Chamber event spotlights Winchester’s budget pressures and override plan
Officials outlined a multiyear plan to stabilize funding through updated fees, long-term liability planning and potential new revenue streams.
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Winchester minister Jane Ring Frank wins Lifetime Achievement Award
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
Winchester’s 3rd Annual Open Studios to be held Nov. 22
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,
Winchester football remains undefeated at 6-0 after second half comeback against Arlington
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
All-ages haunted house brings Halloween fun to downtown Winchester
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.
Winchester pitches in to save Authorfest event when schools close
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
Green Day Recycling to hold electronics recycling event Nov. 1 at St. Eulalia Parish parking lot
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
Winchester Community Music School to present songwriting workshop, ‘Fiddle Traditions’ concert
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
Sorry, professor, but supermarket managers deserve the next Nobel Prize in Economics
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
Winchester student volunteer organization has ‘Lion’s Heart’
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
Protestors of all ages rally in Winchester on No Kings Day
By Daisy Levine and Aayushi Datta Hundreds of people of all ages, many dressed in costumes and waving American flags, turned out Saturday at the Winchester Unitarian Society for the town’s No Kings protest. “This is what democracy looks like!” they chanted. The Oct. 18 rally drew more than
Goodwill opens new attended donation center in Winchester
The following was submitted by Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries: Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries has opened an Attended Donation Center at the Winchester Elks Lodge on Route 3, 375 Cambridge St., that provides residents of Winchester and neighboring towns a local, convenient way to reuse and recycle clothing and household goods.
McCall Middle Schooler Jack Ronan offers customized Wiffle ball bats
Thirteen-year-old Jack Ronan, an eighth-grade student at McCall Middle School, is a Wiffle ball expert. In his spare time, he makes customized bats for friends and local teams. Wiffle bats come in assorted colors, but they are unadorned. Ronan wanted to turn bats into something special, and he did. He
No Kings rally draws more than 800 people to Winchester
A crowd of more than 800 people gathered in front of the Winchester Unitarian Society church on Oct. 18 for a second No Kings Day rally. Protestors with signs and banners gathered at 478 Main St. early in the morning to “push back against authoritarian threats to democratic values,” according
Winchester volleyball sweeps away the competition with dominating performances
The Winchester High School girls volleyball team (16-0) is cruising to the postseason, and, if its last five matches are any indication of what lies ahead, November just might be a month to remember. The Red & Black not only won the five, but they did so convincingly by shutouts
Municipalities crank up the heat with report warning of financial ‘perfect storm
Sluggish local aid, limited taxation options headline analysis of fiscal constraints By Chris Lisinski, Commonwealth Beacon MANY MUNICIPALITIES find themselves caught in a “tightening vise” of financial pressures that are making it increasingly difficult to avoid cuts to local schools and services, according to a new report that could ramp