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
Oct 7 – 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 20 Glenwood Ave. to create affordable housing on the site. The Select Board had earlier agreed to sell it
Update-According to Channel 10 News, a vet determined there was no exit wound and upon performing a necropsy found a piece of stick embedded in the dog's lung. Dog Shot and Killed in the Town Forest Notification from the Winchester Police Department Yesterday, Monday evening, around 6:30pm
Sept. 27 - Parents and students were frustrated with the school bus problems that began on the first day of school this year, but none more so than Lynch School families. Equally frustrated was school superintendent Dr. Frank Hackett who says he’s been very apologetic to those who’ve
September 24, 2023. Sherman “Whip” Saltmarsh, a lifetime Winchester resident and former Massachusetts State Representative and Select Board member, died on September 21. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 10 at St. Mary’s Church and information about Mr. Saltmarsh and his many accomplishments can be found at
[Amended on Sept. 22.] The Select Board’s newly formed Community Preservation Act (CPA) Study Committee met on Monday, Sept. 18, to get acquainted and plan their activities. The Zoom meeting was led by Select Board Member Mike Bettencourt who explained that Winchester can get a match from the Commonwealth
With the recent Federal Drug Administration approval of the new monovalent vaccine, residents will be able to schedule getting vaccinated at local pharmacies. The Winchester CVS, as well as nearby CVS stores, are already giving the shots, and the Walgreens on Cambridge Street in Woburn is starting to schedule them
The Wildwood Cemetery Advisory Committee voted on Tuesday at their monthly meeting to investigate the possibility of setting aside a portion of the cemetery for “green burials.” A green burial has many definitions, and according to https://greenburialma.org/ there would be no embalming fluid, and the body would be
The Waterfield Proposal from Civico will again be on the Planning Board's agenda on Tuesday at 7:15 pm via zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87279048615 and a public comment period will be included.
“Anyone who came into Dr. Annino's orbit felt safe. They knew he would take care of them.” Over more than six decades of practice at Winchester Hospital, the late Donald J. Annino, MD, made a lasting impression on patients, families, and colleagues. Throughout his tenure, he was known
by Joyce Westner “Unite against Hate and Extremism” was the theme of a gathering on Winchester Common on Saturday, September 2, organized by the community’s Network for Social Justice. According to member Sandy Thompson, they gathered in response to a neo-Nazi group which had protested the arrival of 60
