Austin Whitman has the unusual distinction of serving on a non-existent town committee. “I ran into I-Ching Scott [former Planning Board member] who introduced me to David Miller, who was on the Conservation Committee,” he says. “Miller told me that the Permanent Street Tree Committee had gone dormant.” Still, Whitman
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 High School junior Amelie Thiery is a true citizen of the world. Raised in France and Romania, she and her family moved to Winchester in August. And now she helps train folks around the globe in environmental education. “I’ve always been passionate and concerned about global warming,” she
It’s October and gardens around Winchester continue to deliver. Send photos as an attachment to editor@winchesternews.org and put “Garden Photo” in the subject line. Tell us what it is, for those of us who don't know their peas from their petunias! Winchester News is a
Mairead Christopher, Euan Gwee and Hudson Lewandowski recently invited residents attending a mid-September farmers market to “adopt a drain.” Winchester High School sophomore Gwee says that he became involved in the Adopt-a-Drain program when he was looking for an Eagle Scout project. “I found this town program and I signed
Old Lyme Road resident Kerry Sullivan is trying to get the state to require health insurers to pay for hearing aids. “I’ve had a hearing loss since childhood from no known cause,” she says. “As a child, I would lip read and sit at the front of the classroom,
Grove Street resident Dr. Jonathan Paolino will be participating with his team in October’s Jimmy Fund Walk. A pediatric oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, his interest in pediatrics started when he was an Army medic. “I served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan,” he says. “I realized then
Prize-winning artist Carolyn Latanision has a special affinity for rusted steel mills. Which makes sense because she grew up in Bethlehem, Pa., three blocks from one of the biggest mills. “I come from three generations of mill workers,” she says. “It’s a very dangerous business. My great-grandfather died in
You may have missed 19-year-old resident Rebecca Vernaglia because she whizzes by on her bicycle at a fast clip. Vernaglia recently put her hobby to good use when she rode in this year’s Pan-Mass Challenge, and raised more than $6,000 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. “I really like
Not only is she a Helper Among Us, Trish Gannon is also an artist. A 30-year Winchester resident, Gannon is a member of the Winchester Cultural Council and helped organize the 2025 Art in August. When asked why she joined the Cultural Council, Gannon says, “I’m an artist looking
Elm Street resident Jay Sullivan has not only taken many photographs over the years, but he has digitally enhanced many of them, some to turn into more interesting pictures, but others just for fun. Sullivan earned an MFA in painting from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts and
It’s August and gardens around Winchester continue to deliver. We asked you to send us photos of whatever is growing in your garden and here they are. Send photos as an attachment to editor@winchesternews.org and put “Garden Photo” in the subject line. Tell us what it is,
Software company developer Pam Reeve, now retired, spends a lot of time helping — and her particular focus at the moment is helping the Boston Arts Academy Foundation do its fund-raising for the public school. The Boston Arts Academy’s goal is to raise $2.5 million. The Swan Street resident
Lisa Kalner Williams claims some of Facebook’s Everything Is Free Winchester items, but not for herself. The Hillside Avenue resident picks up clothing and school supplies for MAMAS, a Somerville organization that has their Free Store twice a year. Originally, they only had clothes, but Williams convinced them to
Winchester music artist Rachel Sumner and her trio (Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light) won this year’s Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest. “We’re a scrappy do-it-yourself kind of band,” Sumner says. Originally from California, Sumner came to the area 14 years ago to attend Berklee College of Music – and never
Winchester includes fewer than 3% of Blacks, but as local NAACP members point out, “The association is open to everyone, not just to Black folks.” Patty Shepherd says the Mystic Valley branch of the National Association for Colored People “has been around since the 1940s — it’s one of the
