Winthrop students win $1,000 for school after logging 187,000 minutes of outside time

Winthrop Middle School received the $1,000 prize for coming in the top three across the state in the Teens to Trails Life Happens Outside Challenge.

Winthrop church to hold Rite of Candidacy Nov. 19

Local diaconal candidates reside in Readfield, Rumford, Skowhegan.

Winthrop society plans November, December holiday events

Winthrop residents choose officials in contested town, school and library board races

Three newcomers defeated the incumbent library trustee in the first contested race for that office in over a decade.

Winthrop library to kick off poetry series Nov. 12

Winthrop historical society to host historian, author

As Winthrop shooting death case takes turn, officials say shooter who killed man not charged

One woman was arrested recently on felony murder charges in the shooting death of Joshua Martin in a Winthrop mobile home in 2020 while another woman arrested on that charge previously pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Tuesday.

Winthrop man killed in Memorial Drive rollover crash

Alexander Meader, 30, died Sunday in the single-vehicle crash in Winthrop, police say.

Winthrop, Somerville schools receive federal funding for electric buses

Winthrop received funding for four electric buses and Somerville-based RSU 12 received funding for two electric buses through EPA Clean School Bus Program.

Boaters call for Winthrop mooring ordinance to be rescinded, claiming officials had conflicts of interest

Boaters say the ordinance was not drafted in good faith, unfairly targets a specific group and represents a conflict of interest involving town officials and local businesses.