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Unitarian church bells explained

By James Pidacks Dec. 13, 2023  How do the bell chimes work to sound on the hour?  This learning journey started while working with a vendor on security cameras. I was in the bell tower for the first time.  I looked at all the equipment and wanted to learn more.

Donate to Toys for Tots

By Charlene Band Dec. 9, 2023  If you’d like to buy toys for less fortunate child, you can bring them to the downtown fire station or to the toy store.  Deran Muckjian, owner of Catch a Falling Star on Main Street, was busy organizing and restocking the shelves when

Resident starts “True Local Heroes” website

By Joyce Westner Dec. 9, 2023 When Lara Pienaar, a decade long-resident of Winchester in the Muraco school district, was looking for help raking leaves, she needed help raking leaves but she didn’t know how to hire someone.  “I put an ad on Craigslist,” she said.  “But I got

More Photos from Mary New Dec. 2

Mary New continues to share some of the photos she takes when she's out in her Wolcott Terrace backyard abutting the Middlesex Fells.  These are hooded mergansers which show up in the late fall at local ponds.

Jenks Science & Technology speakers discuss the future of the electric grid

By John Brown, Walter Hubbard and Ron Latanision Dec. 2, 2023  Recently the Wilson Science and Technology Forum of the Jenks Center has hosted several speakers with compelling insights on how the grid may adjust as Massachusetts works to achieve its legislated goal of net zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050.

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