Every student has their favorite teacher and the Viking Pride Association is recognizing one of them each month and giving each one an ITunes gift card In January, Winthrop High School teacher Mike Nickerson was selected. He is a world…
Itâ€TMs going to be a little longer before the school department figures out how itâ€TMs going to compensate for all of this yearâ€TMs snow days, but the superintendent of schools said he should have an answer at the March 9…
The school department is seeking a 6.18 percent increase in its budget for fiscal year 2016, which begins July 1, 2015. Superintendent of Schools John Macero presented a budget packet last Thursday night that seeks 17,997,378ドル. Thatâ€TMs 1,047,378ドル more than…
Monday, February 9 Caller on Revere Street reports the plows shoved all the snow on the sidewalk in front of her house. She was advised there is a pushback going on throughout the town. She was provided the names and…
Although the temperatures have been below zero with wind chills even colder, tempers have been rising among just about all of us as the snow and our frustrations continue to pile up. Yes, life is difficult in the city, where…
For those of us who have been around for longer than we care to remember, it is hard to believe that 35 years have passed since seemingly every Winthrop resident gathered at the Belle Isle Bridge and lined the townâ€TMs streets to give…
Like an annoying alarm clock that predictably shouts its tone, late last week and this week several establishment lawmakers and transportation pundits began blaming the MBTAâ€TMs implosion on a lack of taxes and on the majority of voters who repealed…
The Winthrop High girls basketball may be peaking at the right time with the state tourney just around the corner. The Lady Vikings won all four of their games this past week, brushing aside three foes and then taking the…
The Winthrop High girls basketball team learned once again that all roads to the Boston Garden will have to pass through St. Maryâ€TMs of Lynn. Winthrop, champion of the Northeastern Conference South Division, met St. Maryâ€TMs in the Spartan Classic…
10 years ago February 10, 2005 Rachele DeLeo scored a career-high 31 points to lead the WHS girls basketball team to a 48-45 win over Lynn English. However, her key play of the game was a defensive one, in which she…