The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, recently endorsed Ed Markey for re-election to the United States Senate. “I am honored to receive the endorsement of the Human Rights…
Month: July 2020
Police Blotter 07-23-2020
The following incident reports are among the calls to which the Winthrop Police Department responded on the listed dates: Monday, July 6 1008: A motor vehicle (MV) was towed from the area of 12 Jefferson St. for not having a…
Change Military Base Names Immediately
If you’re like us, then it truly has been a revelation in these past few weeks to learn that U.S. military installations throughout the South were named in “honor†of Confederate heroes in the Civil War. Whenever we would hear…
A Depressing Thought – Summer Is Half Over
The summer of our discontent — the summer that hasn’t been — is just about half over. June has come and gone and we are just past the midway point of July, which means that there are only seven weekends…
Letters to the Editor
Please Wear a Mask Dear Editor: As a person on the frontlines who sees the deaths from COVID 19, masks are imperative and they WORK to prevent spread. They work. Evidence-based medicine proves it. But, I suspect a No-Masker is…
Sean Driscoll Features Teams in Parks and Rec Summer Program
We continue Winthrop Parks and Recreation Sean Driscoll’s feature on teams in the Summer Parks Program. And campers, make sure you congratulate Mr. Driscoll, whose daughter, Olivia, a three-sport scholar-athlete, is graduating from Winthrop High School and heading to Clemson…
High School Fall Sports Season Pushed Back to Sept. 14
Winthrop High head football coach Jon Cadigan agrees with the MIAA’s decision to push back the start of the fall sports season to Sept. 14 due to the coronavirus. “I think the first couple of weeks of school are going…
Walsh, GNAC Presidents Cancel Fall Sports Season
Great North Atlantic Conference (GNAC) Commissioner Joe Walsh of Winthrop was involved in making a difficult decision this week affecting 3,000 college athletes and 13 schools. After conferring with the GNAC Presidents’ Council, Walsh, whose offices are headquartered in Winthrop,…
Obituaries 07-23-2020
Elizabeth Ann Lipsett Member of the Order of Eastern Star and Union Congregational Church Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Lipsett passed away in Salem on July 16. She was 90 years old. A lifelong resident of Winthrop, she worked for Winthrop Hospital,…