The following was submitted by the Winchester Arts Council: On Thursday, Aug. 22, Winchester residents have a special opportunity to see and meet local artists. Meet-the-artist receptions will take place at four locations around town, featuring six different artists: oil painters Joan Baldwin and Lucia Rubini, watercolorist Carolyn Latanision and
The following was submitted by the Winchester Community Music School: Winchester Community Music School (WCMS) is pleased to announce the return of MusicFest, its annual fall open house, on Sunday, Sept. 8, from 2-4 p.m., 407 Highland Ave. All are welcome to attend this free event and to enjoy
It’s August and the gardens around Winchester continue to deliver. We asked you to send us photos of whatever is growing in your garden and you sent us quite a few. If you missed out, you can still send us a photo. Send ONE photo as an attachment to
It’s a drizzly, tropical Friday and Deborah Maida is maneuvering two frisky golden brown puppies, Cooper and Jesse, around Horn Pond in Woburn. Despite the intermittent rain, it’s a great day for a walk, but for Maida it’s all business, even if that business does include lots
The following information was provided by the Town Clerk’s office: The State Primary is on Tuesday, Sept. 3, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Early Voting for the Sept. 3 State Primary will be held in the Winchester Room, 1st floor, Town Hall. The
If you were planning to pick raspberries this summer, you’ll be disappointed. The Wright-Locke Farm newsletter has announced the farm will no longer allow the activity. “While change isn’t always easy, it is critical to improve,” the newsletter says. “U-Pick raspberries have been a staple of Wright-Locke Farm
It’s official. Winchester’s new MBTA 3A Overlay District has passed muster with the state and is open for business. On Aug. 12, the town received a letter from the Attorney General’s Office that confirms Winchester’s new zoning bylaw. Town Meeting voted overwhelmingly on April 29 to
On a bright Saturday morning, Conant Road resident Marianne DiBlasi is scooting around the farmers market, chatting with vendors and customers alike. As president of the Farmers Market Community Hub, DiBlasi makes it her business to find out how the market is doing, and buying herself some of the goods
Winchester Police were on the scene at Spring Street this morning, Aug. 15, after a Federal Express truck struck a utility pole. The truck also took out a tree. Early speculation is that the truck was trying to avoid Nelson Street, which is closed off for construction. Eversource responded to
Residents may have noticed QR codes on signs downtown and as the old ads used to say, “There’s an app for that.” Hoverlay is its name, and it’s a free cellphone app which allows users to see invisible art all over the town of Winchester. Penn Road resident
Mary New continues to share some of the photos she takes when she’s out in her Wolcott Terrace backyard abutting the Middlesex Fells.
A reader recently asked Winchester News what can be recycled in the community. In Arlington, where trash is picked up weekly, black plastic isn’t allowed in the recycle bins, but in Winchester it’s a different story. “Black plastic makes up a fairly small percentage of the recyclable material
Latest in the series. Photographer Frank Siteman has taken photos of places downtown, and your job is to guess where they were taken. If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put How well in the subject line. Last time we had only one winner.
The following was submitted by the office of Sen. Pat Jehlen: Gov. Maura Healey in early August signed into law an act relative to salary range transparency, which increases equity and transparency in pay by requiring employers to disclose salary ranges and protecting an employee’s right to ask for
There is a change in the lineup for the Winchester Sports Foundation Hall of Fame Dinner and organizers are hoping it will be a slam dunk. “We’re excited this year,” said WSF Hall of Fame board member John Fleming. “First, we have a great group of inductees going in
The following was submitted by the office of Sen. Jason Lewis: State Sens. Jason Lewis and Pat Jehlen and state Reps. Michael Day and Michelle Ciccolo are pleased to announce they secured $150,000 for various local priorities in Winchester as part of the final Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Massachusetts
