Month: March 2023
Town Manager Breaks Down Capital Planning at Annual Spring Forum
By Adam Swift Town officials held their annual spring forum last week, with Town Manager Tony Marino and new Finance Director Dylan Cook running through the capital plan and budgeting process for Fiscal Year 2024. “One of the things we…
School Committee Approves Contract
By Adam Swift The School Committee approved a new three year-contract with the district’s Educational Support Professionals (ESP) union at its Monday meeting. The contract is retroactive to 2022 and runs through 2025. The contract brings to an end long…
Massachusetts Trial Court Holds Women’s History Month Honors at Chelsea High
By Adam Swift Noted author, lecturer, political activist, and feminist organizer Gloria Steinem, Zooming in from her Manhattan apartment, headlined Tuesday’s Women History Month event held at the Saul Nechtem Gymnasium at Chelsea High School. But each of this year’s…
Another Week – Another Mass Shooting in America
The news this week of yet another mass shooting, this time in a private school in a wealthy neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee, in which six persons (including three, nine year-old children) were killed, once again has highlighted the need for…
The Iraq War – Never Again
Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq, a conflict that was broadcast into our living rooms on our TV sets in great detail thanks to the many reporters who were allowed to become “embedded†with…
Police Blotter 03-30-2023
The following incident reports are among the calls to which the Winthrop Police Department responded on the listed dates. The log is a public record and available for review. All persons who are arrested or charged with a crime are…
His Shift Not’s Over: Hockey MVP Petey Silverman Focused on Bringing a State Title to Winthrop
As the unanimous choice for Northeastern Conference hockey MVP this season, Winthrop High School junior Petey Silverman is already in an elite class among all-time Vikings. Silverman’s spectacular season – consisting of 29 goals and 27 assists, a five-goal outburst…
Obituaries 03-30-2023
Josephine Massa She Will Be Remembered as a Loving Wife, Mother, Sister and Friend Josephine M. Massa passed away peacefully on March 24 with her family by her side. She was 93 years old. She was affectionately known by her…