Winthrop teacher Mary McGunigle was the recipient of the Educational Excellence Award at the Winthrop Chamber of Commerce Awards Dinner Friday at the Hyatt Harborside. She is pictured at the dinner with her husband, Paul Sr., and their sons, Paul Jr. and Brian.
The Super Bowl is not only about the game but about the commercials and few can better understand the buzz that a catchy tune, phrase, or campaign can create than Winthrop resident Mikey Coleman. A few years back Coleman was the writer and lead actor in the unforgettably funny WBZ-Radio “Dumb Guy” commercials that...
President Obama honored former Winthrop resident, Dr. Karen Panetta as an Outstanding Science, Math and Engineering Mentor. On December 12, when former Winthrop resident and Winthrop High School graduate, Dr. Karen Panetta entered the West Wing of the White House, she couldn’t help but be in awe of the Marine standing perfectly frozen at...
With virtually no snowfall to speak of during the first two months of Winter, new Public Works Director Steve Calla has to feel that he’s leading a charmed life, especially when considering that last year at this point his predecessor, Dave Hickey, was in the midst of one of the worst winters on record....
Mad Dogg athletics spinning has named move Fitness, located at 1 michael’s mall, as the national spinning facility of the month. mad Dogg cited the new facility’s state-of-the-art multi-media spinning studio that features 22 spining Bikes.Move Fitness also hosts workshops and orientations for people seeking to become certified instructors in spinning. “We’re very proud...
In all reality, Winthrop is one of the first communities in the United States to see the sunrise every single day, and even though many don’t have the will to drag themselves out of bed to see it, Winthrop’s Richard Honan has unexpectedly made a cottage industry out of capturing those sunrises for others....
Councilor James Letterie expects the Town Council to vote at the Feb. 7 Council meeting on the issue of whether the poll location for Precinct 4 should be returned to O’Connell Hall on Golden Drive for the fall elections. Last June the Council voted unanimously to move the polling location from O’Connell Hall to...
It has been a little over ten years now that residents, visitors and other passersby on Winthrop Shore Drive have been able to look out to sea and witness the patriotism of local resident Mike Hammerman on full display, in the form a U.S. Flag flying proudly over the ‘Five Sisters’ breakwater on Winthrop...
Call it ice irony. Arthur Chidlovski is one of the foremost experts on Soviet hockey history and the team’s dominant reign in international competition in the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared on the NBC Sports Network’s documentary “Cold War: the 1972 Summit Series and is often called upon by television and radio shows for...
Winthrop High football coach Sean Driscoll praised the seniors for their leadership and their contributions to the program. Winthrop was edged out for the league title in a tough loss to Newburyport. The team rebounded to defeat Revere in the Thanksgiving game. Shown at the awards banquet Sunday night are Viking seniors Mitchell Paulson,...
