The following was submitted by Susan McPhee and Fritzie Nace, Spark LLC. energy manager for the Town of Winchester: Winchester has proudly been a Green Communities municipality since 2010. The Green Communities Division is a part of the Mass. Department of Energy Resources (DOER) which provides grants, technical assistance and
Town Manager Christopher Senior cleared the performance bar his contract sets for a second year, but the Select Board did not renew him Aug. 10 after a motion to do so failed to draw a second. Senior’s first formal evaluation returned overall category ratings above the “satisfactory” mark required
The following was submitted by SCI Social Capital Inc.: On Friday, July 24, SCI Social Capital Inc.’s 2026 Summer Concert Series brought live music to Library Park in Woburn with The Swinging Ducks, an up-and-coming youth band from Winchester that performed a mix of jazz, oldies, and
Winchester named in top 10 hospitals in Metro Boston
The following was submitted by the Office of Sen. Jason Lewis: State Reps. Michael S. Day and Michelle Ciccolo and state Sen. Jason Lewis joined their colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature to establish a permanent, statewide “Blue Envelope” program, giving drivers with autism spectrum disorder a simple, clear way to
Legal documents Select Board members filed with the state — and later withdrew — explain what was happening behind the scenes during the permitting of 33 Mount Vernon St.
The Planning Board has tabled a discussion of a proposed development by the Treetop Group at 972 Main St. until its next meeting on Sept. 8. An abandoned muffler shop currently sits on the site. The Aug. 4 meeting was planned as a continuation of discussion from July when most
The Democratic Senate rivals traded allegations, sidestepped Massachusetts concerns and left several factual disputes unresolved ahead of the Sept. 1 primary.
Winchester Community Access & Media (WinCAM) is moving to the Parkhurst School. The decision was made over a month ago, but reality hit in July. As the WinCAM team and volunteers began to unpack boxes and set up shop in their new space, they also had a message for the
The following was submitted by the Winchester Chamber of Commerce: Thanks to the generosity of our community, downtown Winchester is blooming beautifully with over 100 hanging flower baskets. We are so grateful for the support of our major donors and everyone who has contributed so far. To continue this vibrant
The following was submitted by the Office of Sen. Jason Lewis: State Sen. Jason Lewis joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts Senate to pass an economic development package that lifts up small businesses and burgeoning industries, surges the production of new housing units through automatic two-family zoning, and reins
The following was submitted by Marla O’Neill: Winchester native Sean Bannon, a UMass Amherst graduate and first-year medical student in the fall, has just completed what is described as the world’s hardest triathlon, Arch-2-Arc. The triathlon begins with an 80-mile run from the Marble
The room was quiet, the chairs arranged in a circle, and for an hour, the conversation was the kind families rarely get to have: honest, unhurried and free of judgment about a subject too often kept behind closed doors. This new regional peer family support group is part of Learn
Winchester’s Select Board dropped to four members July 14, when Paras Bhayani’s resignation took effect, and neither the town charter nor its bylaws set a deadline for filling a seat whose term runs to March 2028. Bhayani served 16 months of the three-year term he won in
The following was submitted by the town of Winchester: Winchester officials are warning about an email scam whereby residents are receiving fraudulent invoices from the Planning Board. The town never requires payment by wire transfer - pay in person at Town Hall or by check filed with an application! Emails from
Six volunteer committee seats remain open in Winchester town government after two application windows closed earlier this month. The Cultural Council and both openings on the Retiree Health Insurance Advisory Committee have finished accepting applications; six postings from the Select Board’s summer recruitment push are still active, with the
