Monday, September 25 Calling party on Forrest Street states there are cars parked on the side where the street sweeper will be coming and they need to be ticketed. Two tickets were given on that street. Street sweeping was completed.…
Month: October 2017
Happy New Year, 5788
We join the entire community of Winthrop in wishing our Jewish residents a Happy and Healthy New Year. The community has concluded the High Holy Days, the two-day celebration of Rosh Hashanah, followed by  the observance of Yom Kippur, the…
There’s Pandemonium on the Field!
It was 50 years ago this week that the Boston Red Sox completed their Impossible Dream on the last day of the 1967 season to win the American League pennant. The Red Sox were playing the Minnesota Twins at home…
The Wrong Tax Cut At the Wrong Time
President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress finally have produced the outline of what they are calling a tax reform proposal. However, it is just more of the same-old, same-old that Republicans have been espousing for the past 30 years,…
Letters to the Editor
RON VECCHIA FOR council president Dear Editor, Last week I had an opportunity to take a former colleague at UMass Boston on a tour of our town. “Wow, you have all of these incredible vistas in this town. Do people…
Sports 10-05-2017
WHS sports roundup WHS girls soccer qualifies for tourney The Winthrop High girls soccer team qualified for the post-season state tournament with a 5-0 victory over Excel Academy this past Friday in a contest played on the Lady Vikings’ home…
Obituaries 10-05-2017
Paul Robert ‘Zang’ Natale March 9, 1926 – September 24, 2017 Paul Robert Natale of Hilton Head, S.C. passed away on Sunday, September 24. He was 91 years old. Born and raised in Winthrop, Paul descended from a long line…