Month: August 2020
Logan Family Faces Adversity With a Positive Attitude
Resident and local business owner, Danielle Logan has had no shortage of challenges in her life. Shortly after she married the love of her life, Steve Logan, an emergency surgery due to Necrotizing Pancreatitis, brought Steve to the Intensive Care…
College Bound
School Committee Adopts Hybrid Learning Model for Fall 2020
On Monday evening, the school committee made a unanimous decision to implement a hybrid model for learning in the fall. The hybrid model, which consists of both in-person and remote learning meets and exceeds the guidance for mask-wearing, proper social…
Council Hears Updates on COVID, Library, School Reopening
The Winthrop Town Council met remotely on Aug. 4 for its regularly scheduled weekly meeting. In case you missed it, here are the highlights. COVID-19 Dept. of Public Health (DPH) Director Meredith Hurley provided an update on COVID-19 cases in…
News Briefs
Art on Display on August 16 The Winthrop Art Association (WAA) is pleased to announce the ‘Museum Without Walls’ Street Art Exhibit at French Square in Winthrop Center. The Art will be presented later this month on the parking spaces…
CBD Project a Necessary Nuisance to Nearby Businesses
By Maxim Tamarov It was Tuesday afternoon and two P. Gioioso & Sons construction vehicles were circling around Harold E. French Square, working on a segment of the Center Business District (CBD) construction project. The CBD project, which aims to…
4XVR Offers a Safe Escape in the Center of Town
You no longer have to go far or risk your health to escape. In fact, you can explore and travel faraway places, make your way through a haunted house, ride a rollercoaster, battle zombies, and operate a race car right…
American Federation of Teachers Mass. Calls for Remote Start to School This Fall
On Friday, the American Federation of Teachers (ATF) Massachusetts Executive Board, made up of elected representatives of the 23,000 AFT members statewide, voted to call for a remote start to school this fall, citing the rising levels of COVID-19 transmission…
Unemployment Claims Increase for the Week Ending July 25
For the week ending July 25, Massachusetts had 19,179 individuals file an initial claim for regular Unemployment Insurance (UI), an increase of 1,025 over the previous week. Increases were widespread throughout all sectors. From March 15 to July 25, a…