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A Borrowed Chef brings gourmet cooking to Winchester residents
Online menu makes it easy to order, pick up healthy meals for families on the go
Winchester’s Griffin Museum invites photographers to display their work
The Griffin Museum of Photography’s annual Winter Solstice Members Exhibition is back. Built entirely from unframed photographic prints submitted by the museum’s members, the exhibition will run from Dec. 11 to Jan. 10, 2027. Crista Dix, executive director at the Griffin Museum, said 305 prints were hung at
It’s NewsMatch season
NewsMatch is our biggest fundraising campaign of the year. NewsMatch provides matching funds (up to $15,000), partner funds for additional matching (we will receive up to an additional $3k in match dollars!) and goal-based bonuses to eligible and participating newsrooms. NewsMatch runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31
Winchester’s Ambrose PTO dons traffic cone costumes to promote safe school drop-off
Drop-off at Ambrose Elementary School is a short, but intense window of time. Cars line up, doors quickly open and slam shut as students hurry to class before the 8:25 a.m. bell rings. This school year, the Ambrose Parent Teacher Organization found a way to ease that
Winchester High School’s Farmers Market Club takes leadership role in community
It’s not out of the ordinary for a high school to have a Yearbook Club, Robotics Club and even Drama Club. But have you heard of the Farmers Market Club? At Winchester High School, the roughly 60 students who make up its Farmers Market Club collaborate with the town’
Fall into Books: Winchester hosts its 32nd Annual Authorfest
For two days and two days only, books will take center stage in Winchester as students and families get the special chance to meet the writers and illustrators behind some of their favorite novels. Winchester’s Authorfest returns Oct. 14 and 15 for its 32nd year, bringing 17 authors to
Mothers, a counselor and recovery coaches speak for four dead sons at Winchester vigil
Winchester resident Margaret Walsh had one child. She does not believe he could have been saved. “Robbie was never meant to be a day over 19,” she told the crowd on the Winchester Town Common on Sept. 30 . “He was never meant to go to college. This is just the
Winchester Energy Conservation Coordinator Susan McPhee receives League of Women Voters Civic Leadership Award
The League of Women Voters of Winchester awarded its 14th Civic Leadership Award to Susan McPhee, the town’s energy conservation coordinator of over 17 years and CEO of Spark Energy Conservation during a ceremony at the Lynch Elementary School on Sept. 22. McPhee has been credited with saving Winchester
Spirit Weekend returned to Winchester for its sixth year with new events, activities
Spirit Weekend marked its sixth year over the weekend. The annual event runs in conjunction with the Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation's annual road race, which occurred Sept. 20. The race honors Glen A. Doherty, a former Navy SEAL and Winchester resident who died in an attack on the
Ellen Knight retires after 15 years in Winchester archives
Musicologist, reporter and researcher, she spent four decades learning how scattered records fit together — and sees nobody coming up behind her.
Winchester, Explained: What’s the School Committee’s role in town government?
Editor’s Note: Earlier this summer, we sent our intern Xiyue Eric Han out to meet public officials in Winchester and ask them what they do when it comes to town government. Here’s what he found out. Most people in Winchester only hear about the School Committee (SC) when
Cool Science Club uses hands-on learning to help Winchester kids solve mysteries
An engagement ring is missing. But no worries. The kids at the Cool Science Club are on the case. That’s right, more than 50 kids in grades Pre-K to rising ninth graders spent the week of Aug. 24 not only investigating who swiped Mike “Mr. Mike” Awvisus’ prized
Winchester Public Library concludes summer reading program with lawn games
On a cloudy Saturday afternoon, about 20 children and parents scattered inside and outside the Winchester Public Library. On the main lawn, three kids whipped hula hoops around while on the sidewalk atop a hill, another tried to shake ping pong balls out of a tissue box while parents socialized
Network for Social Justice Summer Leadership Program lifts up student voices
The following was submitted by the Network for Social Justice: In the last week of July, 12 high school students from Winchester and Woburn gathered for a summer program focused on youth leadership. The program was developed and delivered by a team of people including staff of the Network for
Wright-Locke Farm celebrates another season of Family Farm Nights in Winchester
Around 200 parents and kids laid their picnic blankets on the lawn of Wright-Locke Farm on Aug. 11 as they sat down for the final Family Farm Night of this year. Kids gathered in front of the band to dance, sometimes with their parents and sometimes alone. Parents sat