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 nonprofit receives three years of funding from Cummings Foundation
The following was submitted by the Friends of the Fells: This April, Friends of the Fells staff and volunteers gathered at various locations in the Fells to collect data on dog waste left in the Reservation, calling the event a “PoopBlitz.” The name was inspired by a “bioblitz,” a community
The following was submitted by the Office of Rep. Michael S. Day: Rep. Michael S. Day recently joined his colleagues in passing H.5444, An Act relative to civil rights and technology. Day, who chairs the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, helped re-draft the bill and carried the debate on
The Middlesex County town moved up four places after holding its reported violent-crime rate at 0.2 incidents per 1,000 residents.
To the Editor: I run on the Tri-Community bike path from Winchester to Stoneham and beyond frequently. I know people say graffiti leads to negative outcomes, but the article [“How graffiti detracts from bike paths: A spray-painted ride along the Tri-Community Greenway”] neglected to include how amazing the art is
Winchester’s annual celebration began with the Jaycees in the 1970s, later revived in 1982 and still guided by longtime volunteers.
Winchester nonprofit receives three years of funding from Cummings Foundation
Winchester High School graduated 370 students in the Class of 2026 on Friday, June 5, 2026. The following is a list of all the students who graduated: Milla Viktoria Aberg, Felix Daniel Sullivan Abruzzese, Benjamin Michael Acker, Sarah Marjorie Adams, Jack William Allen, Emil Bernard Altaras, Sydney Gwendolyn Andella, Anamaria
