Winthrop Grade News Today

The donation provides each classroom at Winthrop Grade School with an air conditioner.

The need has grown from 40 families a month in 2011 to 110 families a month in 2014 in the Winthrop area.

Adrien Polky, a fourth grader, finds his great-grandfather's name carved into the desk the boy uses at school. The great-grandfather, Wayne Healey, also of Winthrop, was a gifted artist, too.

Children ages 5 to 11 are now eligible for the vaccine and some school districts in the region will host clinics as soon as next week.

Children ages 5 to 11 are now eligible for the vaccine and some school districts in the region will host clinics as soon as next week.

Winthrop Public Schools are looking ahead and discussing what a federal mandate might mean for full-time staff.