Town Meeting pulled out its checkbook Monday night, passing articles from the spring warrant focusing on Winchester’s fiscal and capital needs. The evening marked the first time the Capital Planning Committee has submitted separate articles to Town Meeting that are not included in the “yellow sheets” in order to
The following was submitted by the office of Sen. Jason Lewis: State Sen. Jason Lewis joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts Senate to protect residents and consumers from predatory tactics and promote fairer interactions with businesses in the state, passing three bills that would ban third-party residential electric suppliers, enhance
The first hurdle in the passage of the Community Preservation Act was cleared Thursday night as Town Meeting voted overwhelmingly 132 to 21 to place the measure on the ballot in November. The town’s adoption of the Community Preservation Act — a state law passed in 2000 that enables Bay
The question of will they or won’t they vote to adopt the MBTA 3A Overlay District or put it off until the fall is now moot. On Monday night, Town Meeting voted to approve the zoning bylaw 129 to 31, with two 2 abstentions. The zoning proposal is intended
Winchester needs more money: The town faces a $1.89 million structural deficit and a backlog of capital projects in the multiple millions. And the town’s adoption of the Community Preservation Act — a state law that enables Bay State communities to raise funds for open space, historic preservation, affordable
With just days before the start of Spring Town Meeting, Winchester officials are holding public hearings to give residents the opportunity to ask questions or comment on the 37 articles on the warrant. Town Manager Beth Rudolph held a hearing April 24, addressing the articles on the warrant with the
The following was submitted by the Winchester Health Department: Winchester has joined the Minuteman Household Hazardous Products collaborative. Residents now have eight (8) free opportunities to dispose of their household hazardous waste in nearby Lexington, one day each month from April to November. The following dates are available, with five
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
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
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 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 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
Residents who stepped out to do their public duty and vote last week also got a chance to check out the first public airing of the town’s Downtown Improvement Project. Addressing three areas, Main Street, Quill Rotary and the triangle south of the Post Office, Kathleen Ogden Fasser, senior
When Town Manager Beth Rudolph announced last week that two open positions on the Conservation Commission had been filled, she thanked William Band and Tracy Olson for stepping up. But it turns out Winchester needs more residents to follow suit. Town Hall Administrative Assistant Patty Mihelich said she has a
The Community Preservation Act (CPA) will be on the Town Meeting warrant for this spring. It was previously put to Town Meeting for a vote to allow it to move to town-wide ballot through a citizen petition, but failed to pass at the time. This time, the Select Board is