Public meetings, parades, and other community-oriented activities and events of general interest
The MBTA Mobility Center will be in the Small Meeting Room to help you apply for Income-Eligible Reduced Fares (IERF) and Senior CharlieCards! No appointment needed. Be sure to bring the required documentation. Details below.Senior CharlieCardsThe Senior CharlieCard also provides a 50% discount on all MBTA fares, including on the Commuter Rail and RIDE paratransit.
The south half of the newly renovated Winchester Center station will be open for use on September 30, 2024. Inbound and outbound Commuter Rail service on the Lowell Line will resume at the Winchester Center station too. Construction on the north half of the station will continue until winter 2024.
For updated train schedules see the construction schedule or the permanent schedule site.
On June 29, 2024, Winchester native Sean Bannon joined the ranks of an elite group of swimmers who completed the 21-mile crossing of the English Channel from Dover, England to Calais, France. Please join us to hear Sean's inspiring story and chat with him about why access to water and recreational resources are so important. The event is free and all ages are encouraged to attend.
Join us at the Griffin Museum for an afternoon presentation with photographers Jessica Hays and Melinda Hurst Frye as they discuss their current exhibition and the ideas shaping their work.
Bringing together two distinct photographic practices, as Above so Below explores the vision and questions around land use, stewardship, and shared resources. Hayes and Frye consider how we inhabit the landscape -- how land holds memory, labor, extraction, care, and consequence. Through their individual approaches, they reflect on the ways environments are shaped by human presence and policy, and how
The parade will start at Winchester High School, go down Main Street through the town center, and end at the WWI Memorial at Lincoln School, wrapping up at the Edward F. O'Connell Memorial Plaza.
The parade will assemble at 9:00am at the Winchester High School and step-off at 9:15am from Skillings Road and follow the route to Town Hall, where Civic Exercises will take place at the Edward F. O’Connell Memorial Plaza. Included in the line of march will be Senator Jason Lewis, Representative Michael Day, members of the Town Government, scouts and the Masons.
The Civic Exercise will include Rev. Earl Darlington who will deliver the Invocation and Benediction, Winchester High School Band, Boston Fireman’s Band, speakers Commander Festus McDonough, and the 6th grade essay winner will read her
Join our community to light the menorah at 6 pm on every night of Hanukkah, December 14-22. Hot chocolate and donuts from 6:00-6:30 on the first night, December 14. For more information,. contact WinchesterJewishCommunity@gmail.com.
Instead of our normal 10:00 worship service, we have actress and story-teller Olivia Woodford joining us to perform her one-woman play that portrays the relationship between Sarah and Hagar, very important mother figures from the old testament. Olivia describes the play like this:
Mother of Nations
A one woman play that portrays the relationship between Sarah and Hagar. Experience how the strength of their faith, the sacrifices they made, and their devotion to God, Abraham, and their sons defined them as Mothers for all time.
