When Erin O’Leary began her athletic career at Winthrop High School, she couldn’t have predicted that her final accolade would be playing in a lacrosse all-star game. For Winthrop High didn’t have a girls lacrosse team when O’Leary entered her…
Obituaries 07-11-2013
George Shea Exporting Industry Retiree George C. Shea of Winthrop, formerly of Boston, passed away at the Bear Hill Nursing Care Home on June 19. He was 71 years old. George served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam…
Winthrop Fire Department in Lifesaving Effort at Prospect Avenue House Fire
The Winthrop Fire Department is being credited for a lifesaving effort in the rescue of a 60-year-old woman in a house fire at 53 Prospect Ave. Fire Chief Paul Flanagan said the department received a call Sunday (June 30) at…
LeBlanc Drafted by NHL’s Ottawa Senators
Chris LeBlanc called it “a dream come true.†The former Winthrop High ice hockey star saw his name appear on the National Hockey League’s draft board Sunday and he then received a phone call from the Ottawa Senators informing him…
Horribles Parade Set for July 4th: Will Start at Public Landing at 9 A.M.
The Winthrop Fourth of July Horribles Parade has 125 years of tradition. Peter Gobiel has been the director of the holiday event for 18 years. According to Gobiel, the parade keeps getting bigger or should we say, more horrible each…
Body Found in Water
The body of a man was found Saturday at 2:35 p.m. floating in Winthrop waters behind Faunbar Avenue in the Beacon Circle area. “The death is under investigation although there is nothing that would suggest anything suspicious at this point,