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Winchester Home Sales Range From $825,000 to $3.2 Million in August

Winchester recorded 19 property transfers between July 31 and Aug. 29, with nine listing a sale price ranging from $825,000 to $3.2 million and a median of $1,825,000. The month's highest-priced sale was 12 Azalea Road at $3.2 million. Ten of the 19 transfers had no price recorded yet, and nine

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New Sushi Restaurant Opens First Massachusetts Location In Winchester

A new sushi restaurant opened its first Massachusetts location in Winchester this week, drawing attention with free matcha, caviar samples and a 20 percent app discount, according to Winchester Patch. The town also learned of the passing of Edward Dever, whose funeral Mass is scheduled …

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Winchester Mourns Sue Wankowicz, Tyrone Dodson This Week

Winchester bids farewell to two longtime residents this week as obituaries surface for Sue Wankowicz and Tyrone "TJ" Dodson. Wankowicz's Boston Globe Legacy.com notice, posted Aug. 28, cites an 1931 birth year, while Dodson's listing describes his welcome into a Winchester adoptive fami…

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Winchester Seeks Bids To Replace Failing Pump At Public Safety Building

Winchester posted a request for quotes Thursday to replace a failing sewage ejector pump at the Public Safety Building, the only town business item logged to the News Flash feed in the past day. The notice, posted August 27 to the town's CivicAlerts system, invites contractors to bid on…

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Winchester's Historic Sanborn House Gets Community Restoration Effort

Winchester's historic Sanborn House, an early 20th century mansion, is undergoing a community restoration effort spotlighted in local coverage this week. Wicked Local's Aug. 25 report, headlined "Early 20th century mansion in Winchester MA enjoys community revival," describes the Winche…

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Government · Select Board

Select Board extends Town Manager contract through 2027

Select Board votes to extend Town Manager contract through 2027. The board unanimously extended Christopher Senior's contract through December 31, 2027, following a positive evaluation in which he scored an average of 3.0 on all performance metrics. In other business, the board unanimously approved

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Winchester Remembers Longtime Resident Ain Laats

Winchester is remembering longtime resident Ain Laats, who lived in town with his wife, Virginia, for 54 years, according to a new obituary listing. The notice, headlined "Ain Laats Obituary (2026) - Winchester, MA - Costello Funeral Home - Legacy" per Legacy.com, says Costello Funeral …

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Winchester Home Prices Push Past $2 Million In Late-July Sales Wave

Twenty Winchester properties were recorded with the South Middlesex Registry of Deeds between July 24 and Aug. 22, all dated in the final week of July. Fifteen of the 20 sales had a price recorded, ranging from $330,000 to $2.77 million, with a median of $1.17 million. The month's top sale was 4…

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Winchester Bids Farewell to Three Residents in New Obituaries

Winchester bid farewell to three longtime residents this weekend as new obituaries surfaced across town. Audrey Caulfield, Dr. Richard Cushner and Anne Hilliard were each remembered in notices published Aug. 22, including "Dr. Richard Matthew Cushner Obituary (2026) - Winchester, MA - B…

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