Winthrop Town Manager James McKenna and a parade of town department heads took turns briefing the Town Council, and the public, on the budget challenges that lie ahead in the fiscal 2013 budget, but little of substance about the budget…
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TC Financial Forum Set for Tonight at Cummings
The Town Council will hold its Spring Financial Forum tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at the Cummings School. Town Council President Peter Gill said each department head will give a brief report to the Council about the department’s financial and…
Hanson Brothers Highlight Benefit Hockey Game on April 21
Come join us on Saturday, April 21st  4:00 – 6:00 pm for a Benefit Game at the Larsen Rink and a reception to follow at Saint John’s School 7:00pm-12midnight. It’s been six years since the Bad Boys of Hockey came…
School Committee Presents $16.37 Million Budget
In what Winthrop Chief Financial Officer/Town Accountant Michael Bertino described as “really the beginning of the budget process,†Superintendent of Schools John Macero last Thursday night unveiled a $16,373,553 level-serviced budget for the School Committee to consider for fiscal year…
Winthrop Shore Drive
Shown above is the full expanse of Winthrop Shore Drive in this Richard Honan photograph. Note the Boeing airliner overhead that is coming in for an approach to land at Logan InternaÂtional Airport in East Boston.
Garden Greatness: Winthrop’s Devin Thompson Scores 25 Points at the Garden to Lead St. Mary’s to State Title
He’s definitely one that got away, a dynamite basketball player that took his long-range game from Winthrop to St. Mary’s High School in Lynn and became a star. Surely, Dave Brown would loved to have seen the sharpshooting 6-foot-2-inch Devin…
Gill Asks for Clarification on SC Transfer Request
Council President Peter Gill has asked the town manager to compile a report on a $208,800 transfer request from the School Committee that would be taken from the town’s free cash fund. Gill was quick to denounce the request when…
School Committee to Unveil Budget Thursday Night Meeting Starts at 6 P.m. at Cummings School
The Winthrop School Committee will unveil its proposed budget for the fiscal 2013 year at Thursday night’s School Committee meeting at the Arthur Cummings school, beginning at 6 p.m. The first budget of new Superintendent John Macero is expected to…
Vikings Fall Short to Wilimgton in State Semifinals
Bobby Clewer received one of those roars from the crowd that you only hear in the State Tournament. Winthrop’s senior forward had dramatically tied the game at 2-2 just 26 seconds after Wilmington had gone ahead in the third period.…
Three-year Veteran Faro-petersen Named 2011 Explorer of the Year
Samantha Faro-Petersen, a three year veteran of Winthrop Post #99, has been named the 2011 Winthrop Explorer of the Year. “Samantha has been one of the leaders of our program for the last couple of years and she really deserved…