The following was submitted by the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) Network: For the second consecutive year, local match funding secured by nonprofit news organizations surpassed matching support provided through the national NewsMatch program. Each year as part of NewsMatch, nonprofit newsrooms, such as the Winchester News, secure individual donations
On Monday, April 15, 2024, I was invited to deliver some remarks, as part of the City of Cambridge’s Official Observance of Patriots’ Day, on Cambridge Common. We gathered to remember the 249th anniversary of the ride of William Dawes. We should be mindful, that any movement, has its
“Frustrating, disturbing and offensive.” That’s how Rev. Heather Janules describes the ongoing vandalism of the Black Lives Matter flag at the Winchester Unitarian Society, where she has been pastor since 2015. The church first raised the BLM flag in 2018 following a special meeting held by the entire congregation
One of the most read features of Winchester News is retired photographer Frank Siteman’s “How well do you know Winchester?” photographs. Now residents can see many more of his pieces at the Griffin Museum’s WinCAM satellite gallery at 32 Swanton St. “Above it All,” features Frank’s drone
The following was submitted by the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress: Boston Bruins veteran employee John Dunleavy, of Winchester, has been named the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress’ Employee of the Year. The award was presented on stage at the Awards Luncheon of MDSC’s 40th Anniversary Conference. Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy,
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
The following was submitted by Sen. Jason Lewis’s office: State Sen. Jason Lewis will be holding evening, virtual office hours on Tuesday, April 16, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. These office hours will replace regularly scheduled virtual office hours which are canceled on April 15 due
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
As Earth Month rolls around once more, you may hear the familiar calls to “reduce, reuse, recycle.” While many people might want to do something, they don’t know what’s really going to make a difference. How to be sure residents are not falling for a scam or “greenwashing?
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’
High school seniors have so little time on their hands, and yet two Winchester High School students invented a way to keep useless computers, cell phones, electronic cables and other electronic waste out of landfills.
The following was submitted by Adam Allen-Rogers: Winchester-based startup AI Fit has been named a finalist ahead of the South East final of the UK StartUp Awards. The UK StartUp Awards was launched to recognize the booming start-up scene across the UK, which has accelerated over the last few years
Winchester school officials this week have suspended a student responsible for hateful graffiti directed at the Armenian community that was discovered on a whiteboard at the High School on March 29. Winchester Police Department conducted an investigation into the matter. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank Hackett declined to speak on
The following was submitted by the Network for Social Justice: On Monday, March 25, the Leaders for an Equitable Tomorrow (LET) program welcomed teens, parents, and community members from Woburn and Winchester to a panel discussion on Healthy Approaches to Post-High School Pathways. Hosted at the James L. McKeown Boys
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 Winchester High School Red and Black faced off against St. John’s Prep Eagles at TD Garden in the 2024 Boys Ice Hockey Finals in March. While Winchester lost the bout 3-2 in the final “second of regulation time” (footage revealed on social media afterwards proved that the final
