Town Day turns Winchester Center into a daylong reunion
Winchester’s annual celebration began with the Jaycees in the 1970s, later revived in 1982 and still guided by longtime volunteers.
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Winchester High School graduates the Class of 2026
Winchester High School graduated 370 students in the Class of 2026 on Friday, June 5, 2026. The following is a list of all the students who graduated: Milla Viktoria Aberg, Felix Daniel Sullivan Abruzzese, Benjamin Michael Acker, Sarah Marjorie Adams, Jack William Allen, Emil Bernard Altaras, Sydney Gwendolyn Andella, Anamaria
Network for Social Justice expands events to celebrate Pride in Winchester
The Network of Social Justice is teaming up with other organizations this June to bring a variety of events to Winchester for Pride month. The organization will be hosting five Pride events throughout the month while partnering with the Family Action Network of Winchester (FAN), the First Congregational Church of
Winchester High School Class of 2026 struts its stuff during the Promenade
Remember that song “It’s Raining on Prom Night” from the musical “Grease?” Well, it was blue skies and warm weather on June 2 as Winchester High School’s Class of 2026 strutted their stuff before a gathered crowd of friends and family for the Promenade. The Promenade is a
Winchester High School seniors go back to where it all began during Senior Walk
The littlest students lined the first floor hallway May 28, cheering and holding their hands out for, well in most cases, a low five slap as Winchester High School’s soon-to-be graduates poured through the hallways while Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration” played in the background. It was Senior
Just A Minute Festival born in Winchester opens global voting
The original problem, back in 2008, was dead air.
Winchester residents turn out to honor veterans during wet Memorial Day ceremonies
The VFW Post 3719 led the Memorial Day parade through Winchester Center on Monday, May 25 to honor those who served and died in the U.S. military. Attendees and marchers gathered in front of the Winchester Center MBTA station at 9 a.m. before walking down Laraway Street at
Winchester Meals on Wheels is town’s best kept secret
It’s been around for nearly 50 years, but many Winchester residents either don’t know about it or mistake it for another similar program. And that sometimes makes the mission of reaching out to those in need or finding volunteers to drive and drop off meals a bit more
Winchester High School students teach first-graders about Galapagos tortoises
A trip to the Galapagos Islands by WHS students has turned into a learning experience for them and Winchester first-graders.
Winchester celebrates En Ka with annual parade
The bright sunny skies brought Winchester residents out for the annual En Ka Parade on May 16. Winchester organizations gathered at the high school early in the morning to find their places for the parade. Among them, was our very own Winchester News board...and of course, our mascot Roscoe,
Winchester High School Girls Gotta Run club hosting self-defense fundraiser for Ethiopian girls
Winchester High School’s Girls Gotta Run club will be hosting a fundraiser, where profits go towards self-defense classes for girls in Ethiopia. Girls Gotta Run will hold a self-defense course fundraiser on May 19, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at Winchester High School, with physical
OPINION: Winchester’s Sanborn Carriage House has a grand old heritage
The Sanborn Carriage House has been in the news lately, with the recent Town Meeting voting in favor of its preservation following decades of disuse and neglect. An important piece of Winchester’s architectural history, the building completes the story of one of the town’s most ambitious families. Winchester
Winchester Community Music School celebrates Music MAYnia
The following was submitted by the Winchester Community Music School: On Sunday, May 3, Winchester Community Music School welcomed over 1,000 members of the community to its 17th annual “Music MAYnia” festival, which is held every year on the first Sunday of May. This open house and performathon features
Winchester church pulls out all the stops to find young organists
Church services are filled with music, whether that be a choir singing hymns or a bellowing organ or dulcet piano that accompanies it. Music is a crucial part of church services to most people. But for three Winchester families, the sanctuary pipe organ in the gallery of the Parish of
Winchester Community Music School is halfway to opening of new concert hall, expansion space
If you walk into the Winchester Community Music School (WCMS) on any afternoon, you will hear the chatter of families and students rushing to and from lessons, the far off toots and squeals of instruments being tuned and the soaring notes of music being played. What you won’t hear
G.R. Nowell & Son named Winchester Chamber of Commerce’s first Business of the Year
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce is giving its first Business of the Year award to G.R. Nowell & Son. The company has been a Winchester staple for almost 100 years. Many in the community know it by its orange trucks. George Russell Nowell started the company in 1928 as