Well, the North Sectional final didn’t turn out the way Winthrop High School basketball fans had hoped, but the loss to powerful New Mission High (a school that really should have been in Division 1) takes nothing away from a truly exciting and memorable season for coach Dave Brown, his assistant coaches, and of... »

March 1 12:39 a.m. — A caller reports a sparking wire at a house on Shore Drive. Matter is referred to the WFD. 9:01 a.m. — A Winchester resident is cited for driving an unregistered car with a suspended license in the Pond Street Parking Lot. 9:48 a.m. — A Winthrop resident is cited for running a... »

Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Vito Winthrop Art Festival Ribbon Winner Dorothy S. "Dolly" (Sullivan) Vito of Revere died on March 5 at the Mass. General Hospital surrounded by friends and family. Mrs. Vito was employed at DeMaino’s restaurant for over 15 years. She was a graduate of Revere High School, class of 1954. She also won many ribbons for... »

Department of Public Works Director David Hickey said his department, weather permitting, will repair the damaged surface at the Pond Street Playground on Friday. “If things dry up, we can start on Friday,” said Hickey. “It’s a half-day job. Those holes, which are about two-feet deep, are from tire tracks. ” The surface was damaged Monday... »

The Winthrop High boys basketball team delighted a large and raucous hometown crowd at the WHS gym with a 62-45 win over St. Clement’s of Somerville Saturday evening in a quarterfinal contest of the MIAA Division 4 North sectional tournament. The victory propelled the Vikings, the No. 2 seed in the North, into a semifinal... »

Winthrop Police were searching this week for 45-year old Sean Shanahan, most recently of 26 Shirley Street apartment #3 on five charges including two counts of statutory rape, two counts of enticing a child and one count of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, after the alleged victim’s parents reported finding... »