By Alison Swallow July 13, 2023. At the most recent meeting of the Conservation Commission on Tuesday July 11th, Behavioral Ecologist Dr. Prassede Calabi addressed the commission on behalf of a group of Winchester residents seeking to discourage the use of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs). Calabi asked if the
By Peter Cheimets July 13, 2023. A few days ago, my wife Karen Benedek and I were trying to get in a walk between downpours when we came upon a mallard duck standing on Arlington Street quacking at a near hysterical pitch. We quickly determined that the duck was calling
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 Jack LeMenager July 10, 2023. In a year that has seen retirements of several long-time Winchester town staff members and managers, yet another one has served his last day. On June 30, veteran Winchester Building Commissioner and Zoning Enforcement Officer Al Wile bid adieu to his department and
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.
By Hilda Wong-Doo, Guest Contributor, Winchester Cultural District Managing Partnership Chair The summer season is underway in the Winchester Cultural District with outdoor art and events all season! The Griffin Museum of Photography launched its fourth annual Photoville x Winchester exhibition with Photoville cubes, Photosynthesis and Our Town on
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
Special to the News by Fred Yen The Winchester Farmers Market will begin the new school season with its fifth Organizations Fair on September 9, from 9:30 to 1:30. Between 40 and 50 organizations and faith communities will be on hand to welcome shoppers and anyone interested in
Special to the News by Fred Yen The Winchester Farmers Market will begin the new school season with its fifth Organizations Fair on September 9, from 9:30 to 1:30. Between 40 and 50 organizations and faith communities will be on hand to welcome shoppers and anyone interested in
By Richard Rohan, Guest Contributor, Precinct 2 Town Meeting representative, Master Plan Implementation Committee June 18, 2023. At its June 13th meeting, the Winchester Planning Board heard a presentation from Chair Diab Jerius regarding new state regulations under Chapter 40A Section 3A, the so-called MBTA or Section 3A zoning.
By Tara Hughes June 15, 2023. On a sunlit Thursday evening after much wet weather, the McCall Middle School eight-graders became high school freshmen. Friends, family and caretakers were welcomed to the outdoor ceremony by Principal James Lin’s opening remarks and then students greeted the crowd in Spanish,
