Winchester's Select Board, School Committee and Finance Committee held a joint session and signaled they were nearing a 4.4 percent fiscal 2027 school budget increase, splitting the difference between the Finance Committee's 3.8 percent target and the schools' original 5 percent request.
Winchester Retirement Board approves cyber insurance and appoints assistant administrator. The board voted unanimously to accept a $3,312 annual cyber liability insurance quote providing $2 million in coverage with a $2,500 retention, protecting against business interruption, cybercrime, data
Conservation Commission unanimously approves Land Conservation Assistance Grant application for Forest Ridge. The 90 percent matching grant would fund a Phase I assessment and legal costs for the land purchase and conservation restrictions, potentially yielding $31,000 in work at a net town cost of
Winchester's Spring Town Meeting approved a $7,943,000 solar bonding authorization and moved $750,000 into reserves as the town absorbed a failed override.
Winchester Town Meeting opens with override fallout, passes $7.9 million solar bond. Finance Committee Chair Derek Ross called it "an interesting year," reporting a $900,000 gap remaining in the town's $171 million budget and $21 million in free cash the town won't let drop below $10 million.
Planning Board backs town hall and cable funding for spring meeting. The Winchester Planning Board unanimously endorsed three articles for the spring town meeting: Article 10, providing funding for PEG Access and Cable Related Fund (WinCam); Article 22, authorizing roof repairs for town hall and
Housing Partnership Board votes to join appeal of 33 Mount Vernon development. Chair John Suhrbier and members Allan Rodgers, Marty Jones, Steve Campbell, Vice Chair Felicity Tuttle, and Select Board representative Michael Bettencourt voted 6-4 to join the Affordable Housing Trust's Superior Court
Board of Health opposes pending state health legislation. The Winchester Board of Health voted unanimously April 22 to oppose Massachusetts House Bill 5271 and Senate Bill 2999, which the board said would undermine local board authority, directing Chair Anne Marie Hill to coordinate drafting of an
Winchester Committee on Rules unanimously approves Town Meeting bylaw updates. Chair Brian McCarthy, along with members Prassede Calabi, Chris Centurelli, Jian Liu, and Brenda Mandile, voted at an April 21 Zoom meeting to endorse proposed edits to Article 5. The revisions streamline parliamentary
Tree Committee charts course after override defeat. The Permanent Street Tree Committee approved prior minutes and discussed strategy following failure of a Proposition 2 1/2 tax override that would have provided additional funding for Winchester's tree program. Chair Austin Whitman noted that
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