Superintendent David DiBarri and the Northeast Metro Tech Building Committee announce that voters across the District’s 12 sending communities will have the opportunity to approve plans for a new state-of-the-art school building later this month. Northeast currently serves about 1,300…
Month: January 2022
DA Kevin Hayden Fills Out Executive Team
District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden today announced the appointment of two seasoned attorneys and dedicated public servants to his executive team. Padraic P. Lydon will be Hayden’s Chief of Staff and Erika P. Reis will be General Counsel for the…
Mayor Michelle Wu: Grace Under Pressure
The job of mayor of a large American city never has been easy, but these days the challenges facing our public officials who lead our major metropolitan areas are greater than ever. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a confluence of…
Something Else to Worry About
We were driving on the Expressway the other day and we heard on the radio that the Florida orange crop will be at its lowest output since the 1940s. “What? The 1940s?!?†we thought to ourselves. The point of the…
Letters to the Editor
Thank You for Your Donations Dear Editor, On behalf of Winthrop Veterans/families, and Winthrop Veteran Services, we thank all those who donated to our Veteran Food Bank this past year. Because of all your donations, we have given out approximately…
WHS Sports Roundup
WHS Girls Hockey Remains Undefeated with Two More Wins The once-tied Winthrop High girls hockey remained undefeated with a pair of convincing victories over Northeastern Hockey League rivals Medford and Gloucester by identical scores of 7-0. In last Thursday’s encounter…
Breakout Performance: Fleuriel Leads Winthrop to Back-to-Back Wins
Grace Fleuriel made so many key plays against Revere High, you needed a second notebook. Fleuriel’s 11 points and 12 rebounds, including the game-winning bucket, helped Winthrop stave off their Beach City rivals, 44-42, Friday at the Roland Merullo Fieldhouse.…
Obituaries 01-20-2022
Theresa Stuber Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Sister Theresa J. Stuber, 74, of Ephrata, PA and formerly of Winthrop, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, January 16. Born in Winthrop, she was a daughter of the late William J.…
First Snowfall of 2022
As Omicron Rages, WPS Sees Historic Staff, Student Absences
The Winthrop School Committee met on Jan. 10, where the dominant theme of the evening was the unprecedented staff and student absences in the district. The meeting was the first to be attended by newly elected Town Council Pres. James…