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3 weeks ago | 
winchesternews.org | Chris Stevens |Nell Escobar Coakley |Joyce Westner
Karen Maruyama Bolognese will remain the Winchester School Committee chair for at least one more year. In light of the recent town election on March 22, the School Committee had a quick reorganization session last week with Superintendent Dr. Frank Hackett playing the role of chair. “The process after the election, the policy calls for the School Committee to reorganize,” he said.
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4 weeks ago | 
winchesternews.org | Nell Escobar Coakley |Joyce Westner
The following was submitted by The Bulfinch Group:The Bulfinch Group is pleased to announce that Gracio Garcia, of Winchester, has earned the designation of Five Star Wealth Manager, an award annually given to financial managers who are identified through research conducted with peers and firms.
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4 weeks ago | 
winchesternews.org | Nell Escobar Coakley |Joyce Westner
Election 2025 is now over. The results from the March 22 townwide elections have been certified by the Town Clerk’s office. Town Clerk MaryEllen Marshall released the final numbers March 27, with 17.3% of Winchester residents casting a vote in the election, or 2,951 votes, out of the town’s 17,073 registered voters. Marshall on March 21 estimated more than 950 residents cast ballots during the six-day early voting cycle, approximately 5.7%. She said about 11.60% turned out on Election Day itself.
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1 month ago | 
winchesternews.org | Chris Stevens |Nell Escobar Coakley |William Dowd
After decades of sameness, the School Department has tweaked its budget timeline and while it has been a blessing to them, not everyone is on board. “I do think there’s merit to the sequence of the process,” said Town Meeting member Carol Savage, who spoke during the public comment portion of the School Committee meeting last Thursday night.
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1 month ago | 
winchesternews.org | Chris Stevens |Nell Escobar Coakley |William Dowd
The cost of education is going up. The Winchester School Committee voted 4-1 last week to increase the district’s level service budget by 7.15% to bring the newly proposed fiscal year 2026 budget total to $70,870,718. School Committee member Michelle Bergstrom was the lone holdout, but not because she didn’t support the increase – because she thought it wasn’t enough.
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1 month ago | 
winchesternews.org | Nell Escobar Coakley |William Dowd
It was the perfect Election Day — warm and sunny, with a steady stream of residents going into Winchester High School to cast their ballots. Preliminary results for the March 22 townwide election show 17.2 % of residents voted on Saturday. That’s 2,933 votes cast, out of the town’s 17,073 registered voters. Last year’s town election yielded 3,094 votes cast.
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1 month ago | 
winchesternews.org | William Dowd |Nell Escobar Coakley
Winchester voters head to the polls Saturday for municipal elections featuring contested races for Select Board and School Committee alongside an unexpected development — two write-in candidates vying for a Planning Board seat that initially have no contenders on the ballot.
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1 month ago | 
winchesternews.org | Nell Escobar Coakley |William Dowd
It’s a foregone conclusion. Philip Frattaroli will be Winchester’s next town moderator. Sure, the townwide election is just days away, but Frattaroli is running unopposed for the seat being vacated by Heather von Mering, who has been in the role since March 2020. “I decided to take it on because of my admiration for John Sullivan,” Frattaroli said, of his desire to be moderator. “Heather had told people she wasn’t going to run and then she told me one more year.
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1 month ago | 
winchesternews.org | Nell Escobar Coakley |Joyce Westner
If you know the answer, send an email to [email protected] and put How well in the subject line. Hey, everyone! The great Joyce Westner, who does our How well every week, is taking a well earned vacation. That leaves me, Nell Coakley, your editor, to fill some big shoes. Thankfully, she will return next week!Last week Carl Hagge and Arwe Buchsbaum correctly identified an electrical box in back of Book Ends.
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1 month ago | 
winchesternews.org | Chris Stevens |Nell Escobar Coakley
Call it serendipity that paved the way for the organ extravaganza coming to First Congregational Church on March 21. Rev. Jane Ring Frank said they chose the date for a concert some time ago when they were setting the Ripley Concert Series Calendar. Frank said because she works with the Cultural District board and the Cultural Council, she realized the date also coincided with the town’s 175th anniversary. Later she realized it’s Johann Sebastian Bach’s 340th birthday as well.
