Winchester News

Center Station project on track, partial re-opening in July

The Winchester Center Station Accessibility Improvements Project is on track, but don’t expect it to roll in ahead of schedule. When Select Board member John Fallon asked, during the Feb. 5 meeting, if there were “any truth to the rumors you guys will be done early,” mostly what he

School Committee ‘supports’ work at Mystic, awaiting more information before final OK

Town officials have committed to undertake the replacement of the heating system at the Mystic School, which houses the Recreation Department and Kids Corner childcare program. The Select Board on Jan. 22 voted to earmark approximately $900,000 from ARPA funds, along with possible grants from either Green Communities or

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.

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.

Lewis supports passage of gun violence prevention bill in Senate

The following was submitted by the office of Sen. Jason Lewis: Sen. Jason Lewis joined colleagues in the Massachusetts Senate to pass, with bipartisan support, An Act to sensibly address firearm violence through effective reform—the SAFER Act—to increase firearm safety in the state and reduce gun violence without

Winchester News © 2026