On Wednesday, February 29, the Winthrop High girls hockey team hosted a first round playoff game at Larsen Rink against the team from Ashland-Medway. The record shows, and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association has upheld, that Winthrop won a tight…
Month: March 2012
Congratulations to Our Scholar-athletes: Sportsmanship Always Has Been a Hallmark of Winthrop Athletics
The incident that made news this week involving a parent who apparently shone a laser at an opposing goalie at a girls hockey game is one of those situations where it truly can be said that the action of one…
Yes, Winthrop is Among the Best: Boston Magazine Article Was Right on the Money
The mention by Boston Magazine of Winthrop as a “Top 10 Place to Live†in the Boston area is well deserved, as all of us who call Winthrop our home can attest. Whenever we cross into Winthrop, whether over the…
Congratulations Tino: Local Young Man Making His Mark
Congratulations to our favorite son, Valentino Capobianco, on his victory in Tuesday’s election for the position of Democratic State Committeeman. Tino worked very hard on his campaign and his efforts paid off with a tremendous victory, notably in Winthrop where…
Winthrop Girls Hockey Team Falls to Braintree
The Winthrop Lady Bulldog girls hockey team engaged in a pair of dramatic encounters in Division 1 play of the MIAA state hockey tournament last week, winning their opening round contest with Medway/Ashland 3-1, but then dropping a tough 1-0…
Police Blotter 03-08-2012
Tuesday, February 28 Husband and wife came to the station to report her vehicle was vandalized on Dolphin Avenue. Caller from Shirley Street, reports possibly dark male asleep in the common hallway. Units report subject needs help from some Social…
Obituaries 03-08-2012
Mary Borzillo East Boston Resident Mary (Ferraro) Borzillo of East Boston died on march 5. She was 79 years old. She was the beloved wife of the late Anthony E Borzillo; devoted mother Jayne Borzillo and her companion, Warren Johnson…
Gas Explosion Rips Through Home on Pleasant St., No One Injuried
A Pleasant Street family is counting its blessings this week, after what is being reported as an early morning gas explosion last Thursday at their home. “We’re really lucky for everybody to be here right now,†said one of the…
Harvard Honors: Winthrop’s Jillian Dempsey Nominated for College Hockey’s Kazmaier Award
Three years after achieving her childhood dream of entering the world’s most prestigious university, Jillian Dempsey is at the top of her sport. Dempsey, a junior at Harvard University in Cambridge, has been nominated for the Patty Kazmaier Award that…
Residents to MBTA: Don’t Cut Our Service Hundreds Pack Senior Center Hearing
More than 200 concerned residents and users of public transportation packed into the Winthrop Senior Center Monday night at 6 p.m., to speak out against the proposed fare increases and service reductions that MBTA officials are considering in order to…