If you weren’t excited by that new $81 million school building rising quickly at 400 Main Street, where the old Winthrop High School once stood — then you have to be now after school officials and town leaders gathered for…
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Gus Martucci and the NFL Draft Night Party
When well-known Winthrop resident Gus Martucci gets involved in an event, we know these things are assured: It will be done professionally and with class and it will be a worthwhile event to attend. Such is the case with the…
First-Ever Wellness Week in Winthrop Was a Success
It takes an incredible amount of time and planning to develop something new in town and Winthrop public health nurse Meredith Hurley knows that all too well. For the past few months, Meredith has worked to put together the first-ever…
The Fight of the Century
Those of us who are old enough to remember when Muhammad Ali fought Joe Frazier in the fight of the century back in 1971 at the Madison Square Garden, after Ali returned from a three-year hiatus from the sport because…
Time for Colleges and Universities to Lead
 Campus sexual violence has been the subject of an intense national conversation recently, but that dialogue often lacks critical input from schools that are already taking steps to improve their campus climates. Colleges and universities, it’s time for you to…
Sports 04-30-2015
WhS sports Roundup WHS boys tennis team wins pair The Winthrop High boys tennis team broke into the win column with a pair of shutout victories this past week over Northeastern Conference rivals Peabody and Lynn Classical. The Vikings’ top…
Obituaries 04-30-2015
Virginia Crucioli Of Winthrop Virginia M. Crucioli of Williams Street, Winthrop passed away at the Kaplan Family Hospice in Danvers on April 27. She was 82 years old. Born in East Boston, the beloved daughter of the late Josephine (Larsen)…
Newest Officer Joins the Winthrop PD Force; Cruisers Have Cameras
WINTHROP – Right now 14-month old Drake is an easy-going cop. He enjoys playing with his rope bone in the chiefs office, shredding anything he can find, driving around Winthrop with his partner and meeting his fellow officers. He doesn’t…
Students Make Kansas Boy Honorary Viking
WINTHROP – When students at Winthrop High School heard about a boy with Down syndrome in Kansas who had been stripped of his varsity letter they didn’t hesitate to send them one of theirs. Jolinda Kelley, of Wichita, Kansas purchased…
Council Seeks yet Another Opinion On Hermon St. Housing Project
 WINTHROP – Developers of 60 Hermon St. were dealt another delay Tuesday night when the Town Council voted to seek yet another legal opinion, this time from the Attorney General. Two weeks ago the council sought the opinion of the…