RESIDENT EXEMPTIONS FROM MOSQUITO SPRAYING The Health Department is giving notice to all residents who would like to be exempt from mosquito spraying this year. Please complete the form found on the town’s website at www.town.winthrop.ma.us and return it certified…
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Annual Chamber of Commerce Community Awards Recipients
There were a lot of shout outs going around the room at the Winthrop Chamber of Commerce awards event on Saturday evening, Jan. 28, at the Hyatt Harborside Hotel, as presenters and speakers took the stage and shared their stories.…
Macero Finalist for Stoneham Superintendent Job
By Kate Anslinger After narrowing down a pool of 47 applicants, the Stoneham School Committee announced four finalists, and Winthrop School Superintendent John Macero is one of them. Along with Macero, the four other candidates who will vie for the…
Baker Forecasts More State Aid for Winthrop in FY’18
By Sue Ellen Woodcock The FY’18 budget year looks good at this point, but there will be some challenges still to overcome such as union contracts, insurance costs and snow removal. Monday night the Finance Commission, Town Manager, the Chief…
News Briefs
RECALL OF RECYCLE TOTE BINS Due to a large amount of damage complaints on the recycling totes that were supplied by Capital Waste approximately three years ago, Capital Waste has convinced the manufacturer to do a complete recall of recycle…
High Tide At Woodside Park
Waves battered Woodside Park and the North Shore area Monday and Tuesday this week. Resident Richard Honan snapped this picture of a massive wave. Fire Chief Paul Flanagan said that despite the wind, the rain and the ocean, there was…
Residents Take Part in Boston and DC Women’s Marches
Winthrop residents took part in the Women’s March both in Boston and Washington D.C. on Saturday. In the photo Winthrop women attending the Boston Women’s March for America were (L to R) Joanne Hillman, Barbara Bishop, and Donna Segreti Reilly.
Finance Commission to Start Budget Process
By Sue Ellen Woodcock The Town’s Finance Commission will beginning its annual work next week. Finance Commission chairman Robert Wynne said the committee will meet with Town Manager James McKenna and Chief Financial Officer Michael Perez on January 31 at…
Center Business District Plan is Still Being Worked On
By Sue Ellen Woodcock For the past 10 months the Town Manager, Town officials and the Economic Development Citizen’s Advisory Committee have been working on what is called a “master plan†for the Center Business District. Others have called the…
News Briefs
Relay for Life Open Skate The Relay for Life Open Skate will take place on Sunday, February 12 from 1-4 p.m. at the Larsen Rink.  Proceeds from the event will benefit the the East Boston Relay for Life.  This is an…