The following was submitted by Randie Black-Schaffer: Winchester Scout Troop #507 spent the morning at Elliot Park on Saturday building picnic tables for the park. After a microburst in May destroyed one picnic table at Wedge Pond, Randie Black-Schaffer asked Scout leaders about building more tables. The Select Board approved
What’s one of the biggest problems facing the Middlesex Fells Reservation? Believe it or not, dog poop bags. That’s right. The problem has proliferated the state’s recreation areas as more and more residents enjoy the great outdoors with their pets and in instances they pick up after
The regular season is now over for the Winchester High School boys and girls cross-country teams. In their last two meets, the girls (5-1) lost to Lexington at Horn Pond on Oct. 14, 16-44, while beating Reading the following week on Oct. 21 at Reading’s Town Forest, 16-47. The
From haunted mazes to eerie experiments and creative candy swaps, Winchester residents have no shortage of spooky fun this Halloween season. Local businesses and community groups are pulling out all the stops to bring both family-friendly and fright-filled activities to town. Here are a few highlights: Mahoney’s Haunted Maze
Sometimes a regular season loss is a good thing for any team that has state championship aspirations, especially against a club that more than likely they will be seeing down the road deep into the playoffs. The Winchester High School volleyball team (18-1) is facing that situation head-on right now
Winchester Highlands resident Holly Khalil has always been passionate about art, she says. “I had a wonderful high school teacher who encouraged us to find our voice,” she says. “I majored in economics and art at Emory University but really didn’t do much art, but now it’s a
Officials outlined a multiyear plan to stabilize funding through updated fees, long-term liability planning and potential new revenue streams.
Everyone wants to be the best in their chosen field — or at least recognized, right? Turns out First Congregational Church’s Minister of Worship and the Arts Jane Ring Frank achieved that milestone without even realizing it. Choral Arts New England has named Frank the 2025 Life Time Achievement award
The following was submitted by Arts Winchester: Mark your calendars for Winchester’s 3rd Annual Open Studios on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s artists will be displaying small to large works in many different forms and media including paintings, drawings, photography,
The high school football playoffs are only a couple of weeks away, and the Winchester Red & Black (6-0) are among one of the favorites to sweep November. That’d propel them to the Division 2 Super Bowl game at Gillette Stadium in December. To that end, the Winchester boys
The following was submitted by the Winchester Unitarian Society: Looking for some extra fun this Halloween season? The Winchester Unitarian Society is thrilled to be hosting a Haunted House for all ages this year on Friday, Oct. 31 and Saturday, Nov. 1, from 6-9 p.m., at 478 Main St.
By Maggie Vande Vrede On the eve of Authorfest, when it was announced that schools would be closed the next day, the Winchester Foundation for Educational Excellence’s Board and the Winchester community jumped into action to save the event. Authorfest had been set for Oct. 10, when 20 authors
The following was submitted by Green Day Recycling: On Saturday, Nov. 1, Green Day Recycling will be hosting an electronics recycling event from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at St. Eulalia Parish parking lot, 50 Ridge St., Winchester. Green Day Recycling will be accepting all electronics, appliances, ANYTHING with
The following was submitted by the Winchester Community Music School: Mark your calendars for the following two upcoming events at the Winchester Community Music School: • Oct. 25: “Inspiration, Process & Craft: Songwriting Workshop with Rachel Sumner,” from 3-4:30 p.m. This 90-minute workshop is for any musician who wants
Since the Nobel Prize in Economics was established in the late 1960s, some notable – and at times controversial – names have scooped the annual honor, luminaries such as Milton Friedman, Joseph Stiglitz, and John Forbes Nash, the troubled math whiz portrayed by Russell Crowe to Oscar-winning effect in the 2001 film
For the past four summers, Arts Winchester (AWI) has organized the summer sidewalk art exhibit featuring artwork by professional and student artists exhibited on 45 adhesive panels in downtown Winchester. Each year, the de-installation of the exhibit is hard work usually done by a handful of AWI Board members who
