Harbor House Collective, Chelsea’s new adult-use cannabis dispensary and cultivation facility, is up and running and will hold a series of special grand opening events this weekend. Owned by the Londono family, who ran a successful wholesale flower business from…
Author: John Lynds
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Annual Shamrock Splash Moves to Neighboring East Boston
This year and just one town over, East Boston’s Constitution Beach will host Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s annual polar plunge to raise money for summer beach programs in Winthrop. The annual Shamrock Splash that raises tens of thousands of…
Lydia Edwards Sworn in as Senator
At a State House ceremony last Thursday Senator Lydia Edwards was administered the oath of office by Gov. Charlie Baker in front of a room of new colleagues, friends and family. After taking the oath Edwards addressed the Massachusetts Senate…
Attorney General Resident Maura Healey Announces Bid for Governor
Standing in Maverick Square in neighboring East Boston last Thursday Attorney General Maura Healey officially announced her candidacy for Governor of Massachusetts. Healey has long been touted as the successor to Gov. Charlie Baker’s governorship and emerged as a frontrunner…
Rise in Winthrop COVID Cases Begins to Reverse
The number of Winthrop residents testing positive for COVID reached an all time high between December 26 and January 9 but the numbers are starting to come down according to Director of the Winthrop Department of Public Health & Clinical…
Senator-Elect Lydia Edwards to Be Sworn in as Senator Today, Looks to Form Community Transition Committee
First Suffolk & Middlesex Senator-elect Lydia Edwards will be sworn into the state senate Thursday during a ceremony at the State House. To mark the occasion Edwards and her team are hosting a watch party at Democracy Brewing, located at…
Winthrop COVID Cases on the Rise
It seems as though Winthrop is not immune to the rising number of COVID cases that have affected neighboring cities and towns and some are reassessing that bit of freedom we all enjoyed over the summer months. According to the…
Lydia Edwards Becomes Senator-Elect Edwards Following Election
On Tuesday, voters in Winthrop and the rest of the First Suffolk & Middlesex district went to the polls and elected City Councilor Lydia Edwards to serve as their next state senator. Once sworn in Edwards will become the first…
GreenStar Herbals Cannabis Recreational Dispensary Opens in Chelsea
The GreenStar Herbals cannabis recreational dispensary officially opened its doors in Chelsea on December 15 at the site of the former King Aurthur’s Lounge. The new, state-of-the-art cannabis facility now offers one of the most extensive selections of organic craft…
Edwards Wins State Senate Primary
District 1 City Councilor Lydia Edwards came out on top Tuesday night and made history once again as the first female woman of color to be nominated to the First Suffolk & Middlesex Senate seat. If there is no Republican…