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Cyber attack disrupts online learning, town business in Winthrop Christine Mui A cyberattack disrupted online learning for students and teachers in Winthrop as well as service in some town offices, officials said in a statement Friday. The attack occurred Thursday and blocked access to Google Classroom, e-mail, video conferencing and other services within school buildings, officials said. The attack was a distributed denial-of-service, designed to overwhelm servers with large am...

Robert A. DeLeo of Winthrop, who was elected to the House of Representatives in 1990 and went on to serve as Speaker of the House for 12 years, delivered his farewell address in the House Chambers at the Statehouse in Boston Tuesday afternoon. The speech marked the end of a legendary political career for Winthrop’s favorite son who served as a Winthrop Town Meeting member and a member of the Board of Selectmen before running successfully for a Winthrop-Revere seat in the House. Seventy-year-...