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Jenks Science & Technology Forum discusses geothermal wells plus engineering failure analysis

By John Brown, Ron Latanision, and Walter Hubbard    In January, the Wilson Science and Technology Forum heard presentations from two engineers via zoom. On January 12th Piotr Moncarz, co-founder of XGS Energy, spoke from Warsaw, Poland on “Geothermal Solutions for the Energy Crisis.”  Dr. Moncarz believes the most under-utilized of

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

AROUND WINCHESTER: What's happening in town

Ripley Chapel presents chamber concert on Jan. 19 On Friday, Jan. 19, “Contemporaneous Kaleidoscope: Music of our time,” featuring strings, oboe, flute, bassoon and piano in a stirring chamber concert will be life and live streamed, beginning at 7:30 p.m., from Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, 21

Middle schooler’s fish lure business finds success at Fells Hardware

Andrew Drake is a serious businessman. He’s also 12. A middle-school student at McCall, Andrew has launched Wildwaters Spinner Baits fish lure business at Fells Hardware.  Fells owner Kevin Ryan says the lures are a great new product addition to his store because he has many customers who regularly

More photos from the Fells

Mary New continues to share some of the photos she takes when she's out in her Wolcott Terrace backyard abutting the Middlesex Fells.

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