Winthrop School Superintendent John Macero met Wednesday with the Massachusetts School Building Authority and said the Town is one step closer to building a new High School and Middle School facility. In January the Winthrop School Building Assistance Committee (SBAC) voted 14-4 in favor of building a new Middle School and High School during...
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Teacher Placed on Leave: Police Investigating Inappropriate Behavior
A Cummings Elementary School teacher was placed on administrative leave as Winthrop Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office investigate alleged inappropriate behavior with an autistic student. “We are working with the D.A.’s office and there may or may not be criminal charges,” said Winthrop Police Chief Terence Delehanty. “We have collected physical...
School Building Project
Winthrop School Superintendent John Macero met Wednesday with the Massachusetts School Building Authority and said the Town is ine step closer to building a new High School Middle School facility. In January the Winthrop School Building Assistance Committee (SBAC) voted 14-4 in favor of building a new Middle School and High School during a...
Council Honors Retiring Auxiliary Police Chief Sanborn
Robert Sanborn Sr. is stepping down as chief of the Winthrop Auxiliary Police after 38 years of service in the volunteer department. The Town Council honored Sanborn with a special citation at its meeting Tuesday night. Council President Peter Gill made the presentation at the outset of the meeting. “It gives me a great...
New Officers at Winthrop ELKS
The Winthrop Lodge of Elks held its installation of officers ceremony Saturday. Pictured above are the 2013-14 officers. Front row, from left, are Treasurer Thomas Memmolo, Loyal Knight Dan Swett, Leading Knight Frances Minichello, Exalted Ruler Pamela Milton, Esquire Brian Frazier, Lecturing Knight Lori Bergeron, and Secretary Nancy Ranahan. Back row, from left, are...
Winthrop’s All-american: Giaquinto Reaches the Top in Her Track Career at UMass/Lowell
Nicole Giaquinto has always been a very fast runner. From her earliest days in town youth programs through her record-setting track career at Winthrop High School, she’s been a step ahead of the pack. Perhaps more well-known locally for being the dynamic point guard with the amazing crossover dribble on a 21-0 WHS girls...
Middle School Air Quality Level is Safe: State Official Tells School Committee at Meeting
Mike Feeney, the Director of the Air Quality Program for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) was at the last Winthrop School Committee meeting to present the MDPH findings from a air quality study conducted on air quality at Winthrop Middle School. A recent study found high levels of carbon dioxide at the...
Vitagliano Appointed to Infrastructure Comm.
Winthrop resident and transportation guru John Vitagliano, principal of Seagull Consulting, was appointed by Speaker Robert DeLeo this week to serve as a members to the newly created Special Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Commission. Vitagliano will join six other members on the legislatively-mandated commission that will reviews and approve all public-private partnership transportation infrastructure requests....
Four Finalists for Winthrop High Principal
Superintendent of Schools John Macero has received from the Winthrop High School Principal Selection Committee the names of the four finalists for the position. The four finalists are Eileen Belastock, assistant principal of King Philip Regional High School in Wrentham; Michael Hashem, supervisor/director of mathematics, technology and engineering for the Saugus public schools; Timothy...
Striking Courage Bowlathon Runs April 6 and 7
Richard Currier invites Winthrop residents to participate in the fourth annual Striking Courage Bowlathon that will be held on April 6 at 7 p.m. at the Candlewood Lanes in North Reading. Currier, 34, is afflicted with Freidreich’s Alaxia, a debilitating, degenerative neuro-muscular disorder. The proceeds from the fundraiser will go to The FA Project...
