By Joyce Westner When school starts in September, parents may be pleased to know that Massachusetts is funding free school lunches for all students. This program was started during the height of the pandemic, and according to an article in the Boston Globe, “The $172 million cost of the meals
By Joyce Westner Hard as it is to believe that endless summer days will be waning, September will bring the grand reopening of the Griffin Museum of Photography and also the Winchester Community Music School’s Music Fest will return for all residents to “meet the instruments,” and enjoy games
By Joyce Westner August 3, 2023 – At a recent State House hearing, WinCAM Executive Director David Gauthier testified for the need to support local cable access TV as their revenues have been steadily decreasing. In 1984 Congress imposed a 5% tax on cable services using the argument that they were
by Joyce Westner July 31, 2023. Many sports-minded residents have embraced the relatively new game of pickleball, and there are many places to play, from public courts, private clubs, to the Jenks Center whose members can take lessons from a local “Pickleball Ambassador.” And she’s hoping the town will
By Joyce Westner July 28, 2023. Al Campbell introduced himself to Winchester seniors on Wednesday at the Jenks Center by telling stories about his mother’s influence on his career choices. Born in Guyana, Campbell’s family moved to the US when he was nine, and his mother worked as
by Joyce Westner July 23, 2023. From curb cuts to accessible parking spaces to “Light It Up Blue” for autistic awareness, Winchester accommodates many types of disabilities but Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator Mike Towne is hoping to provide more assistive technologies for residents. ADA in Winchester is three people,
By Joyce Westner July 17, 2023. Trying to get some inside time during the heat and rain? Alas, you can’t go to The Griffin Museum because it’s closed until September 1 while they renovate the interior but there’s still a lot of art to see. According to
By Joyce Westner July 15, 2023. Updated on July 17. The body of a 17-year-old boy was pulled from six feet of water in Mystic Lake this evening. According to State Police, he was swimming with a group of people several yards outside the swimming area when they noticed he
By Joyce Westner July 11, 2023. Updated on July 12. Once again, the state is warning people not to swim in the Upper Mystic Lake’s Shannon Beach, due to a “bacterial exceedance.” The popular beach, with a newly rebuilt bath house, is Winchester’s only public swimming place but
By Joyce Westner July 11, 2023. Residents are invited to donate their used electronic equipment and electric appliances plus old bicycles at St. Eulalia’s 50 Ridge Street parking lot at this Saturday. They’ll be collected for a minimal fee by Green Day Recycling, a company in central Massachusetts
By Joyce Westner July 10, 2023. Although “shovels were already in the ground,” when the new town engineer was hired recently, Matt Shuman is optimistic that the intersection at Wildwood St. and Woodside Rd. will do a good job of calming traffic. Residents complain on the Winchester Residents Facebook page
By Joyce Westner July 10, 2023. Patrons were startled to hear that The Fuller Cup, the Thompson Street bakery and sandwich shop, will be closing as of this Friday. Owner Laura Fuller sent an email to her followers in which she wrote, “I find myself at a crossroads. This is
By Joyce Westner July 9, 2023. Back by popular demand, both the town’s and Wright-Locke Farm’s evening musical events start this week. The farm offered “Family Farm Night” concerts in the years leading up to Covid, and last year reservations were required to avoid a big crowd. This
By Joyce Westner The Rev. Paul Clifford arrived this week as pastor of the new collaboration between St. Mary’s and St. Eulalia’s Roman Catholic Churches. The Boston Archdiocese started combining its nearly 300 parishes in 2012 into about 135 collaboratives led by one pastor. Under the plan, each
By Joyce Westner July 3, 2023. New lawn signs will be springing up soon, even though it’s not election season yet. A group of concerned citizens in and around Winchester are planning to install “Say NO to rat poison” signs to raise awareness of the problem of dead bald
By Joyce Westner July 4, 2023. Thanks to a grant from the Winchester Cultural Council, seven local artists are starting to paint some of the downtown utility boxes, the refrigerator-sized metal containers that hold traffic light controls and cable and electrical connections. Arlington and Lexington folks have been painting their
