WINCHESTER - After speaking with Town Counsel Jay Talerman, the Select Board approved and executed the license agreement with the developer’s of the 40B housing project on River Street for landscaping work.
WINCHESTER - Members of Winchester’s Cultural District including chair Hilda Wong-Do stopped by the most recent Select Board meeting looking for the board to execute a management agreement allowing the district to become a non-profit entity. Right now, Wong-Do said everything runs through th…
WINCHESTER — When the Wright Brothers launched their plane at Kitty Hawk, George Mortimer Creamer was just four years old. He thus he grew up during the era of pioneering air flight. He then became a part of that history.
WINCHESTER - Michelle Prior won the one contested race this weekend and will now join the Select Board when they hold their next meeting on Monday, March 27. She defeated challenger Vince Dixon 1,208 - 195, winning all eight precincts.
BOSTON – A resident doctor in Western Massachusetts was arrested yesterday morning for allegedly possessing child pornography.
WINCHESTER - The Select Board approved a request from members of the Winchester Cultural District including chair Hilda Wong-Doo, vice-chair and treasurer Peter Pulsifer, Cynthia Randall, Executive Director of the Griffin Museum Crista Dix, government liaison Kevin Drum, and Reed Pugh, to ho…
WINCHESTER - To answer the Select Board’s concerns regarding access to the alley behind the property, Civico, the developers working on the housing project at the Waterfield lot in downtown Winchester (adjacent to the Winchester Center Commuter Rail Station), moved the building back two feet…
WINCHESTER - Even though the River Street 40B housing project (off Cross Street and near the Woburn line) is well underway, the Zoning Board of Appeals recently approved a modification for revised landscaping, with some of the affected area on town-owned land (at the end of the street).
WINCHESTER - Michelle Prior, a Winchester resident of 18 years, is running for Select Board on March 18. She is committed to seeing Winchester continue to be a community where excellent schools educate children and prepare them for life beyond high school. Prior also wants to see older resid…
WINCHESTER - The Select Board authorized the chair to sign a letter in response to the Project Eligibility Letter (PEL) sent to MassHousing by the Woburn-based Melanson Development Group, the developer who purchased the property at the corner of Washington and Swanton Street.
WINCHESTER - The town is ready to start work on the Lake Street bridge. Scott Russo, from engineering firm Weston & Sampson, outlined the project’s goals to include:
WINCHESTER - Work at the Winchester Center Commuter Rail Station remains on schedule, according to MBTA Senior Project Manager Nathan Rae. The MBTA should finish in the spring of 2024.
WINCHESTER - Two members of Winchester Youth Baseball and Softball, Jason Capodanno and Chris Gannon, came to the most recent Select Board meeting with good news: projects to improve both Ginn Field and Nutile Field were ready to move forward.
WINCHESTER - Dedicated historian Vincent Lawrence Dixon will be running for a seat on the Select Board on March 18. This will be his third time running as he also ran in 2019 and 2022. He has been living in Winchester since 2012 after growing up in Allston, then residing in Cambridge for mor…
WINCHESTER - Town Manager Beth Rudolph unveiled her budget projections for FY24 this week, after submitting her budget to the Finance Committee for review back on Feb. 15.
WINCHESTER - Baseball season is almost here and Capital Planning Committee Chair Roger McPeek found out the hard way when he struck out in his attempt to get the Select Board to toss some money his way. The board threw a curveball, and McPeek swung and missed.
WINCHESTER - Last fall, Town Meeting authorized the Select Board to amend the terms of a certain lease by and between the town and the trustees of the Winchester Museum Trust for the lease of the Griffin Museum on Shore Road thereby giving the museum some of its own money back.
WINCHESTER - James Lindsey was born on June 13, 1940 in Winchester. In 1969, Lindsey joined the Winchester Police Department as a member of the special duty force who served while the regular officers were on vacation.
WINCHESTER - What goes up, must come down. At least that’s the way is goes in local politics sometimes.
WINCHESTER - Starting now, Eversource crews will continue work on the Mystic to Woburn line project (115kV), which is designed to increase reliability of the electrical grid in the area to meet growing demand for electricity.
WINCHESTER - This Presidents Day, we recall the time in 1902 when President Theodore Roosevelt greeted thousands of cheering townspeople in downtown Winchester.
WINCHESTER - With just one month until the annual spring town election on Saturday, March 18, Town Clerk MaryEllen Lannon released the final candidate’s list. Voting takes place in the high school gym from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.
WINCHESTER - Town Manager Beth Rudolph notified the Select Board the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) approved the project eligibility letter under the Local Initiative Program (LIP) for 87-89 Cross St.
WINCHESTER - With the spring Town Meeting warrant closing on Friday, March 10, the Select Board debated what articles they should place on it. Chair Rich Mucci suggested two possible articles: creating an Opioid Stabilization Fund to deal with the money the town received from the massive opi…
WINCHESTER - Once again, Civico, the development team working on the housing project at the Waterfield lot (adjacent to the Winchester Center Commuter Rail Station), asked the Select Board to grant them another extension as they continue to perform due diligence on the site.
WINCHESTER - Following a quick, 20-minute discussion back in mid-December, the Select Board unanimously chose Beth Rudolph to be its new permanent town manager. She had been serving as interim town manager since October of 2021 (as well as town engineer).
