhibition that is such a popular…
Remembering the Men and Women in the Armed Services
Memorial Day is a time of the year where I do a lot of thinking. What is normally on my mind, is the men and women that gave their lives to defend this country and its beliefs; whether it be…
Sports 05-28-2015
Court TV Jenkins begins career as video scout for the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets team By Cary Shuman Mark Jenkins remembers playing basketball at the age of three. He also remembers sitting on his father’s lap watching college and NBA games…
Cummings School Science Teacher Keeps Students Constantly Motivated
WINTHROP – His enthusiasm is infectious and it spreads easily to his seventh grade students at the Cummings School, something that didn’t go unrecognized when teacher Chris Farnsworth recently received an award from the North Shore Science Supervisors Association for…