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Winning Spinners

January 26, 2012
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Winning Spinners

Mad Dogg athletics spinning has named move Fitness, located at 1 michael’s mall, as the national spinning facility of the month. mad Dogg cited the new facility’s state-of-the-art multi-media spin­ning studio that features 22 spining Bikes.Move Fitness also hosts workshops and orientations for people seeking to become certified instructors in spinning. “We’re very proud...

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Honan’s Calendar Captures Spectacular Vistas That Are Only Winthrop

January 26, 2012
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Honan’s Calendar Captures Spectacular Vistas That Are Only Winthrop

In all reality, Winthrop is one of the first communities in the United States to see the sunrise every single day, and even though many don’t have the will to drag themselves out of bed to see it, Winthrop’s Richard Honan has unexpectedly made...

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Pols on Polls: Letterie Expects Decision on Polling Locations at Next Meeting

January 26, 2012
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 Councilor James Letterie expects the Town Council to vote at the Feb. 7 Council meeting on the issue of whether the poll location for Precinct 4 should be returned to O’Connell Hall on Golden Drive for the fall elections. Last June the Council voted...

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TV Plan is a Good Idea: Council Should Support Town Manager’s Proposal

January 26, 2012
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Town Manager James McKenna has proven to be somewhat of a visionary in the town in the short time he has been here. He has shown that he knows...

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Letterie Does His Homework: Town Clerk Vitale Was Correct on Poll Move Issue

January 26, 2012
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Town Council member James Letterie, fulfilling a promise he made at the last Council meeting,  viewed the videotape of the June 21 Council meeting to affirm for one and...

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Fascinating Perspective: Soviets’ Views of Eruzione’s Goal Show How Much It Mattered

January 26, 2012
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It was interesting to read Soviet sports historian and Winthrop resident Arthur Chidlovski’s observations in last week’s Sun-Transcript about the famous goal scored by Winthrop’s Mike Eruzione in the...

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WHS Girls Hockey Team Hosts St. Mary’s on Saturday

January 26, 2012
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The Winthrop Lady Bulldog hockey team will host one of its biggest games of the season when perennial power St. Mary’s of Lynn makes a visit to Larsen Rink...

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Police Blotter 01-26-2012

January 26, 2012
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Tuesday, January 17 Party reports her downstairs neighbor on Crystal Cove Avenue is shouting in the apartment disturbing her. Officer reports speaking with both parties who were advised of...

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Obituaries 01-26-2012

January 26, 2012
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Mary Jo Brown Tufts Medical Center Admitting Director Mary Jo (Bonasoro) Brown of Wilmington died suddenly at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston on January 21 with her...

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Mike Hammerman is Proud of the Red, White and Blue

January 19, 2012
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Mike Hammerman is Proud of the Red, White and Blue

It has been a little over ten years now that residents, visitors and other passersby on Winthrop Shore Drive have been able to look out to sea and witness...

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A Soviet Sports Expert Living in Winthrop: Eruzione’s Olympic Goal from Soviet Perspective

January 19, 2012
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A Soviet Sports Expert Living in Winthrop: Eruzione’s Olympic Goal from Soviet Perspective

Call it ice irony. Arthur Chidlovski is one of the foremost experts on Soviet hockey history and the team’s dominant reign in international competition in the 1960s and 1970s....

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WHS Football Banquet

January 19, 2012
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WHS Football Banquet

Winthrop High football coach Sean Driscoll praised the seniors for their leadership and their contri­butions to the program. Winthrop was edged out for the league title in a tough...

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Local Seniors Question Polling Location Change

January 19, 2012
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Councilors Larry Powers requested that Town Clerk Carla Vitale be invited to the next meeting of the Council to give her input on the relocation of the polling place...

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Community Members to Be Honored at Chamber Awards Night Jan. 27

January 19, 2012
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The Winthrop Chamber of Commerce will hold its 21st annual Kick-Off Dinner and Awards Night on Friday, January 27 as a way to recognize those who work for the...

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Further Review Needed: Homeowners Can Meet with Appraisal Firm

January 19, 2012
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Ken Rodgers, president of K.R.T. Appraisal, and Rob Tozier, vice president, did their best to try to explain the methodology used regarding their property assessments for 2012. They gave...

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Calla Represents Her Constituents: Councilor Had to Be in Two Places at Once

January 19, 2012
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Precinct 6 Councilor Linda Calla had one of those tough decisions that public officials have to make Tuesday night with the scheduling of two meetings at the same time:...

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Town Clerk Should Be Heard: Powers is Right to Seek Vitale’s Input

January 19, 2012
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It would have been very easy for the Town Council to go ahead and restore the polling place at O’Connell Hall for the Massachusetts Presidential Primary election on March...

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WHS Hockey Team Easily Dispatches Revere and Lynn

January 19, 2012
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The Winthrop High hockey team handily defeated two Northeastern Conference opponents this past week, dispatching Revere, 5-1, last Wednesday, and Lynn, 11-1, Saturday at Larsen. The contest at Revere’s...

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Police Blotter 01-19-2012

January 19, 2012
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Tuesday, January 10 Party reports a male in a silver/gray motor vehicle is parked on Waldemar Avenue and looking around with binoculars. Officer reports speaking with an investigator who...

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Obituaries 01-19-2012

January 19, 2012
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Marie Ann Jordan Smith Former Winthrop Resident Marie Ann (Jordan) Smith, formerly of Winthrop, died on January 11surrounded by her daughters, Donna Marie and Marybeth, and her granddaughter EmilyAnn....

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Fine Food Finale: Bitopoulos Family Selling Brothers Restaurant After 41 Years

January 12, 2012
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Fine Food Finale: Bitopoulos Family Selling Brothers Restaurant After 41 Years

The Bitopoulos family is serving its famous New England boiled dinner for the last time. After 41 years in business, Brothers Restaurant owners George and Nancy Bitopoulos and Nick...

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‘T’ Officials Tell Winthrop Riders: Start Walking Bus Route Could Be Eliminated as MBTA Seeks to Cut Deficit

January 12, 2012
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There aren’t many bus stops in Winthrop as it is right now, but if one MBTA service cut scenario plays out, there won’t be any at all. The private...

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Residents Say Yes to Casino in an Unofficial Chamber Poll

January 12, 2012
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A thoroughly unscientific Winthrop Chamber of Commerce poll, placed on the organization’s website about one year ago, reveals that a majority of the respondents favor a resort-style casino at...

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End of an Era: Brothers Restaurant Owners Sell Business

January 12, 2012
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For 41 years the Bitopoulos family – George and Nancy and Nick and Dee Dee – have owned and operated Brothers Restaurant, a landmark business on Revere Street. But...

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