The following was submitted by Prassede Calabi on behalf of the Fast Forest committee: The WIN Fast Forest planting event set for April 20 has been re-scheduled to May 4, with a rain date of May 5. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Local businesses can now recycle in town after the Select Board set a commercial recycling fee at $155 per ton. “This would be a break-even rate for the town,” said Transfer Station Coordinator Nicholas Parlee in a memo to the board. The rate will only run through June 30, ending
The following was submitted by Sen. Jason Lewis’s office: State Sen. Jason Lewis will be holding evening, virtual office hours on Tuesday, April 16, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. These office hours will replace regularly scheduled virtual office hours which are canceled on April 15 due
When it comes to the Lynch School project, Pond Street residents are perplexed and concerned their voices are not being heard. School Committee Chair Tom Hopcroft told the Select Board last week that when Town Meeting voted in 2023 to appropriate $400,000 aimed at funding engineering services associated with
As Earth Month rolls around once more, you may hear the familiar calls to “reduce, reuse, recycle.” While many people might want to do something, they don’t know what’s really going to make a difference. How to be sure residents are not falling for a scam or “greenwashing?
Designs for the school traffic improvement project around Lynch Elementary School are set to be a prominent topic of discussion during Town Meeting, but some residents in the neighborhood surrounding the school argue that the improvements do not go far enough in addressing high vehicle speeds on Pond Street. “It’
The following was submitted by the League of Women Voters of Winchester: On Tuesday, April 23, The League of Women Voters of Winchester is proud to present a showing of the documentary film, “GIRL TALK,” beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Winchester Public Library, 80 Washington St., in
High school seniors have so little time on their hands, and yet two Winchester High School students invented a way to keep useless computers, cell phones, electronic cables and other electronic waste out of landfills.
The following was submitted by Adam Allen-Rogers: Winchester-based startup AI Fit has been named a finalist ahead of the South East final of the UK StartUp Awards. The UK StartUp Awards was launched to recognize the booming start-up scene across the UK, which has accelerated over the last few years
Winchester school officials this week have suspended a student responsible for hateful graffiti directed at the Armenian community that was discovered on a whiteboard at the High School on March 29. Winchester Police Department conducted an investigation into the matter. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank Hackett declined to speak on
The following was submitted by the Network for Social Justice: On Monday, March 25, the Leaders for an Equitable Tomorrow (LET) program welcomed teens, parents, and community members from Woburn and Winchester to a panel discussion on Healthy Approaches to Post-High School Pathways. Hosted at the James L. McKeown Boys
Latest in the series. Retired 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 was a bit confusing
The proposed seven-lot subdivision on Forest Street in Winchester has received preliminary approval from the Planning Board, but the project still has a long way to go. Town Planner Taylor Herman outlined the two-step process for subdivision approval, explaining the developers, Sunnybank Enterprises, LLC, have only completed the first step
The Winchester High School Red and Black faced off against St. John’s Prep Eagles at TD Garden in the 2024 Boys Ice Hockey Finals in March. While Winchester lost the bout 3-2 in the final “second of regulation time” (footage revealed on social media afterwards proved that the final
The Community Preservation Act (CPA) Study Committee has taken stakeholder concerns to heart. The committee voted last week to approve and present a bylaw warrant article — subject to minor amendments/edits with counsel — to the Select Board for approval, which would establish the Community Preservation Committee (CPC). Co-chairs of the
The following was submitted by the office of Sen. Jason Lewis: State Sen. Jason Lewis and Patricia Jehlen and state Rep. Michael Day and Michelle Ciccolo are pleased to announce the town of Winchester will receive an additional $4,965,089 in state funding to support the construction of the
