The Winchester Select Board recently voted to appoint Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane LLP as the town’s new legal counsel, concluding a monthlong search that drew three finalists and extensive board deliberation. The Quincy-based firm began its work ahead of Fall Town Meeting. Board members cited the firm’s
Town Meeting members will vote on an amendment to the town’s MBTA Overlay District that would bring affordable housing standards in line with the rest of Winchester while maintaining state compliance. Article 4, proposed by the Planning Board, would update the MBTA Overlay District — a zoning area that allows
One down, four to go for the Division 1 state championship. Those are the numbers that the Winchester High girls volleyball team and its Round of 32 playoff winners are looking at right now. The Red & Black (20-1) started the postseason as the seventh seed in the final power
It’s all about making the state tournament — and that is what fall high school athletes work for since cutting their summer vacations short in late August to get ready for the season. Winchester is fortunate to have talented athletes to reach that goal the majority of the time, with
Austin Whitman has the unusual distinction of serving on a non-existent town committee. “I ran into I-Ching Scott [former Planning Board member] who introduced me to David Miller, who was on the Conservation Committee,” he says. “Miller told me that the Permanent Street Tree Committee had gone dormant.” Still, Whitman
The Winchester High girls soccer team (14-2-2) finished up the regular season over the past couple of weeks with an unbeaten record of six wins and one tie, and it couldn’t have come at better time with the Division 1 state tournament beginning next week. The playoff pairings are
With one more regular season game left on the schedule before the start of the Division 2 Super Bowl playoffs on Friday, Nov. 7, the Winchester High football team (7-0) — currently the fourth seed in the power rankings — kept on powering past another Middlesex League foe, when it dominated host
The following was submitted by the Network for Social Justice: What does “community” mean for you? In a fast-paced, digitally-driven world, it can be challenging to find ways to genuinely connect with people who live right around the actual, and figurative, corner. Whether you’re new to town or have
By Peter G. Engeldrum & William Swanton It all started at a Winchester Historical meeting. Winchester residents William Swanton and Peter Engeldrum were chatting about the Middlesex Canal as the conversation drifted toward Engeldrum’s latest film about Winchester’s boundary markers. Engeldrum was explaining to Swanton that he could
The following was submitted by the Office of Sen. Jason Lewis: State Sen. Jason Lewis will be holding office hours in Winchester on Monday, Nov. 10, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Winchester Public Library, 80 Washington St. Any Winchester resident is welcome to attend office hours, with
Winchester town officials are coming together to support two articles on the Fall Town Meeting warrant that would allow for the renovation and sale of a house at 160 Forest St. The Historical Commission this week unanimously voted to support both Article 28 and Article 29 in order to fund
The following was submitted by Jules Children’s Boutique: Local clothing boutiques Jules Children's Boutique, 560 Main St., and Jules Women’s Boutique, 3 Thompson St., in Winchester, are excited to launch their first-annual clothing drive, “Fashion It Forward,” benefiting Cradles to Crayons Greater Boston. The campaign runs
The following was submitted by Arts Winchester: Arts Winchester is excited to introduce four new sculptures to the Winchester Riverwalk. On the week of Sept. 15, two new sculptures were installed in time for the Spirit Weekend activities. “Evolution” by R Douglas Rice was installed behind the Jenks, replacing “Waterfowl.
The following was submitted by Nouvelle Maison: Nouvelle Maison, Winchester’s destination for great coffee, fine provisions, wine and community events, is excited to announce it will be celebrating its one-year anniversary with a big Tasting Extravaganza on Saturday, Nov. 1, from 2-5 p.m. Nouvelle Maison opened one year
While Massachusetts communities have the ability to recall an elected official, thanks to their charters, the state itself has no such mechanism. That means the governor, state legislators, district attorneys, sheriffs and county commissioners cannot be removed unless voters decide not to re-elect them. According to the National Conference of
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
