Winthrop

GLAD Summer Party

gladevents — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:54:53 +0000

Join Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders at our annual Summer Party held outside in the heart of Provincetown, MA on Saturday, July 27 from 4:00-7:00PM. Enjoy the view of the harbor, mingle with other GLAD supporters and learn more about our ground-breaking cases.

Tickets are $75 online | $85 on site | $30 student
Purchase at www.glad.org/events.

Don't miss our amazing auction and celebrity auctioneer Kate Clinton. You don't have to be present to win. Travel packages, restaurants, massages, and much more - something for everyone!

Children are welcome to attend (at no charge) and will enjoy a range of fun activities.

Delicious summer fare and refreshing cocktails provided.

More information, tickets and sponsorships are available at www.glad.org/events.

Winthrop man convicted of OUI - for eighth time

adamg — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:57:03 +0000

Prosecutors plan to seek prison time for a Winthrop man found guilty today of driving drunk and then attempting to use the bench he was chained to at a State Police barracks as a weapon against arresting officers.

Joseph Limone, 61, will be sentenced Feb. 21 following today's conviction by a jury in Suffolk Superior Court, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

"From what we've seen, nothing short of incarceration is going to keep this defendant off the road," District Attorney Dan Conley said in a statement. "We'll be seeking prison time."

Winthrop at high tide this morning

adamg — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:41:12 +0000

Dan Santry watched the waves at the seawall along Winthrop Shore Drive around 10 a.m.

Flash flooding in Winthrop

adamg — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:31:57 +0000

Winds take out tree limbs, power, cars, traffic

adamg — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:46:20 +0000

Somebody in Winthrop might be late for work today. Photo by Kdabbler.

A large tree decided to observe the law of gravity on Blue Hill Avenue at Seaver Street, taking out two cars with it. It caused no injuries, but did result in gridlock along the avenue.

New Jackson Square building gets a premature unveiling. Photo by Krodamai.

As of 7:40 a.m., NStar is reporting more than 5,800 powerless customers.

And there are delays on the Red Line due to a dead train at JFK/UMass. OK, that one's probably not wind related, just Red Line related.

Street light cover that blew off on Staniford, not a Rover looking for Number 6. Photo by A.P. Blake.

Human remains wash up in Winthrop

adamg — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:55:15 +0000

The Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports:

State Police assigned to the Suffolk DA's office and Winthrop Police are investigating human remains that appear to have washed up on the shoreline across from Logan Airport. Once the scene has been processed by detectives and crime scene investigators, the remains will be transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for autopsy.

UPDATE: This just in from the DA's office:

Investigators have made a tentative identification of the remains found in Winthrop this evening. The ID will not be made public tonight. Based on what State and Winthrop police have learned through the past several hours, and based on the circumstances of the body's recovery, the death does not appear criminal in nature. Nonetheless, an autopsy is expected in the days to come and the investigation remains open.

Winthrop wall walloped

adamg — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:30:34 +0000

Michael Fontaine took a walk along the Winthrop seawall yesterday.

Copyright Michael Fontaine. Tagged as universalhub on Flickr.

Oh, dear: Dozen ducklings drop down drain

adamg — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:31:41 +0000

Fortunately, there was a happy ending. Kristin MacDougall at the MWRA reports a woman walking her dog at Deer Island called the MWRA when she noticed mama and poppa duck quacking for help at a storm drain yesterday.

Winthrop Animal Control responded, fished the ducklings out with a net, and then, as the parents followed anxiously behind, walked the babies down to the harbor, where the family was reunited and paddled off.

Winthrop man to face charge for allegedly beaming laser at his daughter's hockey opponents

adamg — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:17:07 +0000

Joseph Cordes, 42, will be summonsed into East Boston District Court for disturbing the peace at a Winthrop hockey match on Feb. 29, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office and Winthrop Police announced.

According to police and the DA's office, Cordes, sitting "all alone in the upper bleachers" pointed a green laser toward the helmet of the goalie on the Medway girl's team in the third period of a game at Larsen Rink, "disrupting the game play and eliciting a highly emotional reaction from players and parents alike." Cordes was ejected from the game.

Innocent, etc.

What's wrong with Winthrop?

adamg — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:00:32 +0000

Last fall, a columnist for the local paper was charged with trying to run down the Town Council president and his kids. Now, Channel 4 reports, a Winthrop parent was booted from a high-school hockey game for aiming a laser pointer into the eyes of an opposing goalie.

A rotary windmill

adamg — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:21:47 +0000

But the Mazda goes hmm ... Deer Island also has two "normal" windmills.

Ed. note: I have been schooled on wind things. This is a "cowled turbine," not a rotary windmill - no Dutch people in wooden clogs were harmed in the making of this interesting structure.

Deer Island is a fascinating place to walk around. Look outward as you walk along the path, and there are great views of the water, from Boston Harbor to the open ocean.

Scott Brown, ahead 2-1 in cash-on-hand and $13M in the bank, hilariously plays “underdog” card

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:27:17 +0000

New Yorkers start the new year with a lecture from Bob DeLeo on how wonderful the Massachusetts legislature is

adamg — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:07:50 +0000

The New York Daily News gives Mistah Speakah some space.

Via Dana Reichman Gitell.

You think Boston politics are rough? Try Winthrop

adamg — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:08:36 +0000

A Winthrop man is charged with aiming his SUV at a campaigning Town Council candidate and his children yesterday afternoon.

James Lederman, 68, was arraigned today on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, leaving the scene of an accident, and operating a motor vehicle to endanger for an incident on the Winthrop Bridge, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

According to the DA's office:

The Friends of Eddie Coyle, stage adaptation of classic Boston crime novel, opens Dec. 8 at Oberon

Eddie Coyle — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:25:39 +0000

Cambridge, Mass. — Tickets are on sale now for George V. Higgins’ The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Stickball Productions’ world premiere stage adaptation of the quintessential Boston crime novel. The production runs Dec. 8–Jan. 15 at Oberon in Harvard Square, for tickets, visit www.thefriendsofeddiecoyle.com

It is the winter of ‘69 in Boston and Eddie Coyle is a bottom of the barrel hood attempting to stay alive and out of jail among his “friends” – cops, bartenders, radical hippies, bank robbers, hit men and informants. Weeks away from a prison sentence for trucking stolen booze, Eddie’s making a few bucks supplying the guns for a rash of brazen bank heists, while looking to tip someone in for a kind word to the judge.

George V. Higgins’ classic novel has been called the “best crime novel ever written” by Elmore Leonard, and literary scholars have compared his unforgiving and realistic depiction of Boston’s underworld with the works of Dickens, Dostoevsky, and Balzac. Through dialogue quintessentially Bostonian, and the most poignant homage to Bobby Orr and the ’69-’70 Boston Bruins in literature, The Friends of Eddie Coyle has set the bar for Boston crime stories for nearly 40 years.