Winchester News is run with great energy and a small team but we’re hoping someone in our community would be willing to be a technical backup. Areas include the publication platform (ghost.io) technical configuration, adding new accounts for authors, domain registration, email and file server configuration and support.
There are so many ways to volunteer in Winchester, but one of the easiest jobs is to adopt a storm drain. A program started in many communities throughout the country, it encourages residents to clean the area around a storm drain near their house so that rainwater and snow melt
A small sculpture of a nymph was taken from its granite base last week. The little maiden was part of a 4-foot-high statue on Mt. Vernon Street, across from Town Hall where the bike trail heads towards the high school. Cynthia Randall, a member of the Winchester Cultural District Managing
Latest in the series. Retired photographer Frank Siteman has taken photos of places downtown, and your job is to guess where they were taken. If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put How well in the subject line. Last time we had only one
Starting in March, the Winchester Council on Aging (COA) will offer caregivers a chance to drop off their loved ones for three hours of activities and lunch. The pilot program is accepting up to eight residents on two Wednesdays, March 6 and 13. Jenks Nurse Colleen Wages has accepted four
Winchester News Board President Tara Hughes was awarded a certificate for completing the Google News Initiative Pre-Launch Program. Hughes applied for the GNI program on behalf of Winchester News, and out of the more than 170 applicants, the News was one of only 25 news outlets selected. Hughes said, “The
Mary New continues to share some of the photos she takes when she's out in her Wolcott Terrace backyard abutting the Middlesex Fells.
Latest in the series. Retired photographer Frank Siteman has taken photos of places downtown, and your job is to guess where they were taken. If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put How well in the subject line. Last week we had several winners.
By Joyce Westner Jan. 11, 2024 (revised to include three accurate guessers) Latest in the series. Retired photographer Frank Siteman has taken photos of places downtown, and your job is to guess where they were taken. If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put
Second in a series of articles about residents helping those in need. By Joyce Westner | Winchester News Staff Writer Jan 11, 2024 On a cold, clear Wednesday evening, Mary Carroll Monteiro and her husband Fred loaded their truck with clothing donated by Winchester residents. They stopped to pick up a
It was a busy night for the Planning Board Tuesday night with the Waterfield design, affordable housing and state zoning on the agenda. The board voted to remove one area from the state-required rezoning near MBTA stations. Planner Taylor Herman told the board Jan. 9 the discussion would be limited
By Joyce Westner Jan. 4, 2024 Thanks to generous donations from the community, Winchester News has hired Nell Escobar Coakley as part-time editor. A Malden resident, Coakley is already familiar with Winchester, having been a reporter for the Winchester Town Crier, a newspaper started by Bill Cummings back in the
By Joyce Westner Jan. 4, 2024 Third in the series. Retired photographer Frank Siteman has taken photos of places downtown, and your job is to guess where they were taken. Send an email to editor@winchesternews.org if you know the answer. Last week we had two winners--George Wood and
By Joyce Westner Dec. 28, 2023 Third in the series. Retired photographer Frank Siteman has taken photos of places downtown, and your job is to guess where they were taken. This time there's only one photo and no answer key. Send an email to editor@winchesternews.org if
By Joyce Westner Dec. 27, 2023 A GoFundMe was started on behalf of Aidan McElhinney who was injured last Wednesday in a Lockeland Rd. car accident and is suffering life-threatening injuries. McElhinney graduated from Winchester High School in June, and is in the ICU at Lahey Medical Center. According to
First in a series of articles about residents helping those in need. By Joyce Westner Dec. 20, 2023 When Russia invaded Ukraine back in February of 2022, like most Americans, Arlington St. resident BonnieJean Butler was infuriated. “I knew I needed to do something,” she says. “They were targeting Ukrainian
