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Winchester Town Meeting raises retiree COLA base, debates procedural reforms
Members rejected an immediate shift in parliamentary procedure, opting instead for more study before replacing Robert’s Rules.
Winchester Cooperative Theatre announces fall 2025 show: Disney’s ‘High School Musical Jr.’
The following was submitted by Winchester Cooperative Theatre for Children: The Wildcats are taking over Winchester! The Winchester Cooperative Theatre is thrilled to bring Disney’s “High School Musical Jr.” to the stage this fall. Based on the smash hit Disney Channel original movie, this high-energy production follows East High’
Temple Shir Tikvah holding emergency soup-jar making event on Nov. 9
This Sunday, Volunteer Ventures MA will be hosting an emergency Soup Jar-Making event at Temple Shir Tikvah in Winchester to assist our neighbors living with food insecurity in these particularly challenging times. Volunteers are needed to create the soup jars. There will be two sessions on Sunday, Nov. 9, the
Award-winning, Billboard-charting artist Flamy Grant to perform at Ripley Chapel
The following was submitted by Ripley Chapel: Live in person and live streamed from the stunning Ripley Chapel is pleased to present singer-songwriter drag queen, Flamy Grant on Friday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Armed with a bold lip and a blistering voice, Flamy is brilliant, resilient proof
Winchester Community Music School to hold Fiddling Workshop with Molly Tucker
The following was submitted by Winchester Community Music School: On Friday, Nov. 7, the Winchester Community Music School, 407 Highland Ave., will hold a Fiddling Workshop with Molly Tucker, beginning at 6:15 p.m. Are you a string player who is curious about the art of fiddling? Whether you’
Children’s Own School in Winchester welcomes new director Hiro Sudachi
It’s a sunny fall afternoon at the Children’s Own School (COS) on Main Street. Parents are shuffling in and out for conferences, an alarm is going off and Hiro Sudachi is sitting behind her desk. It’s just another day for the new director of the school, who
5 things to do in Winchester this Halloween season
From haunted mazes to eerie experiments and creative candy swaps, Winchester residents have no shortage of spooky fun this Halloween season. Local businesses and community groups are pulling out all the stops to bring both family-friendly and fright-filled activities to town. Here are a few highlights: Mahoney’s Haunted Maze
Meet the Artist - Holly Khalil paints from nature
Winchester Highlands resident Holly Khalil has always been passionate about art, she says. “I had a wonderful high school teacher who encouraged us to find our voice,” she says. “I majored in economics and art at Emory University but really didn’t do much art, but now it’s a
Winchester minister Jane Ring Frank wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Everyone wants to be the best in their chosen field — or at least recognized, right? Turns out First Congregational Church’s Minister of Worship and the Arts Jane Ring Frank achieved that milestone without even realizing it. Choral Arts New England has named Frank the 2025 Life Time Achievement award
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Children’s Own School in Winchester welcomes new director Hiro Sudachi
It’s a sunny fall afternoon at the Children’s Own School (COS) on Main Street. Parents are shuffling in and out for conferences, an alarm is going off and Hiro Sudachi is sitting behind her desk. It’s just another day for the new director of the school, who
Singing, dancing and culture fill Winchester Town Hall during Indigenous Peoples Day
Na-Pow-Sa Pocknett says there are people within his own culture who don’t take that culture seriously, but the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal citizen takes it very seriously. And he shared that culture as one of the Red Hawk Singers & Dancers who performed at Winchester Town Hall on Oct. 13
Karma in Winchester celebrates International Sake Day
I have little context for sake. I tried it once a decade, well, actually a lot of decades ago and I wasn’t a fan, so I never thought to try it again. It didn’t really occur to me that I was young and what I tried was probably
