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Annual Town Report is Out

By Sue Ellen Woodcock Each year the town of Winthrop publishes an annual report, full of everything the town departments do from voting to budgets and permits to crime. The 2015 Annual Report just came out and there are a…

Campaign Finance Reports Are In

By Sue Ellen Woodcock Several local candidates for office handed in campaign finance report eight days before the election on Nov. 3. Newly elected Town Council President Robert Driscoll Jr. so far has come in as the top fundraiser, followed…

News Briefs

MWRA COMMUNITY MEETING TONIGHT The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) will hold a community meeting tonight, Thursday, November 12 at its Deer Island facility starting at 7 p.m. THANKSGIVING PIE SALE HELPS THOSE IN NEED St. John’s Episcopal Church is…

Police Blotter 11-12-2015

Saturday, October 31 Party called to report receiving a call from someone who identified themselves as being from AOL who happens to be her e-mail provider. The caller reported to her that e-mails from her account are going out all…

Good Luck, Winthrop Youth Football

Winthrop’s Youth Football organization, under the direction of president and eighth grade team coach Peter Caggiano, is having an historic season with two teams (seventh and eighth) set to compete in the “Super Bowls” Saturday at Lynnfield High School. It’s…

Clark in Winthrop

Congresswoman Katherine Clark visited Winthrop last Saturday for the Senior Resource Fair at the Robert A. DeLeo Senior Center. Clark was warmly received at the event and was welcomed to the town by Speaker Robert A. DeLeo, Council President Peter…

Sports 11-12-2015

WHS sports roundup Volleyball team mixed in state tourney The Winthrop High volleyball team, which compiled a sterling 15-5 record in the regular season and earned a fifth seed in the Division 3 North Sectional of the MIAA girls volleyball…

Obituaries 11-12-2015

Carmen Rauseo Caprio Longtime member of Christopher Columbus High School staff, woman of elegance and style Carmen Rauseo Caprio of Juno Beach, Florida, passed away on October 23 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida after a brief illness. She was 92…

Halloween 2015 in Winthrop

Minnie Mouses, Daniela and Sarah Agudelo, head out to the Winthrop Annual Halloween Haunt last Friday night, Oct. 30, in Winthrop Centre.Hundreds of families and friends in themed, group costumes gathered from surrounding neighborhoods for Winthrop’s Annual Halloween Haunt on…