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Joyce Westner | Staff Writer

Helpers Among Us — at the Sanborn House

Helpers Among Us — at the Sanborn House

A historic building owned by the town of Winchester needs a lot of maintenance and repair, and two Winchester Historical Society board members get the work done.  Susan Turpin and Bill Swanton are in the Sanborn House three or four times a week, making sure plumbing problems get fixed, or

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How well do you know Winchester?

How well do you know Winchester?

Latest in the series, this time further afield, not downtown, but a property many residents should know.  Retired photographer Frank Siteman has taken photos of places downtown, and your job is to guess where they were taken.  If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and

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Helpers Among Us: Poor People’s Campaign

Helpers Among Us: Poor People’s Campaign

After retiring as a civil rights lawyer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Grove Street resident Connie McGrane wanted to “do something larger in the justice world.”  McGrane’s career included submitting a legal brief to the U.S. Supreme Court and working for the state’s Commission against Discrimination, and

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How well do you know Winchester?

How well do you know Winchester?

Latest in the series.  Retired photographer Frank Siteman has taken photos of places downtown, and your job is to guess where they were taken.  If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put How well in the subject line.   Last time we had two winners.

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Helpers Among Us: Middle schoolers clean up the woods

Helpers Among Us: Middle schoolers clean up the woods

When Jocelyn Jones and Lily Dullaghan were walking Jocelyn’s dog, Hunter, this winter, they noticed debris in the woods along Sunset Road.  “We saw more and more piling up,” says Jocelyn, despite the sign which says, “No dumping,” and “Up to a $2,500 fine.”  So they decided to

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How well do you know Winchester?

How well do you know Winchester?

Latest in the series.  Retired photographer Frank Siteman has taken photos of places downtown, and your job is to guess where they were taken.  If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put How well in the subject line.   Last time we had four winners.

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How well do you know Winchester?

How well do you know Winchester?

Latest in the series.  Retired photographer Frank Siteman has taken photos of places downtown, and your job is to guess where they were taken.  If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put How well in the subject line.   Last time we had NO winners.

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Winchester News seeks volunteer technical help

Winchester News seeks volunteer technical help

Winchester News is run with great energy and a small team but we’re hoping someone in our community would be willing to be a technical backup. Areas include the publication platform (ghost.io) technical configuration, adding new accounts for authors, domain registration, email and file server configuration and support.

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Residents encouraged to adopt a storm drain

Residents encouraged to adopt a storm drain

There are so many ways to volunteer in Winchester, but one of the easiest jobs is to adopt a storm drain.  A program started in many communities throughout the country, it encourages residents to clean the area around a storm drain near their house so that rainwater and snow melt

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Nymph statuette stolen from bike trail

Nymph statuette stolen from bike trail

A small sculpture of a nymph was taken from its granite base last week. The little maiden was part of a 4-foot-high statue on Mt. Vernon Street, across from Town Hall where the bike trail heads towards the high school.  Cynthia Randall, a member of the Winchester Cultural District Managing

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How well do you know Winchester?

How well do you know Winchester?

Latest in the series.  Retired photographer Frank Siteman has taken photos of places downtown, and your job is to guess where they were taken.  If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put How well in the subject line.   Last time we had only one

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How well do you know Winchester?

How well do you know Winchester?

Latest in the series.  Retired photographer Frank Siteman has taken photos of places downtown, and your job is to guess where they were taken.  If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put How well in the subject line.   Last week we had several winners.

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How well do you know Winchester?

How well do you know Winchester?

By Joyce Westner  Jan. 11, 2024 (revised to include three accurate guessers)  Latest in the series.  Retired photographer Frank Siteman has taken photos of places downtown, and your job is to guess where they were taken.  If you know the answer, send an email to editor@winchesternews.org and put

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