Gov. Charlie Baker has announced the appointment of Andrew Maylor as Comptroller of the Commonwealth, an independent overseer of the Commonwealth’s financial transactions, accountability and service delivery across all branches of state government. Maylor, a native of Winthrop and at…
Month: January 2019
Students go Live On ‘Wake-Up Winthrop
The students and teachers at Winthrop High School have a new way of getting their news. Every Friday morning at 8 a.m., “Wake Up Winthrop†is aired and viewed in most classrooms, complete with student interviews and weekly updates. The…
Water Rates Rising Again
Town Manager Austin Faison announced Tuesday night at the council meeting that the Town of Winthrop will increase water and sewer rates by $3 per hundred cubic feet beginning with the current billing cycle. The increase, from $19.90 per hundred…
Storm Causes School Closures
After a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Winthrop students got their first snow day on Tuesday, but it wasn’t so much the snow as it was the ice that blanketed the area after a deep freeze over the…
NEWS Briefs
TEXT TO 911 NOW AVAILABLE ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH The Massachusetts State 911 Department is pleased to announce that Text to 911 is now available throughout the Commonwealth. All Massachusetts 911 call centers now have ability to receive a text message through their…
Town Manager’s Words Not Taken Well
For the residents and business owners in the center business district and surrounding neighborhoods, to say they are at their “wits’ end†is an understatement when it comes to the future of the center district. With a new town manager…
Baker-Polito Administration Files Legislation to Improve Road Safety
The Baker-Polito Administration filed legislation to improve road safety entitled, “An Act Relative to Improving Safety on the Roads of the Commonwealth.†The proposal makes a number of changes recommended in the Strategic Highway Safety Plan and updates existing statutes…
Airline Inspectors at Boston Logan Airport Warn Passengers of Safety Concerns Amidst the Government Shutdown
Local concerns regarding Air Traffic Controllers working without pay at Boston Logan Airport during the government shutdown are surfacing. The shutdown and working without pay maybe making an already stressful job more demanding an impacting safety. With hundreds of thousands…
Northeast Metro Tech Earns Skills Capital Grant for STEM Programming
School Committee Chair Deborah Davis and Superintendent David DiBarri are pleased to announce that Northeast Metro Tech received a $106,320 Skills Capital Grant to increase students’ access to STEM occupational opportunities. Skills Capital Grants, which are administered through Gov. Charlie…
Winthrop Students Earn Academic Honors
Kayla Blatz Named to SNHU President’s List Kayla Blatz of Winthrop has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) fall 2018 President’s List. Eligibility for the President’s List requires that a student accumulate an academic grade point average (GPA)…