Monday evening’s Town Meeting voted to buy the so-called “orphan” parcel from the MBTA for $155,000. The parcel is the driveway running from Waterfield Rd. into the parking lot next to the T station. According to Planning Board Chair Diab Jerius, the lot is essential if the town
November 15, 7:00pm – 8:30pm, “The Rat Poison Problem: How Rodenticides Are Harming Wildlife, Pets, and People” Save Arlington Wildlife founder Laura Kiesel will talk on Wednesday about the string of high-profile wildlife deaths due to rat poisoning, such as Mystic River watershed bald eagle MK who died this
A quick-moving fire destroyed a two-story house on Lebanon Street Wednesday afternoon leaving two families displaced. A Medford Armstrong crew driving by noticed the fire on the second floor back porch and eventually firefighters from six surrounding towns came to the Winchester Fire Department’s mutual aid, according to Winchester
After Wednesday’s devastating fire robbed two families of their homes, Go Fund Me accounts were established for each family. The first one was set up almost immediately by Sean Yun to aid his father Vincent and himself (link here). Senior high school student Audra Murray started one for the
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The annual Veterans Day parade kicks off Saturday at 10:15 at the High School and ends at the Edward F. O’Connell Memorial Plaza next to Town Hall. At the wreath laying ceremony, veterans, scouts and student musicians and singers will be joined by the Winchester Police Honor Guard
Acclaimed local film maker Peter Engeldrum along with your news editor have just released their third video in the series “This Is Winchester.” Called “Water Water,” the brief video is about the public water supply, the town reservoirs under the control of Water Department Director Jim Gibbons, and where your
Town Planner Taylor Herman told the News the public is invited to two meetings to discuss zoning changes in order to comply with the new state law regarding dense housing near MBTA stations. The law would require Winchester to allow 15 units per acre in the downtown near the town’
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There’s a new church in town, St. Peter’s Anglican Church of Uganda, in the former Second Congregational Church on Washington St. Rev. Amos Kimera is the rector and pictures on Facebook show the ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 25. The church spokesperson could not be reached for a
Winchester poll workers were puzzled when they received a letter from Town Clerk MaryEllen Lannon saying, “The Town will not need your assistance this upcoming election season,” despite the fact that the town’s website is advertising for new poll workers. https://www.winchester.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1613 The
Winchester News President Tara Hughes has resigned from her seat as a Precinct 1 Town Meeting Member. Hughes said she resigned her seat in order to avoid any perception of conflict between her government position and her journalism activities, which include unbiased reporting on town government issues. Hughes said, “Being
This week the Planning Board chose members for the newly formed Zoning Review Advisory Committee, a subcommittee of the Planning Board. The group will advise on how to comply with the MBTA multi-family housing rule. According to Town Planner Taylor Hermann, the ZRAC will assist with the board’s work
According to Health Director Jennifer Murphy, Winchester will receive close to a million dollars as part of the state’s opioid settlement money. Murphy told the News via email: Over the next 15 years the town will receive allotments of the opioid settlement. The settlement is paid from distributors, Johnson
At Wednesday’s special meeting of the Affordable Housing Trust Committee (AHTC), members voted to tell the Select Board the committee is “willing and ready” to take ownership of the 20 Glenwood Ave. property to create affordable housing on the site. The Select Board had agreed to sell it to
Muraco School parent Menina Ras Widom has been collecting old sneakers for a school fundraiser. Unfortunately, her donation bins were stolen from the Transfer Station this week, but donors can reach her through Facebook. Widom told the News that she thinks Lynch School parents are likely to do the same
