The Viking Pride Foundation is gearing up for its second annual fundraiser. Riding high after the success of its first-ever concert fundraiser featuring Tavares, the Foundation will host a concert at Miller Field on Saturday, August 6 with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes as the headliner and Evelyn “Champagne” King as the opening...
Yasmina Kamal has officially begun her duties as curator of the Winthrop Cultural Center located on the first floor at E.B. Newton School Building on Pauline Street. The Cultural Center consists of the Clock Tower Art Gallery, the Winthrop Heritage Room, the Lyceum, a meeting room, a kitchen administrative offices, and a soon-to-be-opened library...
Winthrop Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director Paul Flanagan was happy to report this week that the town’s emergency contingency plan to provide three cooling stations during the worst of last week’s record heat wave were not extensively used by residents.. Unfortunately, that didn’t mean an easy week for local firefighters. “At the cooling...
After seven years as principal of the Arthur T. Cummings Elementary School in Winthrop, Brian Gill is leaving his position to lead another school. Gill accepted the job as principal of the Georgetown (Mass.) Middle School last Thursday. He has resigned from his Winthrop position effective August 12 and will begin his new job...
Peter Gill said that he is “contemplating” a run for the position of president of the Winthrop Town Council. Gill has issued the following statement: “Several local residents for whom I have a great deal of respect have contacted me and expressed their desire for me to consider running for Town Council President. They...
Brian Gill, the popular principal of the Cummings Elementary School, has announced that he will be leaving the Winthrop school system to take the position as the principal of the Georgetown Middle School. Brian, 45, is a dedicated educator and administrator. He is a Winthrop native who understood our community and who always strove...
Although the Fiesta Carnival has come and gone (and by all indications it was successful and uneventful), the manner in which the carnival suddenly appeared and the ire it invoked among townspeople require that questions be asked and answers given in order to avoid problems of this nature in the future. Town Counsel Kopelman...
The fallout from the controversial decision to bring a carnival to town without notice to anyone until a few days before the carnival opened continued this week with the announcement by long time resident Peter Gill that he may run for the Town Council Presidency. We know Peter wasn’t happy about the recent carnival...
We want to join the town in welcoming Yasmina Kamal to her new position as curator of the Winthrop Cultural Center, which is located on the first floor of the E.B. Newton School Building. Yasmina will be a great asset to the town with her strong background in the arts and cultural administration. She...
July 18 9:02 a.m. — A Charles Street resident reports that a kid in the neighborhood damaged her fence while playing a game of “manhunt.” Officers speak to the youth, who will fix the two broken pickets. 9:34 a.m. — A Seal Harbor resident reports that she has been receiving harassing phone calls on...
