This summer Winthrop will be seeing a migration of pink flamingo lawn ornaments in front yards, like tropical, Floridian bungalows. Winthrop High School students will be initiating a flocking fundraiser from July 6- Aug. 6 to benefit their Class of…
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WPS Offers Professional Development Over the Summer
Winthrop Public Schools have been collaborating with the Department of Education, analysts and consultants, and Superintendent John Macero to enhance professional development for staff and administration this summer and moving into the fall. “We’ve got a lot of things we’re…
Winthrop Public Schools Conclude Very Long Year
It has been a long year for Winthrop Public Schools; not simply because of the 183 days, but because of the preparation for swing space that began during last year’s final day of school. Superintendent John Macero is looking forward…
Have a Happy — and Safe — Fourth of July
Now that the weather forecast seems to indicate that Mother Nature will be cooperative for the upcoming Fourth of July weekend (although we will have unseasonably cool temperatures), we’re sure that all of our fellow Americans will find a way…
Thank You, Chief Flanagan
Thank you, Chief Paul Flanagan, for your efforts in leading the fundraising drive for the annual Fourth of July Fireworks Show. When former chairman Lou Camacho stepped down a few years ago, it was Chief Paul who took over the…
Speaker Deleo and a New Miller Field
Speaker of the House Robert A. DeLeo reportedly has set in motion a bid to build a brand new Miller Field. The Viking Pride Foundation has made the construction of a new field a priority and held a recent meeting…
Sports 07-02-2015
Bobby and the Captain By Jim Lederman “Friendship and memories,†a close knit group of longtime friends, held a special reunion Friday afternoon t the Winthrop golf Club. The ‘Trident Avenue Association,’ led by Peter Marks and Jamie Tipping, two…
Obituaries 07-02-2015
Virginia Grimes Of Melrose, formerly of Winthrop Virginia Grimes of Melrose, formerly of Winthrop, died June 27. She was 89 years old. She was born July 8, 1925 in Winthrop, the eldest daughter of Frederick and Millicent Tolman. She married…
Farmer’s Market in French Square
Christina Neckernzanv and Joe Cacicio brought a good sampling of the bread made by Piantedosi Bread Shop.
Opiate Information Session On June 29
CASA and the Winthrop Police Department will hold an information session about opiate abuse, Narcan, and the good samaritan law that protects people when calling in an overdose – if you witness a drug or alcohol overdose don’t run –…