Gov. Charlie Baker has announced the appointment of Andrew Maylor as Comptroller of the Commonwealth, an independent overseer of the Commonwealthâ€TMs financial transactions, accountability and service delivery across all branches of state government. Maylor, a native of Winthrop and at…
The students and teachers at Winthrop High School have a new way of getting their news. Every Friday morning at 8 a.m., “Wake Up Winthrop†is aired and viewed in most classrooms, complete with student interviews and weekly updates. The…
Town Manager Austin Faison announced Tuesday night at the council meeting that the Town of Winthrop will increase water and sewer rates by 3ドル per hundred cubic feet beginning with the current billing cycle. The increase, from 19ドル.90 per hundred…
After a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Winthrop students got their first snow day on Tuesday, but it wasnâ€TMt so much the snow as it was the ice that blanketed the area after a deep freeze over the…
TEXT TO 911 NOW AVAILABLE ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH The Massachusetts State 911 Department is pleased to announce that Text to 911 is now available throughout the Commonwealth. All Massachusetts 911 call centers now have ability to receive a text message through their…
For the residents and business owners in the center business district and surrounding neighborhoods, to say they are at their “witsâ€TM end†is an understatement when it comes to the future of the center district. With a new town manager…
The Baker-Polito Administration filed legislation to improve road safety entitled, “An Act Relative to Improving Safety on the Roads of the Commonwealth.†The proposal makes a number of changes recommended in the Strategic Highway Safety Plan and updates existing statutes…
Local concerns regarding Air Traffic Controllers working without pay at Boston Logan Airport during the government shutdown are surfacing. The shutdown and working without pay maybe making an already stressful job more demanding an impacting safety. With hundreds of thousands…
School Committee Chair Deborah Davis and Superintendent David DiBarri are pleased to announce that Northeast Metro Tech received a 106,320ドル Skills Capital Grant to increase students’ access to STEM occupational opportunities. Skills Capital Grants, which are administered through Gov. Charlie…
Kayla Blatz Named to SNHU Presidentâ€TMs List Kayla Blatz of Winthrop has been named to Southern New Hampshire Universityâ€TMs (SNHU) fall 2018 Presidentâ€TMs List. Eligibility for the Presidentâ€TMs List requires that a student accumulate an academic grade point average (GPA)…