Muraco wins state Safe Routes to School award
Silver level award given for Walk to School program
Features
Walk & Roll aims to bring safer streets to Winchester’s walkers, bikers
What’s the strangest place you’ve seen Winchester residents leave their bikes? Flopped over on the sidewalk? In a doorway? How about the rotary downtown? All those places — and more — have seen their fair share of bikes temporarily parked by residents who have nowhere else to leave them. And
Steel pan’s Trinidadian roots take the stage at Winchester’s AfroCaribe Festival
Inside the Griffin Museum, Debra “Sista Dee” Smith stood in white before a small seated audience, a projected image of a hammered steel drum behind her, and corrected an error she said follows the instrument nearly everywhere it travels. “A lot of people don’t know that it’s from
Winchester Cooperative Theatre wraps up summer camp with ‘Mean Girls Jr.’
Using a cast of 70, the Winchester Cooperative Theatre for Children staged the musical “Mean Girls Jr.’ in the high school auditorium at the end of its summer camp program. “It’s always this big because people come back year after year,” program alumnus, show choreographer and assistant director Sarah
Winchester residents celebrate summer at Concerts on the Common
Hotter than normal temperatures and poor air quality from wildfires in Canada have pushed back Concerts on the Common this summer. But as the heat dropped and the air cleared, Winchester residents showed up on the Town Common on July 23 to rock out with Surfhenge, a band made up
Vincent Dixon turned losing campaigns, dead bills and public-access TV into one long civics class
For 35 years, he entered races, filed legislation by request and used local television to keep civics in public view.
Griffin opens its Vision(ary) 2026 exhibit in Winchester
The Griffin Museum of Photography is hosting its sixth installment of the Vision(ary) exhibit, with the theme this year focusing on advocacy and social activism in light of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. The exhibit runs until Sep 27 and features 28 photographers’ takes on the theme
‘Superman’ actor Anthony Carrigan visits Winchester Cooperative Theater summer camp program
Winchester native says program gave him the foundation for his acting career
Marblehead author Eric Jay Dolin reconstructs a shipwreck that waited 20 years for him
Eric Jay Dolin would rather ask the questions. He describes himself as an introvert, someone who keeps a conversation pointed away from himself and listens more than he talks. It is a strange temperament for a man who will spend much of this summer on stages — by his own count,
2026 Winchester Kids PMC Ride is the most successful in its 12-year history
The rays beamed down on the first sunny day of summer as hundreds of riders piled behind the start line under an arch of blue, navy and white balloons. Supporters throughout shouted in support as the riders flooded out. The 12th edition of the Winchester PMC Kids Ride occurred on
Winchester’s civic beat keeps 16-year-old Eric Han busy
Too young to vote, old enough to sit through the budget meeting and tell you what it means.
Winchester School Committee chair Tim Matthews honored with inaugural Commonwealth Pride Award
Supporters say his advocacy in Winchester extends beyond schools, including work tied to the town’s Human Rights Commission.
Winchester residents celebrate Pride at first Tea Dance
To the tune of ‘70s disco, 30 people gathered in the Griffin Museum of Photography for a tea dance event Sunday afternoon. The event, done in collaboration with the Network for Social Justice, was held June 14, from 2 to 5 p.m. and was hosted in the outdoor area
PHOTOS: Winchester’s Mill Pond draws heron
There are times in life when we should stop and enjoy the world around us. We here at Winchester News were reminded of that this week when a photographer named Raphaelle Cruz sent us this lovely note: “Hello! I am a photographer working out of Lincoln, Massachusetts. I frequently come
Glitter, sticky notes and a call to keep fighting: Winchester marks sixth annual PRIDEfest
On a display board near the middle of the Winchester Town Common, a question waited in marker: “What do you wish people understood?” By Thursday evening the sticky-note answers had multiplied. “Everyone deserves love and respect.” “Identities aren’t fixed.” “Be you! And be rainbow.” One read simply, “There
Cross Street Veterinary Hospital brings independent pet care back to Winchester
New clinic open at 95 Cross St., hosting June 28 open house event