The local news crisis has led to no end of policy proposals, funding initiatives and angry denunciations of the harm done to journalism by the likes of Craigslist, Google and Facebook. Ideas for responding to the crisis include paying recent journalism school graduates with state tax revenues to cover underserved
The following was submitted by the Winchester Home and Garden Club: The Winchester Home and Garden Club is thrilled to celebrate Winchester’s own Art in Bloom at the Sanborn House Historical and Cultural Center, 15 High St., Winchester, on Thursday, April 4. During this event, the talents of local
The following was submitted by Kid’s Corner: On Saturday, April 6, Kids’ Corner will host its 5th Annual Epic Night Out Fundraiser at the Woburn Country Club, from 7-10:30 p.m. Come have a great night out with your friends and neighbors: enjoy food, drinks, dancing, games and
A growing number of businesses in Winchester are designating parking spots for electric vehicle owners in an effort to make it easier for residents to make the switch to electric. Steve Bonnell, president of Bonnell Ford on Cambridge Street, has begun to take steps in playing his part, adding nine
Winchester Chamber of Commerce served up nine candidates for public office at a candidates’ breakfast Wednesday morning, March 13. he event was held in the All-Season Barn at Wright Locke Farm and was attended by about 50 residents. Those candidates on the panel were Select Board hopefuls Dorothy Simboli, Mike
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 we had several winners.
When Paul Manganaro brought an amateur boxing event to Town Hall about seven years ago, Paul Goodrich was in the audience. “And I thought it was a very electric, awesome, fun night and it raised a lot of money,” said Goodrich, who is vice president of the Winchester Sports Foundation.
If you’ve driven to the transfer station lately, you might not have noticed a small camera sitting atop a telephone pole at the entrance. Or if you noticed, you might have thought it was just another security camera. Nope. It’s the town’s new plate reader, which allows
The following was submitted by the Town Manager's Office: On Wednesday, March 13, from 7-9 p.m., the town of Winchester will hold a public forum to update the prior Housing Production Plan to discuss the needs of young adults, seniors, cost-burdened households, and the workforce; update housing
The four candidates vying for the two three-year seats on the Winchester Select Board disagreed very little at a public forum hosted by the Winchester League of Women Voters on March 7, as the evening unfolded as more of a cordial discussion among individuals who shared similar perspectives on the
The following was submitted by the Winchester Cooperative Theatre for Children: The Winchester Cooperative Theatre is thrilled to announce its upcoming spring 2024 performance of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” live at McCall Middle School, 458 Main St., Winchester, on Friday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday,
Between them, they have almost 80 years of experience working for the town. But as of March 15, they’ll say good-bye and head for greener pastures. “Well, Paul will,” says Jim Gibbons, water and sewer operations manager. “I’ll still be around part time, about 15 hours a week
There are so many ways to help folks who have limited resources, and Squire Road resident Chelvan “Chevy” Vithiananthan discovered on a trip to his Sri Lanka home town that kids there need soccer equipment — as well as funding for a girls’ soccer coach. So he started asking both on
Winchester residents came out to the polls for the primary on March 5 and cast their votes for state and national office. According to preliminary results from the Town Clerk's office, Joe Biden and Nikki Haley won Winchester voters with 30% of registered voters turning out, about 5,
The Winchester League of Women Voters is hosting two candidate forums in the Jenks Center, 109 Skillings Road, ahead of the March 26 election. “The debates will give candidates a chance to outline their priorities if elected and answer voter questions,” said League member Marie Lee, the debate organizer. The
The following was submitted by Sen. Jason Lewis's office: Sen. Jason Lewis joined colleagues in the Massachusetts Senate to pass the Healthy Youth Act, which would ensure that Massachusetts public schools electing to teach sexual health education curriculum use age-appropriate, inclusive, medically accurate, and research-based information on sex,
