WINTHROP -- May 5, 2026, Winthrop Town Council approved an $85,617 transfer to shore up its solid waste enterprise fund and unanimously adopted a Pride Month proclamation at its May 5 meeting. The council
WINTHROP -- April 27, 2026, Winthrop School Committee approves a $42.5 million FY27 budget request while union members demand a return to the bargaining table.
Winthrop Town Council unanimously raised the retiree cost-of-living adjustment base and previewed a $68.4 million FY27 budget at its April 21 meeting.
WINTHROP -- April 17, 2026, Winthrop's Board of Health agreed to formally investigate unsanctioned dog use of the town's fenced skate park after a resident appeared at its April 16 meeting
Winthrop Town Council votes 5-3 at special meeting to pursue intervention in MBTA 3A exemption lawsuit.
Winthrop Town Council tables two motions at a special session called over MBTA 3A zoning litigation. All nine councillors attended the April 8 special meeting, convened at the request of Councillors Finn, Romano, Costigan, and a fourth member, under the town charter's four-member call provision.
Winthrop Town Council approves marina float repairs, budget transfers, and stormwater ordinance while softball players raise Title IX concerns.
Winthrop School Committee voted unanimously to opt out of state inter-district school choice for another year and heard a detailed account of last Friday's threatening phone call to the high school.
Winthrop Town Council referred a National Grid utility pole permit to subcommittee and heard warnings of escalating grant losses tied to the town's MBTA Communities Act non-compliance.
WINTHROP -- March 23, 2026, Winthrop schools lose tens of thousands in federal grant money over 3A zoning noncompliance. Superintendent Dylan Mello told the School Committee at its March 23 meeting that the state Department