Girls Hockey Team Skates to a Fast Start The Winthrop High girls hockey team opened its season in strong fashion, winning both of its contests this past week against Northeastern Conference rivals Gloucester and Beverly. The Lady Vikings traveled to Gloucester last Wednesday…
Year: 2021
WHS Sports COVID Guidelines
As Winthrop High School is set to begin Athletic Contests for the 2020-2021 Winter Season, school officials wanted to make the parent/guardian’s, staff and community aware of guidelines and limitations currently in place due to COVID-19. Due to the ongoing…
Obituaries 01-21-2021
Richard “Dick†Dimes Dedicated Husband and Lifelong Winthrop Public Servant Richard “Dick†Dimes, 94, passed away peacefully of natural causes on January 13 at his Winthrop home. A dedicated husband to Margaret, his high school sweetheart at Chelsea High School…
Lady Vikings Open Season With Crushing Victory Over Gloucester
Fighting COVID One Vaccine at a Time
Boncore Praises Town Workers for Fighting COVID
On Jan. 5, the Winthrop Town Council convened remotely for its first meeting of 2021, where it heard updates impacting the community. State of the Town Address Council President Phil Boncore opened the meeting with his annual State of the…
News Brief
Postal Employees Will Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day Post Offices across the Commonwealth will be closed on Monday, January 18, as our employees pause to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Street delivery on Monday will be limited to…
COVID Cases in Winthrop Continue to Climb
As of Tuesday, Jan. 12, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has notified Town officials of one hundred and twenty-six (126) additional confirmed positive cases of the virus in Winthrop since January 5. These bring the new total case number…
State Rep. Race Highlight: Looking at the Candidates Turco Looks to Deep Seeded Revere and Winthrop Roots in Bid for DeLeo Seat
By Melissa Moore-Randall When House Speaker Robert DeLeo announced his retirement from the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Jeff Turco looked at his own background, experience and belief in the nobility of public service. Turco used this as a catalyst for…
Divided Over In-Person Meetings
The Winthrop Town Council met on Jan. 5 for its first meeting of the new year. A motion on the agenda asked the town manager to develop a plan that would allow the body to resume in-person meetings when deemed…