The Viking Pride organization is in its seventh year, but this may be its most wide-reaching one yet. The Winthrop booster group is helping to defray the cost of the athletic user fee with a generous $50,000 donation that was…
Author: Cary Shuman
Rotondo fills one open seat
Attorney Mark Rotondo was elected to the Winthrop School Committee at a joint meeting of the Town Council and School Committee Monday night at the Cummings School. Rotondo, 42, received seven of the 13 votes to win a seat on…
Stepping away – Publix Shoe is closing its doors after 63 years
There is a sign in the window of Publix Shoe that Winthrop that hasn’t been seen in 63 years: “Retirement Sale.†Alas, after more than six decades of running his popular shoe store in Winthrop Center, Anthony “Tony†Rossetti is…
Lax marked the spot
As a young girl growing up in sports-minded Winthrop, Eva Hynes played soccer, basketball, and softball. “But I never really stuck with anything before lacrosse became my passion,†said Hynes, 18, who graduated in May from St. Mary’s High School…
Coffey Connection – Brothers join forces with the North Shore Navigators
James Coffey says he’ll never forget the day his parents picked him up from the Dalrymple School and told him that his older brother, Stephen, had been selected in the Major League Draft. And we’re not talking about the Winthrop…
Milano steps down; cites personal considerations
A second member of the Winthrop School Committee has resigned from her position. Pat Milano, chairwoman of the committee for the past six years, submitted her letter of resignation to Town Clerk Carla Vitale on June 16, ending her ten…
Court’s in session – Councillors discus merits of locking tennis facility
Precinct Councillor James Letterie said the town would be sending the wrong message to residents and out-of-towners if it goes forward with a proposal by Town Manager James McKenna to lock up the Ingleside Park tennis courts and require a…
Officials are in the process of ironing out details of where polling places will be
There will be important state and congressional elections this fall. It’s just not known yet at which polling locations Winthrop resident will be casting their ballots. Town Clerk Carla Vitale had previously brought forth a plan to decrease the number…
School’s out – Martucci steps down from School Committee post
When Gus Martucci rushed out of the June 1 Town Council meeting following its vote to take $240,000 from the School Department budget, he wasn’t just leaving the Joseph Harvey Room. He was leaving his seat on the Winthrop School…
To reserve and protect – Council moves money into reserve fund, finalizes budget
The Town Council approved a motion by Council President Jeffrey Turco to take $240,000 from the School Department budget for Fiscal Year 2011 and place those funds in the Council’s reserve fund. Turco’s amendment to the town’s budget was approved…