Incoming Gloucester Mayor Greg Verga made coastal resilience a core campaign priority leading up to Election Day. As Mayor-elect, he is already formulating an integrated climate adaptation plan and identifying the resources available to take action. It’s a process he…
Month: November 2021
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday, tracing its roots back 400 years to the Pilgrims and Indigenous People, long before there was even a thought of a United States of America. Thanksgiving is the ultimate family-centered holiday. It has no…
Enjoy the Holiday Safely
We would be remiss if we did not remind our readers to enjoy the holiday weekend, but to do so safely. The pandemic still is spreading like wildfire across our nation, claiming the lives of more than 1000 Americans each…
Let’s Go Winthrop — Beat Revere!!!!
“Toss out the records,†is a well-worn cliche for rivalry games, but it has proven to be a truism throughout the years for the Winthrop-Revere Thanksgiving Day encounters. Here’s how the pre-game news story 70 years ago in the 1941…
Guest Op-Ed: Equitable Educational Opportunities Are a Roadmap to Success
By Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards My education changed my life, opened up opportunities, and created a bridge to a better life. Thanks to the educational opportunities I received, I was able to graduate from college and went on to…
Guest Op-Ed: The Need for Universal Childcare
The Covid-19 pandemic has produced staggering disruptions to education and childcare. As a member of the Revere School Committee, I have seen these challenges firsthand. Over the past year and a half, I have spoken with dozens of parents who…
Letter to the Editor
Thank You to the Volunteers Dear Editor, Over the course of many months this spring summer and fall, and with intermittent work, two Memorials for World War One Veterans have been given some new life through the efforts of resident…
Hyrdo Power! Engineered for Success: WHS Senior Raymond Whittaker Will Attend Purdue University
There will have to be a new category in the Winthrop High Hall of Fame one day: Best Winthrop High Athlete to Never Have Competed for Winthrop High, But Who Went On To Compete in Division 1 College Athletics. That’s…
WHS Athletic Hall of Fame Committee Announces 2021 Hall of Fame Inductees
John Domenico, President of the Winthrop High School Athletic Hall of Fame Committee, is pleased to announce the Hall of Fame Inductees for 2021. “We have chosen seventeen (17) individuals who have made significant contributions to the Winthrop High School…
Obituaries 11-24-2021
Leah Murdoch Of Winthrop Leah D. Murdoch of Winthrop passed away at home on November 12. She was 54 years old. Born in Boston, the beloved daughter of Maureen Davis (Bray) and a life-long resident of Winthrop, she worked as…