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1 By Transcript staffWinthrop Town Council President James Letterie and other town officials re-ceived their oaths of office at the town inauguration ceremonies Wednesday at the Robert A. DeLeo Senior Clerk Denise Quist administered the oaths to the officials, who were elected Nov. Letterie s wife, Dawn Letterie, their son, Jake Letterie, daughter, Jen-na Letterie, and his mother, Lorraine Letterie, watched proudly as he took the oath to serve in the highest elect-ed position in town Robert DeMarco, Precinct 1 Councillor Richard Fucillo, Precinct 3 Councillor Han-nah Belcher, and Precinct 5 Councillor Joseph Aiello were also of the School Committee who were in-augurated were Jennifer Powell, Julie Barry, and Su-zanne Trustees Gillian Teixeira, Betty Peabody, and Marie Matarazzo re-ceived their oaths of office. Housing Authority Board Members Peter Gill and Mary Lou Heighton were also inaugurated.

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5 Our Fair Labor Divi-sion remains committed to protecting the rights of workers and ensuring they are being paid the wages they are legally entitled to, especially as we continue to work our way through the COVID-19 pandem-ic, said AG Healey. We are issuing this notice and providing multilingual re-sources so that employees and employers are aware James Letterie inaugurated as President of Town 35 Revere St. WinthropHELP WANTEDWE ARE LOOKING FOR CASHIERS TO WORK A VARIETY OF SHIFTS INCLUDING DAYS, NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS. QUALIFIED CANDI-DATES MUST POSSESS STRONG CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS, BE ABLE TO MULTITASK, AND HAVE A GREAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL. INQUIRE WITHIN. ASK FOR MARC OR IInnddeeppeennddeenntt NNeewwssppaappeerr GGrroouupp OOffifficceess aarree aavvaaiillaabbllee bbyy aappppooiinnttmmeenntt oonnllyy ffoorr tthhee ssaaffeettyy ooff oouurr ssttaaffff aanndd WWee aapppprreecciiaattee yyoouurr ccooooppeerraattiioonn aatt tthhiiss news or advertising Mon.

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7 Prior to that, Aiello worked for Meridiam, an indepen-dent investment corporation specializing in sustainable public infrastructure. From 2015 to 2021, he served as the Chairman of the Fiscal and Management Control Board of the MBTA. Among his honors, Ai-ello received the Normal Leventhal Award for City Building in 2020 and was named the 2018 Person of the Year by the New England Chapter of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA.)Aiello, who previous-ly served on the Middle School Site Review Devel-opment Committee, said he ran for Council to make sure that taxpayer dollars are used properly. He looks forward to getting involved in the town s budget and fi-nances, and hopes to help improve the transparency, accountability and culture Meet your new COUNCILORS Page 3 Staff ReportApplications for 2022 Resident Parking Permits are now being accepted.

8 Motorists are reminded that a valid resident parking permit or visitor placard is required to park on all town streets and lots between 1:00 AM and 5:00 AM ev-ery to fulfilment delays caused by a supply chain issue at the printer, 2021 permits will remain valid through January 18, 2022 to allow 30 days of fulfil-ment prior to enforcement. Mailing of 2022 resident permits and visitor placards began on December 15, 2021 and continues at this time. Please remember, if you pay for your order by e-check, the or-der will not be mailed until that check is a $ fee for a parking permit and a fee of $ for a visi-tor's placard whether you apply online or by mail. These fees are waived for senior citizens, or residents with a valid handicapped parking placard or plate is-sued by the RMV. Permit applications are fulfilled by applications are no longer accepted ex-cept under special circum-stances by appointment.

9 All applications are only accepted online or by apply for your park-ing permit or visitor placard online, to download an ap-plication to apply by mail, or to determine permit eli-gibility, please click must remove expired stickers prior to af-fixing the new 2022 can now apply for 2022 Parking Permits OnlineTown Council President James Letterie delivers his inaugu-ral Council President James Letterie with his mother, Lorraine, and wife, Dawn, with their children, Jake and 2 The Winthrop Sun Transcript Thursday, January 6, 2022 Email: the upcoming minimum wage increase in Massa-chusetts and worker rights under our wage and hour laws. In June 2018, Massa-chusetts enacted a law that set the minimum wage to increase each year until it reaches $ in 2023. Tipped employees will also get a raise on , 2022, and must be paid a mini-mum of $ per hour pro-vided that their tips bring them up to at least $ per hour.

10 If the total hourly rate for the employee in-cluding tips does not equal $ at the end of the shift, the employer must make up the copies of the AG s Wage and Hour poster are available in English, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Khmer, Portuguese, Span-ish, and Vietnamese on the AG s Fair Labor Division website to download and print. To request a paper copy, please visit or call (617) Attorney General s Fair Labor Division enforc-es laws that protect workers, including minimum wage, timely payment of wag-es, overtime, earned sick time, child labor, Sunday and holiday premium pay, and the public construction bid and prevailing wage laws. During the Fiscal Year 2021, the Division as-sessed more than $ mil-lion in restitution and pen-alties against employers on behalf of working people in who believe that their rights have been vio-lated in the workplace can file a complaint at , or call the office s Fair Labor Ho-tline at (617) TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued the following statement after receiving a positive COVID-19 test result.