Month: December 2010

Winthrop Weathers Storm

The first major snowstorm of the 2010-2011 season and the final storm of 2010, was head-on by Winthrop public works crews and private contractors who began fighting the storm during the tail-end of the Christmas weekend last Sunday afternoon and…

Season of Giving

Local businessman chips in for town programs Winthrop resident and businessman James Mazzone has taken the spirit of the season to a whole new level this year, making $1,000 donations to each of five different organizations with connections to town…

Happy New Year

We often quote a verse from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Ring Out Wild Bells” when we write our annual New Year’s editorial But we have to admit that we had not read the poem in its entirety for quite a while.…

Police Blotter 12-30-2010

Monday, Dec. 20 1:36 a.m. – Caller from Walden Street reports that kids are on the courts. 7:58 a.m. – Officer assisted vehicular traffic entering and exiting the Gorman/Fort Banks school. 12:44 p.m. – An individual reports her motor vehicle…