In this week’s Winthrop Sun Transcript a story appeared about a Walk to School happening on May 1. According to last year’s organizer of the Walk to School, Dawn Sullivan, this walk was not scheduled and is not happening on May 1. We apologize for any inconvenience that this article would be causing and...
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Explorers of the Year
The Winthrop Police Department is proud to announce this year’s recipients of the 2012 Police Explorer Post #99 “Vincent Crossman Explorers of the Year Award” presented to Vanessa Faro Petersen of Winthrop and Jillian Flowers of Saugus. This award is presented to a member who demonstrated dedication and commitment to the program. Both explorers...
“Stuff the Wagon” Food Drive
The inventory of Winthrop’s local food pantry has been diminished due to the holiday season. The food pantry is very helpful to those families in need especially around the holiday season. Now the shelves need to be restocked and the Winthrop Police Explorer Post 99 is holding the “Stuff the Wagon” food drive as...
Sons of Italy Winthrop Mixed Lodge #2057
Matt Abbatessa, shown with former President Jimmy Carter, has just returned from Haiti. Matt, a proud member of the Winthrop Mixed Lodge #2057, joined President and Mrs. Carter in Leogane, Haiti volunteering for Habitat for Humanity’s 28th annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project. Matt, along with 400 volunteers from around the world and the U.S. helped to build 150...
Lord Stanley, Meet Captain Chara
One of our photographers grabbed this historic shot Thursday morning of Boston Bruins Captain Zdeno Chara exiting the charter plane at Logan Airport while hoisting the Stanley Cup into the air. A small group of fans were there to cheer on the team as they arrived back in Boston just after 8:30 a.m. on...
Home shopping – Chamber asks residents to buy locally this holiday season
Now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday have given way to the relative calm of the normal holiday shopping season, the Winthrop Chamber of Commerce is reminding local residents to think of their local retailers when heading out to do shopping. “There was a really nice and highly successful national effort aimed at reminding...
Loss leaders: Shape-Up Showdown is a big success; 23 participants lose 173 lbs.
Six weeks after starting the pilot weight loss challenge program, Winthrop Shape-Up Showdown, with 24 program participants, through the efforts of founders Michael Miccichi, Alyssa Foley, Michelle Bishop and with Marc Wallerce of the Winthrop Maket Place as an Advisor, has recorded its first success in town. On Sunday, November 29, 23 participants successfully...
Team effort will bring toys to deserving Winthrop families
The Winthrop Police Department is partnering with Bunker Hill Community College and Community Action Programs Inter City (CAPIC) on a toy donation and distribution program for Winthrop families. Police Chief Terence Delehanty said that Lee Nugent, domestic violence advocate for the WPD and an employee of Chelsea-based CAPIC, is helping to coordinate the program....
Hockey team opens Monday, boys hoop team Tuesday
The Winthrop High hockey team will get the winter sports season officially underway Monday evening when Coach Dale Dunbar and his Vikings host Wilmington in a non league encounter. Face off time is 6:10 at Larsen Rink. Winthrop is coming off a banner 16-1-3 season which saw the Vikings come within a whisker of...
Private Thoughts – Although privatization provides food for thought, rink should remain ours
Town Councillor Jeanne Maggio’s suggestion that the town may want to look into the idea of privatizing Larsen Rink brought into focus the notion that there are pluses and minuses to everything in life. (For example, even going to jail has its positive side: no bills to pay, three square meals a day, no...
