Winchester firefighter born after Sept. 11 rings the bell at 25th observance
Firefighters who were children in 2001 — and one who was not yet born — helped carry out the town's honors.
Will Dowd | Staff Writer
Healey conditions state permits for large data centers on community agreements
Executive Order 658 covers projects above 25 megawatts and gives agencies until Dec. 31 to build a clean energy payment mechanism
ELECTION NEWS ANALYSIS: Endorsements travel only as far as the endorser lives
Certified returns from two open Senate seats show a governor’s blessing, a union list and a hometown legislator each delivering precisely their own ground and nothing past it
Winchester tracks canopy drop but relies on volunteers to clear invasive species
Volunteers with clippers pull tree of heaven each October, but public works reports zero removal requests this year
Winchester’s two Senate seats go to Uyterhoeven and Lipper-Garabedian
Two Democrats claim seats vacated by retiring incumbents; no Republican filed against them.
Markey outlasts the argument that his time was up
Moulton bet a Senate seat on generational change; the Democratic base wasn’t buying it
Polls close in Winchester's two open Senate races
Jehlen and Lewis leave together, with Somerville, Medford, Malden and Melrose left to decide who follows
When will Winchester Select Board address Bhayani vacancy?
Winchester has yet to publicly discuss a special election for the seat, which carries a term through March 2028
Forest Ridge bid returns with lower appraisal, developer under agreement
Conservation officials tell the Select Board a taking is possible; a town committee weighs the request Wednesday, ahead of a November vote
Winchester holds $600K for Eversource bills it hasn’t received
Comptroller Stacie Ward says the utility stopped invoicing the town in December; a shortfall could send a prior-year article to Town Meeting
Winchester Select Board renews town manager after motion stalls Aug. 10
Unanimous vote extends Christopher Senior's employment agreement through Dec. 31, 2027, and raises his pay to $235,750.
Winchester sets deadline for retiring with Medicare reimbursement
Roughly 88 employees are eligible to step away — the town has no estimate of how many will, or what unused vacation payouts could do to the spring budget.
Select Board backs seven Winchester projects seeking Community Preservation money
Endorsement clears tennis courts, a regional trail and 140 Town Hall balcony seats to continue through a review that could reach fall Town Meeting — but no funding has been awarded.
Winchester Select Board delays town manager’s contract renewal
Town Manager Christopher Senior cleared the performance bar his contract sets for a second year, but the Select Board did not renew him Aug. 10 after a motion to do so failed to draw a second. Senior’s first formal evaluation returned overall category ratings above the “satisfactory” mark required
Beacon Hill’s pace splits 5th Middlesex Senate candidates over deportations and audit
The forum revealed broad agreement on policy — and a more fundamental disagreement about whether Massachusetts government is moving fast enough to meet the moment.