Month: February 2016

Joe Boncore Reception

State Senate candidate Joe Boncore will host a reception Friday night at the Beachmont VFW Hall in Revere and a large crowd is expected to be on hand as Joe officially launches his bid for the seat previously held by…

Basketball Legacy Continues

It was great to see former Winthrop High School basketball star Maureen McManus Hill back in the area this weekend coaching the Martha’s Vineyard High School girls basketball team in the Spartan Classic at St. Mary’s High School in Lynn.…

Sports 02-18-2016

WHS sports roundup WHS girls hockey  qualifies for tourney The Winthrop High Lady Bulldawg hockey team defeated Belmont, 4-0, Friday evening to clinch a berth in the MIAA post-season state tourney. The victory also marked an appropriate celebration of Senior…

Obituaries 02-18-2016

Anthony Sacco Of Revere, formerly of East Boston Anthony Sacco of Revere, formerly of East Boston, died peacefully surrounded by his loving and devoted family on February 14. He was the beloved husband of the late Rose (DeLeo)Sacco; devoted father…

Storm Causes Local Flooding

By Sue Ellen Woodcock It wasn’t so much the snow that caused problems for some Winthrop residents this past Monday, it was the ocean, giving especially The Point area a one-two punch. Town Manager James McKenna said the berm at…

Medical Reserve Corp at the Ready

By Sue Ellen Woodcock Snowy weather, flooding, power outages, no matter what Mother Nature throws toward Winthrop there is a band of volunteers waiting to make sure residents of the community are safe. The Medical Reserve Corps. (MRC) of Winthrop…

News Briefs

DEMOCRATS TO ELECT DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION Democrats in Winthrop will be holding a caucus on February 24th, 6:30pm at the Robert A. DeLeo Senior Center, 35 Harvard Street. The caucus meeting is to elect delegates and alternates to the…

Police Blotter 02-11-2016

Monday, February 1 Caller on Shirley Street reports that he arrived at his property and discovered that someone had broken into the house. Visiting Nurse on Beal Street called that her patient needs to be transported to the Mass General.…