Month: April 2014

Police Blotter 05-01-2014

Monday, April 21 Caller on Shore Drive reports a male walking in the area looking into parked motor vehicles. Units report no one in the area. Party on Veterans Road reports that his motor vehicle was hit. Officers report the…

Obituaries 05-01-2014

Lois Ventresco Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Principal Administrator Lois A. Ventresco, a lifelong Winthrop resident, died following a brief illness at Boston’s Mass. General Hospital on Easter Sunday, April 20. She was 73 years old. Born and raised in Winthrop,…

Winthrop in Line to Receive State Funds

House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature yesterday to enact a $12.766 billion transportation finance bill to bolster the state’s transportation systems, improve existing infrastructure and assist Massachusetts’ communities in funding local projects. The bond…

The Show Will Go on

The Winthrop Playmakers are in the process of selling their building on Hermon Street, but incoming Playmakers’ president Pam Racicot assures us that the theatrical organization will continue in this town. The decision to sell their long-time home was obviously…

Let’s Welcome Back Saugus

You’ve probably heard that the Saugus High athletic program, led by Winthrop’s Rob O’Leary, wants to return to the Northeastern Conference after spending this year as a member of the Cape Ann League. Rob, who was a tremendous hockey player…