Art in August is blooming all over Winchester
Local businesses show their support for local artists = a win-win for community
Chris Stevens | Correspondent
Winchester School Committee supports shade and safety with WCCP projects
The School Committee threw some shade at the Lincoln School and helped pave the way for a little Walk & Roll at Muraco when it voted to support Community Preservation Act applications for the two elementary schools. When it comes to cooling down a portion of the Lincoln Elementary School
Winchester School Committee ranks capital projects
It’s that time of year when the School Committee puts forward its list of priority capital projects addressing the needs of the buildings under its jurisdiction – with the hope at least some will be funded. Some items on the list are perennial favorites and others are making their debut.
Winchester School Committee declines to support Save Our Carriage House – for now
To support or not support? A bid to save the Sanborn House’s carriage house is a question the School Committee is grappling with and more information is what they’re seeking. When the Winchester School Committee filed an application in August 2025 to demolish the Sanborn House’s carriage
Winchester High School athletes will pay $675 per sport next school year
School Committee also approves family cap of three sports
Seth Moulton hammers home the need for new leadership in Senate
If you ask Congressman Seth Moulton what his challenge to longtime Sen. Ed Markey’s seat is about, he will tell you, “This is a race that's a referendum on the future of the Democratic Party.” Moulton’s message was clear during his rainy town hall event in
Winchester School Committee to debate athletic fees options on June 29
Two proposals sent to families as survey to get community perspective
Winchester athletic fees still up in the air
Families have their say on steep increase, impact it could have on athletes
Winchester middle school teacher arraigned on charges of felony possession of child pornography
Parents in Winchester got the news in a superintendent’s letter on a Friday in June — an eighth-grade teacher at McCall Middle School had been put on immediate leave, barred from school buildings and told to have no contact with students while a criminal case moved forward in Lowell
Winchester middle school teacher arraigned on child pornography charges
A McCall Middle School teacher was arraigned on June 12 for allegedly possessing child pornography. In a letter to parents and staffers, Superintendent Dr. Frank Hackett stated that upon learning of the allegations, eighth-grade teacher Jason Van Dinter, was put on immediate leave. Hackett said Van Dinter wasn’t
Winchester High School seniors go back to where it all began during Senior Walk
The littlest students lined the first floor hallway May 28, cheering and holding their hands out for, well in most cases, a low five slap as Winchester High School’s soon-to-be graduates poured through the hallways while Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration” played in the background. It
Winchester school officials looking at higher athletic, facility fees to pay $246K deficit
Pay to play could get a lot more expensive for Winchester school athletes. And the increase could be sharper for some more than others as the Winchester School Committee grapples with closing a $246,000 deficit in athletic costs. The $11.5 million override was going to fix the problem,
Winchester Town Meeting votes down Forest Ridge, says yes to new literacy program
Citizen petitions: Transfer station committee approved, snow bylaw sent for further study, anticoagulant rodenticides banned
Muraco School feasibility funding back on the table for Winchester’s Town Meeting
School Committee takes a third vote on funding question
Winchester’s new elementary literacy program decided, but funding still up in the air
The long wait is over. Almost. After two plus years and a nearly two hour presentation, the Winchester School Committee voted on March 26 to adopt a new literacy program, Arts & Letters, for the elementary grades. “This afternoon we celebrate another milestone,” said Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education Laurie
Winchester gets first look at pared down school budget
The school community and School Committee got a first look at the new pared down budget on April 9 — and it wasn’t pretty. “Tonight we are presenting a first draft, a first round of a 5% budget,” said Superintendent Dr. Frank Hackett. “You’re going to hate most of