The Winchester Chamber of Commerce has a new associate director — Allison Childs, who has been living in Winchester with her family for several years. “We wanted to be in walking distance of a town center,” she says, having lived in Charlestown. “I love that my daughter can walk to all
Mary New continues to share some of the photos she takes when she walks from her Wolcott Terrace backyard into the Middlesex Fells. Winchester News is a non-profit organization supported by our community. If you appreciate having local Winchester news, please donate to support our work, and subscribe to our
Once again, we’re using a photo by Mike Arwe. Mike is the grand champion of How well, identifying almost every photo since this column started. If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put How well in the subject line. Last week we had
When Gerry Dunleavy was growing up near the Cliffs of Mohr in Ireland, he probably never thought he’d be a successful builder in America. But he came to Winchester in 1978 because his job for an electrical engineering company transferred him to the U.S. for work. While visiting
If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put How well in the subject line. Last time Mike Arwe, Kevin Drum, Carl Hagge, Waldemar Kozak, Jim Marchant, John Minniti, Stefan Nagel, Elisabeth Westner, Mike Wise, and Peter Woolford identified it as the sign at the
When Maaike Biemans was 4 years old, she had open heart surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital. Now she’s giving back with entertainment bags for young patients. The Brookside Avenue resident is a Northeastern University student and for her senior project, she’s creating these bags for the hospital’
If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put How well in the subject line. Last time Mike Arwe, Rick Hines and Jim Marchant identified it as an overhead shot of a Winchester Boat Club dock. See last week’s photo to refresh your memory.
Every Sunday, six or seven Winchester High School students conduct English language classes at Vinson-Owen Elementary School. They call their program, “Teaching English to Elderly Immigrants.” Amberwood Drive resident Nicole Han started the program during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Social isolation was a big problem then,” says Han. “There was no
If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put How well in the subject line. Last time only Mike Arwe identified it the street in front of Book Ends. See last week’s photo to refresh your memory. Winchester News is a non-profit organization supported
Cynthia Scali recently shared photos of her three beloved huskies with us: Nifty, O’Reilly and Bledsoe. Here is what Cynthia had to say: O’Reilly is 11 years old, and was named after Terry O’Reilly of the Boston Bruins. We had told our kids that if the Patriots
If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put How well in the subject line. Last time we had no winners. It was a photo of the condos at 29 Church St. See last week’s photo to refresh your memory. Winchester News is a
Customers at the Stop & Shop may have noticed a new device in the store recently— Marty! The robot is designed to move through the store looking for spills and dropped objects. Store Manager Sharn Jin said Marty rolls up and down the aisles at 9 a.m. If he
If you’ve ever had a pen pal, you know how much fun it can be, and Karen Fullerton is helping Winchester seniors get them. They’re McCall students, and Fullerton’s project is called Letters Trellis. “We’ve got 15 pairs,” Fullerton says. “These letters feed the spirit and
If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put How well in the subject line. Last time we had five winners. Mike Arwe, Anne L. Hoenike, Jim Marchant, Susan McPhee and Heather von Mering identified it a Town Hall window facing the river. See last
This is Winnie Bell von Mering, age 2, named after Winchester, Winnie the Pooh and Tinker Bell. She is part cavalier, poodle, and golden, the Teddy Bear. She loves playing in her yard (chasing all of the squirrels, birds, and bunnies), playing with her best dog friend Ozzie, kids, going
This past holiday season, downtown trees were covered in lights and many residents might have thought the town pays for them. But in fact, Squire Road resident Lucille Murray raised funds and bought them in 2004 to cheer up Winchester’s children. “My 10-year-old daughter Marie Camille died from cystic
