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Winchester Select Board debates when — and how — to make another override ask
Town officials are considering surveys and focus groups after a March tax measure failed by 293 votes, leaving long-term budget gaps unresolved.
Winchester to hold Memorial Day parade, exercises on May 25
The following was submitted by the Town of Winchester: On Monday, May 25, the VFW Post 3719 will host the annual Memorial Day Parade and Civic Exercises, with the parade stepping off at 9:15 a.m. from Laraway Road. The parade marshal will be Gregory Quill. Anyone marching in
Winchester Town Day, WFEE road race take place June 6
The following was submitted by the Winchester Town Day Committee and WFEE: On Saturday, June 6, the town of Winchester will celebrate its 45th annual Town Day. Winchester Town Day had its beginning in the mid-1970s when a group of town residents decided that a late spring community party would
Winchester Artists Network to exhibit at Town Hall on Town Day
Local artists’ works will be featured at Winchester Town Hall, June 6-11
Meet the Cheeses: The Essential Styles at Nouvelle Maison
The following was submitted by Nouvelle Maison: Love cheese but not sure where to start? Join Nouvelle Maison, 30 Church St., on Thursday, May 21, from 7-9 p.m., for Cheese 101, a guided introduction to the six essential families of cheese: fresh, bloomy rind, washed rind, alpine, cheddar, gouda,
Winchester celebrates En Ka with annual parade
The bright sunny skies brought Winchester residents out for the annual En Ka Parade on May 16. Winchester organizations gathered at the high school early in the morning to find their places for the parade. Among them, was our very own Winchester News board...and of course, our mascot Roscoe,
Winchester High School Girls Gotta Run club hosting self-defense fundraiser for Ethiopian girls
Winchester High School’s Girls Gotta Run club will be hosting a fundraiser, where profits go towards self-defense classes for girls in Ethiopia. Girls Gotta Run will hold a self-defense course fundraiser on May 19, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at Winchester High School, with physical
OPINION: Winchester’s Sanborn Carriage House has a grand old heritage
The Sanborn Carriage House has been in the news lately, with the recent Town Meeting voting in favor of its preservation following decades of disuse and neglect. An important piece of Winchester’s architectural history, the building completes the story of one of the town’s most ambitious families. Winchester
Winchester Community Music School celebrates Music MAYnia
The following was submitted by the Winchester Community Music School: On Sunday, May 3, Winchester Community Music School welcomed over 1,000 members of the community to its 17th annual “Music MAYnia” festival, which is held every year on the first Sunday of May. This open house and performathon features
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G.R. Nowell & Son named Winchester Chamber of Commerce’s first Business of the Year
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce is giving its first Business of the Year award to G.R. Nowell & Son. The company has been a Winchester staple for almost 100 years. Many in the community know it by its orange trucks. George Russell Nowell started the company in 1928 as
Rich Mucci named the 2026 Winchester Citizen of the Year
Every Sunday of his boyhood, Rich Mucci’s parents drove him from Acton to a house in Winchester that belonged to his grandparents, Arthur and Carmella Montuori. Mass first, then the Montuori place, where his mother’s seven siblings and their children turned up, too. “You didn’t play sports.
Proposed human rights commission wins favorable action ahead of Winchester Town Meeting
The Winchester Select Board on April 13 voted favorable action on Article 4, a proposal to establish a Human Rights Commission in the town's bylaws, even as members pressed the working group behind the article on how the new body would operate, keep records and measure whether its
