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‘Bridge budget’ passes, ranked-choice study falls by three, carriage house panel killed as Winchester Town Meeting dissolves
After an emotional appeal from students over special education and overcrowding, elected members approved a $171 million spending plan shaped by layoffs, hiring freezes and depleted reserves.
Mystic Valley Area Branch of NAACP presents ‘An Evening with Author Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr.’
The following was submitted by the Mystic Valley Area Branch NAACP: On Monday, June 1, the Mystic Valley Area Branch NAACP presents “An Evening with Author Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr.” at the Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St., Arlington, at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6 p.m., for
Jenks Center to hold annual symposium on May 8
The following was submitted by the Jenks Center: The Jenks Center, 109 Skillings Road, is very pleased to announce this year’s Symposium will take place on Friday, May 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sponsored jointly by the Winchester Council on Aging and the Winchester Seniors
Lexington Pops Chorus presents ‘Around the World in Song with Lexington Pops Chorus’
The following was submitted by the Lexington Pops Chorus: Understanding that music is the universal language that connects people and cultures around the world, Lexington Pops Chorus presents “Around the World in Song with Lexington Pops Chorus” on Friday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 17
Winchester Porchfest invites hosts and performers to sign up now for June event
The following was submitted by Winchester Porchfest: Winchester neighborhoods will once again come alive with music as Porchfest returns for its sixth year on Saturday, June 13, from 12 to 5 p.m. (rain date Sunday, June 14). Organizers invite residents to be part of this beloved community tradition by
Winchester church pulls out all the stops to find young organists
Church services are filled with music, whether that be a choir singing hymns or a bellowing organ or dulcet piano that accompanies it. Music is a crucial part of church services to most people. But for three Winchester families, the sanctuary pipe organ in the gallery of the Parish of
Winchester Community Music School is halfway to opening of new concert hall, expansion space
If you walk into the Winchester Community Music School (WCMS) on any afternoon, you will hear the chatter of families and students rushing to and from lessons, the far off toots and squeals of instruments being tuned and the soaring notes of music being played. What you won’t hear
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.
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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
