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Where in Winchester is Waldo?
Families search for beloved book character throughout July, tradition continues with celebration at Book Ends
Winchester residents invited to Somerville Democratic City Committee forum
The following was submitted by the Somerville Democratic City Committee: On Saturday, Aug. 1, the Somerville Democratic City Committee will hold three debates for each of the open seat Democratic primaries: the 27th and 34th Middlesex House districts and 2nd Middlesex Senate district, from 5-8 p.m. at the
Winchester Public Library hosts end of Summer Reading lawn games
The following was submitted by the Winchester Public Library: On Saturday, Aug. 22, join the staff from the Winchester Public Library on the lawn, 80 Washington St., for lawn games (and maybe some cool treats) to wrap up the 2026 Summer Reading Program, from 2-3:30 p.m. This
League of Women Voters to host 5th Middlesex forum on Aug. 8
The following was submitted by the League of Women Voters of Winchester: On Saturday, Aug. 8, the League of Women Voters of Winchester and League of Women Voters of Melrose are holding a forum featuring the candidates running for the Democratic nomination for the 5th Middlesex state Senate seat this
Winchester Cultural Council kicks off Art in August
The following was submitted by Winchester Cultural Council: Art in August is here! Celebrating its 24th year, the festival begins this weekend! Winchester businesses and artists are collaborating to turn the downtown area into an arts colony during the month of August. We are delighted and honored to have 26
Where in Winchester is Waldo?
Families search for beloved book character throughout July, tradition continues with celebration at Book Ends
Muraco wins state Safe Routes to School award
Silver level award given for Walk to School program
Walk & Roll aims to bring safer streets to Winchester’s walkers, bikers
What’s the strangest place you’ve seen Winchester residents leave their bikes? Flopped over on the sidewalk? In a doorway? How about the rotary downtown? All those places — and more — have seen their fair share of bikes temporarily parked by residents who have nowhere else to leave them. And
Steel pan’s Trinidadian roots take the stage at Winchester’s AfroCaribe Festival
Inside the Griffin Museum, Debra “Sista Dee” Smith stood in white before a small seated audience, a projected image of a hammered steel drum behind her, and corrected an error she said follows the instrument nearly everywhere it travels. “A lot of people don’t know that it’s from
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Where in Winchester is Waldo?
Families search for beloved book character throughout July, tradition continues with celebration at Book Ends
For Winchester families facing addiction, Learn to Cope is a new place to turn
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
Five state Senate candidates for 2nd Middlesex District have their say at forum
Candidates running for the 2nd Middlesex District Senate seat addressed issues including affordability, environmental justice, human and labor rights and the arts during a multi-community forum hosted by several community groups July 16 at Somerville High School. The five contenders running for the spot said themselves that they all






