Music, dancers, food — and the Patriots? No, it wasn’t Town Day. It was the grand opening of Karma Asian Fusion restaurant. Although the eatery had a soft opening on Sept. 26, it wasn’t until Tuesday that residents gathered at 16 Thompson St. for the official ribbon cutting. “We’
If voters remember to do only one thing on Election Day, Community Preservation Act organizers hope it will be to flip over the ballot. The CPA question is number 6 on the ballot. It comes after five statewide questions about auditing the Legislature, MCAS, Uber drivers, tipped wages and psychedelic
Winchester News and Town Common have combined efforts to bring readers a calendar highlighting certain events happening in town. The calendar, which can be found here, is maintained by Town Common and submissions for inclusion can be sent to Peter Pulsifer at calendar@towncommon.org. This featured events calendar is
The Crawford Memorial United Methodist Church, normally empty on a Saturday, was uncharacteristically full of fold-out tables, puppies, and poodles this past weekend. The reason? The Massachusetts-based dog rescue Last Hope K9 Rescue was holding an adoption event in the church’s multipurpose room. The Greater Boston-based nonprofit, which relies
It’s official. Winchester News has received its nonprofit status. For the past 16 months, Winchester News has been able to receive tax deductible donations through its fiscal sponsor, the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN). The donations were received by INN as an established 501(c)(3) to be held
Town officials have submitted two articles for the November Town Meeting having to do with zoning. The Planning Board on Sept. 23 offered changes to the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) bylaw passed in November 2022 after Gov. Maura Healey on Aug. 6 signed the Affordable Homes Act into law, authorizing
The following was submitted by the Town of Winchester: The General Election will be held Tuesday, Nov, 5 at Winchester High School for all precincts, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Early voting will be held in the Winchester Room, 1st floor, Town Hall on the following dates/
The following was submitted by the Health Department: The Winchester Health Department will be holding several public flu clinics in October and November, with more COVID vaccination clinics still to be announced. Clinics will take place on the following dates: • Oct 9: High-Dose flu shots and updated COVID-19 shots. Those
Despite the closing of the Town Warrant, Select Board Chair Michelle Prior will be submitting an article regarding Finance Committee members serving on other boards, commissions and committees after the board failed to act on the proposal at a recent meeting. The warrant closed Sept. 23, the same night the
Winchester town officials earlier this week approved more than $200,000 in ARPA funds for local organizations and another $1.3 million for the high school gym floor replacement project. “We need to release these funds,” Chair Michelle Prior said before the discussion began on Sept. 23. The Select Board
Cynthia Randall has a bit of a reputation. She’s a hardworking and dedicated volunteer with the Winchester Cultural District and if you’re ever in a bind, she’s the one who can usually fix things. “I know how to do this,” says Randall, of her well-earned moniker as
The group of students picked their candy: Skittles, Nerds, maybe Mentos? They mixed in solutions, filtered them and suddenly different colors streamed into carefully set up beakers. A burst of excitement went up as the science experiment went exactly as predicted. But these students weren’t your average everyday high
The following was submitted by the office of Sen. Jason Lewis: State Sens. Jason Lewis and Pat Jehlen and state Reps. Michael Day and Michelle Ciccolo joined their colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature to pass an animal welfare bill that bans the use of elephants, big cats, bears, primates, and
If you’re not sure what to do this weekend, fear not — it’s Spirit Weekend in Winchester. “We have a full weekend of events,” said Winchester Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Dana Garmey. “There is a lot going on.” Spirit Weekend came into focus a few years ago, Garmey
Ian Sexton has only been in town for a few weeks, but Winchester’s new assistant town planner already feels at home. “I’m very excited to be here and I’m ready to get to work for the town of Winchester,” Sexton said, sitting in a conference room in
Sen. Pat Jehlen received the New England Innocence Project (NEIP) Arc of Justice award for her years of dedicated service supporting wrongfully convicted people and their families at the annual storytelling event, Voices of the Innocent, on Sept. 12 at City Winery Boston. Jehlen told the News that in 2004
