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Select Board Backs Dozen Town Meeting Articles
Winchester Select Board advanced over a dozen Fall Town Meeting articles and approved a Comcast utility relocation Monday.
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SELECT BOARD APPROVES EARLY VOTING SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER
Winchester Select Board approved the town's in-person early voting schedule for the November 3 state general election. Chair Anthea Brady and board members voted unanimously (4-0) to adopt the voting schedule under Massachusetts General Law.
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Board OKs Promotion, Appointments, Fall Warrant Review
Winchester's Select Board reviewed a 44-article Fall Town Meeting warrant and took several unanimous votes on appointments and donations.
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Winchester Select Board accepts $765,000 dam repair grant
Winchester Select Board accepts $765,000 dam-repair grant for final infrastructure phase. Chair Anthea Brady and board members Michael Bettencourt, Michelle Prior, and William McGonigle unanimously approved the FY27 Dam and Seawall Repair Program Grant for the South Reservoir Dam Improvements
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Select Board votes to remove Main Street shade tree
The Winchester Select Board voted 4-0 to remove a Main Street shade tree after an accessibility dispute pitted DPW and the property owner against tree preservation advocates.
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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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Board tables town manager's contract renewal vote
The Winchester Select Board tabled a vote to renew Town Manager Christopher Senior's contract through December 31, 2027, after Vice Chair William McGonigle's motion got no second.
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SELECT BOARD ESTABLISHES JUNE 2027 RETIREE BENEFIT DEADLINE
Winchester Select Board sets June 2027 deadline for retiree Medicare Part B reimbursement vesting. Town Manager Christopher Senior recommended the deadline to allow employees time to plan retirements and departments time to adjust staffing; the Board approved it unanimously. Separately, Vice Chair
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WinCam Announces Relocation to Parkhurst Amid Steep Cable Revenue Decline
WinCam is relocating its Winchester operations to Parkhurst this September after a more than 40 percent drop in cable subscriptions between 2014 and 2024 gutted the station's primary revenue stream.
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Select Board approves Eversource conduit permit, donations
The Winchester Select Board voted unanimously to appoint Town Assessor Dan McGurl to the Retiree Health Insurance Advisory Committee and approved an Eversource Energy grant of location for Cross Street.
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