Special to the News from Town Planner Taylor Herman Nov. 18, 2023 An in-person interactive workshop will be held by the town Planning Board on Tuesday Nov. 21 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Jenks Center. These initiatives have their roots in the Winchester Master Plan 2030
By Alison Swallow Nov. 18, 2023 At the final session of Fall Town Meeting on Thursday night, members heard an update on the town’s progress towards adopting the Community Preservation Act (CPA), a state-sponsored program that helps towns raise funds for a variety of capital projects. According to member
Mary New has offered to share some of the photos she takes when she's out in her Wolcott Terrace backyard abutting the Middlesex Fells. Mary sent us this information about her hobby: Hi, I'm Mary New, a Winchester resident since 2004. I have lived next to
By Prassede Calabi July 25, 2023. Final approvals were granted to residents to plant a “fast” forest at Wright-Locke Farm. A group called Grow Local for the Planet is partnering with the Winchester Conservation Commission and Wright-Locke Farm. They will restore agricultural wetlands by Locke Pond to mature forest, using
By Jim Hassett July 17, 2023. The artificial intelligence program ChatGPT has been widely publicized for its ability to instantly answer any question you might ask. It can even write marketing brochures, term papers, legal documents, newspaper articles, and more. To test the program for the Winchester News, I typed
Pruning of Historic Oak on Town Common by Reed Pugh in June 2023 On Friday, April 28th, Barrett Tree Service East volunteered a crew of four arborists and their largest bucket truck to prune the beautiful and massive Red Oak on Town Common. Each year on Arbor Day, many arborists,
May 10 Information Meeting at the Library, 7pm. Watch directly on YouTube.