WINCHESTER - In order to pay for the new Lynch School building, the town had to do two things: borrow the money and get residents to support a debt-exclusion override to pay for that borrowing (plus interest).
WINCHESTER - Members from Toole Design Group, including project planner Alexis Vidaurreta, updated the Select Board on the town’s transportation plan. The plan includes objectives such as strengthening the long-term vision and goals guiding the town’s transportation efforts, producing a prio…
WINCHESTER - Residents love to control their spending. For example, if you use less water, you spend less money. However, when it comes to trash disposal, residents currently have no control over their spending. A resident who throws away one bag of trash per week spends the same amount as a…
WINCHESTER - The Select Board approved a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) benefit for the town’s employees from three percent to five percent at the behest of the Retirement Board. It will be a one time adjustment for FY23 for those making up to $14,000 (approximately a $700 increase).
WINCHESTER - With six weeks to ago until the spring town election on Saturday, March 18, residents have until Wednesday, Feb. 15 to withdraw their names for consideration for boards, committees or Town Meeting seats.
WINCHESTER - In the coming years, the town will have some choices to make as it pertains to finances, property taxes and capital projects.
WINCHESTER - In crafting her FY24 budget, Town Manager Beth Rudolph came up with a draft version that used no money from the town’s Free Cash reserves. Instead, the town would use $1.22M from American Rescue Plan Act funds - funds it promised the Finance Committee during fall Town Meeting it…
WINCHESTER - The 345kV Eversource electrical project continues its journey, as crews descend upon the Lake Street neighborhood before making their way to the electrical substation in Woburn near Horn Pond.
WINCHESTER - Area physician Dr Jonathan D. Hall has been named one of Boston’s “Top Docs” by Boston Magazine for 2023 in the February Top Doctors issue. The list is chosen from physicians in Boston from among 70 specialties who were selected as being most highly regarded by other doctors.
WINCHESTER - After hearing some residents’ concerns about the Zoning Board of Appeals’ practices and procedures as it pertains to site plan review, the Select Board, through Chair Rich Mucci, sent the members of the ZBA a letter.
WINCHESTER - The town received some good news recently when it found out it would retain its Aaa bond rating from Moodys. That rating determines how much in interest the town pays when it borrows money from the state. The higher the rating, and Aaa is the highest, the less it pays in interest.
WINCHESTER - Meatloaf once said, “what it’s gonna be boy, yes or no?” Developer Ian Gillespie has sort of been asking a similar question as it pertains to both his proposed development at 10 Converse Place and a Notice of Intent (NOI) to perform work around Mill Pond.
WINCHESTER - According to Town Manager Beth Rudolph, the planning department secured a technical assistance grant from the Massachusetts Housing Partnership to assist with drafting zoning language to bring the town into compliance with the MBTA communities multi-family zoning requirement.
WINCHESTER - Recently, Town Comptroller Stacie Ward submitted her report highlighting the operating budget through Nov. 30, 2022.
WINCHESTER – Winchester Hospital, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, announced it is awarding $139,000 in grant funding to nine community-based organizations. These grants primarily will support programs and services that focus on food access, mental health, and housing stability– priority n…
WINCHESTER - Have you ever given it thought to run for public office? Would you like to volunteer your time to assist the Town of Winchester? Do you have experience and talents that can benefit the town? Well, if so, here are a few important things you need to know in order to be considered.
WINCHESTER — The wretchedness and dangers that the crime of stalking can create, highlighted in January, National Stalking Awareness Month, can unfortunately be found in many towns described as pleasant, peaceful, and even sleepy, including Winchester.
WINCHESTER - Town Manager Beth Rudolph, while she still wore her town engineer hat, reviewed Civico’s plans for the Waterfield lot in downtown Winchester (adjacent to the Winchester Center Commuter Rail Station) and said the plans need more due diligence as it relates to delivery access.
WINCHESTER - The Educational Facilities Planning and Building Committee and residents received good news in the last several days. With the passing of the override to pay for the Lynch School building project, the EFPBC can move forward. For residents, Town Manager Beth Rudolph announced the…
WINCHESTER - The Educational Facilities Planning and Building Committee and residents received good news in the last several days. With the passing of the override to pay for the Lynch School building project, the EFPBC can move forward. For residents, Town Manager Beth Rudolph announced the…
WINCHESTER - As the developer of 10 Commerce Place continues to move forward with that project, which is now in front of the Conservation Commission, he came before the Select Board this week seeking approval for a Notice of Intent to complete environmental work to the riverbank around Mill Pond.
WINCHESTER - 2023 is shaping up to be the year of change at Winchester Hospital. At the end of last year, Rick Weiner resigned as president. This year, the hospital welcomed interim president Matt Woods and on Monday, March 6, will welcome new Winchester Hospital President Al Campbell, RN, M…
WINCHESTER - Continuing the trend of raising fees at the Transfer Station, the Select Board approved a $10 per ton increase to tipping fees for commercial waste, mix and debris effective Wednesday, Feb. 1. They also decided to hold a more robust discussion on implementing some type of Pay as…
WINCHESTER - Outdoor dining will return to Winchester for the fourth straight year after the Select Board approved their outdoor dining policy. Patrons can begin sitting outside on Friday, April 14 and restaurants can start setting up for outdoor dining on Monday, April 10. Outdoor dining wi…
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