The Winchester Health Department is offering free Narcan kits. Residents can pick them up anonymously.
The kits can save lives that could be lost to opioid or fentanyl overdoses.
Each kit contains: 2 Narcan nasal spray, Fentayl test strips, substance use and mental health help lines and resources.
For more information, email healthdept@winchester.us or call 781-721-7121.
Winchester officials are turning their attention to one of the town’s most recognizable landmarks, Wedge Pond, as part of a new open space and recreation plan that outlines improvements to parks, trails and natural areas over the next six years. This is the town’s fourth such plan, which
The following was submitted by the Winchester Rotary Club: More than 70 volunteers — Rotarians, Winchester High School Interact Club members, Lion’s Heart Teen members, families, and Kids’ Corner staff — assembled 15 wooden beds on Saturday, Sept. 27, at Kids’ Corner. The project, organized in partnership with the Lynn-based Massachusetts
The Planning Board continued deliberations on a 13-unit condo development proposal at 972 Main St., the site of an abandoned muffler shop at the corner of Glenwood Avenue, to at least mid-October rather than vote at their meeting Tuesday, Oct. 7. “I was ready to vote with conditions, but we
The Select Board has finished interviewing three law firms vying to become Winchester’s next town counsel, with members weighing cost control, accessibility and experience as they move toward a decision. The finalists — KP Law, Harrington Heep LLP, and Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane — each presented detailed proposals in late
The Winchester High School girls volleyball team (16-0) is cruising to the postseason, and, if its last five matches are any indication of what lies ahead, November just might be a month to remember. The Red & Black not only won the five, but they did so convincingly by shutouts
Sluggish local aid, limited taxation options headline analysis of fiscal constraints By Chris Lisinski, Commonwealth Beacon MANY MUNICIPALITIES find themselves caught in a “tightening vise” of financial pressures that are making it increasingly difficult to avoid cuts to local schools and services, according to a new report that could ramp
The Winchester High School football team (5-0) took a giant step forward in the Division 2 power rankings this past week, going from fifth to second after defeating Middlesex League rival Reading (1-4) at Knowlton last Friday night, Oct. 10, 42-14. The latest state weekly seedings came out on Tuesday,
The Winchester High School girls soccer team (10-2-1) has continued its impressive campaign into a new month with two more Middlesex League victories over Lexington (2-1, Oct. 3) and Watertown (7-0, Oct. 8). Between those two games, the Red & Black lost a hard-fought non-league contest to Wellesley (4-2, Oct.
