Special to the News Nov. 25, 2023
The annual Festival of Trees and Wreaths will be held indoors at the Lohnes Residence, 80 Myopia Road on Wednesday, Nov. 29, from 12-2 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. The Winchester Home and Garden Club event’s ticket sales will be used for various beautification projects, including summer plantings in the Winchester Common urn, plus donations to the downtown hanging flower baskets, and the Aberjona Initiative.
As expected, Town Meeting took up the fiscal year 2026 budget at its third session on Monday evening, with debate heavily centered on the school budget. The School Committee in late March voted 4-1 to increase the district’s level service budget by 7%, bringing the newly FY26 budget to
Winchester residents will be paying more for water, come the summer. Town Meeting on Thursday night voted unanimously to approve an 8% increase in water and sewer rates. Article 21 called for the increase for fiscal year 2026, which starts July 1. Select Board member Anthea Brady said water and
Despite concerns by some Town Meeting members over editing bylaw changes presented by the Committee on Government Regulations (COGR) on the floor during the second session of the annual meeting on Thursday night, there was some lengthy debate over a number of revisions. Review of the town’s bylaws is
The new art show being hung at the Winchester Public Library this week might be an annual event, but this year it comes with a twist. “We wanted to honor the 175th anniversary of Winchester,” said Trish Gannon, a Winchester Artist Network member and participating artist. Gannon also serves on
As expected, Town Meeting took up the fiscal year 2026 budget at its third session on Monday evening, with debate heavily centered on the school budget. The School Committee in late March voted 4-1 to increase the district’s level service budget by 7%, bringing the newly FY26 budget to
The following was submitted by the Winchester Unitarian Society: On Saturday, May 10, Winchester Unitarian Society brings its 2024–2025 concert series to a joyful, toe-tapping, foot-stomping close with a performance by Prince Edward Island’s acclaimed fiddler Cynthia MacLeod and guitarist Gordon Belsher in Winchester Unitarian Society’s sanctuary,
By Norah Doyle Students at Winchester High School are bridging a generational divide with the power of plants. A sociology class at the high school this spring participated in the Youth Grant Pitch Contest, an outreach program ran by Social Capital Inc. (SCI), a local nonprofit that promotes increasing the
It’s definitely an understatement to say that Winchester is synonymous with tennis, and on the high school front, both the boys and girls teams have done their jobs to live up to that reputation over the years. So far this spring, the boys have maintained that perception with an
