According to Health Director Jennifer Murphy, Winchester will receive close to a million dollars as part of the state’s opioid settlement money. Murphy told the News via email: Over the next 15 years the town will receive allotments of the opioid settlement. The settlement is paid from distributors, Johnson
At Wednesday’s special meeting of the Affordable Housing Trust Committee (AHTC), members voted to tell the Select Board the committee is “willing and ready” to take ownership of the 20 Glenwood Ave. property to create affordable housing on the site. The Select Board had agreed to sell it to
From the Winchester Cultural Council Get a grant for public art, performance, poetry, video, history, education, and more The Winchester Cultural Council invites applications from organizations, schools and individuals of all ages for grants that support cultural activities in the community. Winchester Cultural Council Projects must have a local sponsor;
Muraco School parent Menina Ras Widom has been collecting old sneakers for a school fundraiser. Unfortunately, her donation bins were stolen from the Transfer Station this week, but donors can reach her through Facebook. Widom told the News that she thinks Lynch School parents are likely to do the same
Summer Street resident Barbara Bouquegneau, President and Executive Director of the French Library, was named Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French government. The ceremony took place September 28, 2023 in Boston, at the French Library, a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to the promotion of French