For the first time in its history, the Winchester Foundation for Educational Excellence (WFEE) dedicated its annual road race to a person, thanks to the urging of three Winchester High School students and their civics project. Jack McCarthy, along with fellow sophomores Gabriella Fantini and Zoe Maclin, and junior Sharanya
Town Manager Beth Rudolph will step down from her role Sept. 3, ending a 20-year tenure that began in the engineering office and culminated with her leading the community through some of its most challenging periods. Select Board Chair Michelle Prior announced Rudolph’s departure during the July 14 board
The Winchester Select Board on Monday approved nearly $11 million in new borrowing, endorsed a local Eagle Scout’s plan to restore gathering spaces in Elliot Park and received sweeping updates on town construction and infrastructure projects — actions that collectively illustrate the town’s increasingly intricate balancing act between urgent
The 30 lb. Labradoodle named Jack, who bit a young boy, has been determined by the Select Board, to be a nuisance dog, but what remediation the dog and his family will face has yet to be finalized. A July 16 public hearing was the continuation of a dangerous dog
Residents have been anxiously awaiting the day when all the construction and street closures around the Winchester Center Station would be gone. That day has officially arrived. On July 16, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), state and town officials gathered to cut the ribbon on the commuter rail station in
The following was submitted by Letters Trellis: Please join the Festival of Correspondence at the Winchester Farmers Market on Saturday, July 19, as Letters Trellis recalls the annual summer weekend in honor of Madame de Sévigné, a celebrated French letter writer of the 17th century. Each July her legacy is
Winchester residents will find something new in their Aug. 1 water bills. Nope, not a break in their water rates. A brochure. Entitled a “Brief Guide to Backyard Burning and Preventing Wildfires,” the brochure is being sent to 8,000 households, courtesy of the Climate Action Advisory Committee and a
Police in the area are warning residents to keep their car doors locked and remove any and all valuables following a series of break-ins and thefts this year. Communities hit hard include Lexington, Arlington, Belmont, Stoneham, Woburn, Reading, Wakefield, Waltham, Wilmington, Newton and Danvers. Winchester Police say Lexington was hardest
The following was submitted by the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office: The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) is warning residents of a significant uptick in reported scam calls in which perpetrators are posing as members of the office. During June, the MSO’s Inner Perimeter Security (IPS) team reported receiving
A delighted Dana Garmey surveyed the comings and goings at Sogno Monday afternoon, as residents packed the restaurant for the first-ever Winchester Restaurant Week. “Other towns do it,” the Chamber of Commerce’s executive director said of the upcoming event, “so we’re copying them. It’s the best form
The fate of a 30 lb. 5-year old Labradoodle named Jack is in limbo when after nearly three hours of testimony, his dangerousness hearing was continued. The Select Board met Wednesday, July 9 for a dangerous dog hearing after Alexandra Murphy filed a complaint against Jack, who bit her 6-year-old
Town Manager Beth Rudolph submitted her resignation on Monday, setting a cap on a career that began in the Town Hall engineering office and culminated in the top administrative post. Select Board member Bill McGonigle said Rudolph’s brief letter offered no explanation beyond her intention to leave. He did
Winchester has lost 90 acres of tree canopy in just over a decade — roughly 68 football fields of tree cover — and residents and town officials are trying to figure out how to stop any more loss. A 2023 analysis by PlanIT Geo found that Winchester’s tree canopy has dropped
The following was submitted by the Winchester Co-operative Bank: Winchester Co-operative Bank (WCB) is proud to announce its recent donation to Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) as part of WCB’s ongoing “Checking for Charity” campaign. MVES is a comprehensive non-profit organization serving older adults, people with disabilities, and their
Temperatures have been hot this summer, with Bay State residents already surviving one heatwave with excessive temperatures. Residents lucky enough to have outlets in their backyards, such as Shannon Beach in Winchester, have taken to those recreational facilities to cool off. But the Department of Public Health has shut down
The following was submitted by Sandy Thompson: When Isobel Magee’s pandemic project “Scones by Isobel” was sufficiently established to merit a booth at the Winchester Farmers Market in the summer of 2023, a whole new world opened up for the London, UK transplant who had called Winchester home since
