Newly elected officials will be sworn in this Monday, Jan. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Cummings School Cafetorium. Opening remarks will be made by Town Manager James McKenna. Also attending and adding their remarks will be Speaker of the…
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Police Blotter 12-31-2015
Monday, December 21 Party came to the station to report a tow of a vehicle for trespass at Executive Apartments. Report of a male on the floor on Lincoln Street. EMS notified. Male on Wave Way Avenue called to report…
Who Let the Lady Bulldogs Out?
By: Jim Lederman The Lady Bulldogs hockey team scored an impressive (2-0) shutout of archrival Marblehead at Salem State University last Wednesday to improve to 2-1. The sparkling play of junior Gretchen Howard in the Bulldog net was the key…
From the Press Box Sponsored by: Winthrop Book Depot 2016 – Wish List
By: Jim Lederman Have you made your ‘New Year’s’ Resolutions? How about a wish list for the New Year for Viking fans! Another NEC football title for coach Sean Driscoll Six more Viking victories over archrival Revere in all sports…
Enjoy the New Year Safely
“If this is the last, let’s make it a blast!†all too often is the thought of party-goers on New Year’s Eve as we usher out the old year and ring in the new. But New Year’s Eve is a…
A New Year’s Resolution: Let Go of Our Anxiety
The intersection of the coming of a New Year and the passing of the previous one offers all of us the opportunity to pause and reflect upon both what has transpired and what awaits us. The opening lines of Alfred…
Sports 12-31-2015
WHS sports roundup Vikings win shootout to capture tournament The Winthrop High hockey team earned a pair of hard-fought victories, including the championship game in a shootout, to capture the Kasabuski Christmas Classic at the Kasabuski Rink in Saugus this…
Obituaries 12-31-2015
Christopher Rudolph Zarba, Sr. Gifted composer, pianist and music educator; first conductor of the Boston Ballet Orchestra; accomplished portrait and landscape painter; lost son on 9/11 Christopher Rudolph Zarba, Sr. of Winthrop, previously of Medford and East Boston, passed away…
Santa’s Helpers at the WIHA Holiday Fair
Deane Winthrop Elves: Isabella Quilty, Madeline and Farah Forsyth. The trio handed out goodies during the Dec. 13 Winthrop Improvement and Historical Society (WIHA) 5th Annual Holiday Fair. Several friends and neighbors in the Town made their way over for holiday…
Teaching Compassion on Christmas Day
By Kate Anslinger Aiden Blinn-Morse is rightfully described as an “old soul,†by his parents Stephen Blinn and Brad Morse. Two years ago the energetic young man helped his parents launch a compassionate project that gives to the homeless people…