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Planning Board Closes Church Street Rezoning Hearing
Winchester's Planning Board closed a two-hour hearing on rezoning the old Church Street church for housing without making a recommendation.
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Winchester Morning Brief, Oct. 27: Deed filings show limited pricing data
Winchester's latest deed filings show trust transfers limiting typical home-sale pricing data this fall. From our own coverage: Select Board clears warrant articles, Human Rights Commission picks; Planning Board revisits Waterfield gate, Forest Ridge land bid.
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Winchester Morning Brief, Oct. 26: Select Board advances dozen warrant articles
Select Board advances dozen Fall Town Meeting articles and clears Comcast conduit request. From our own coverage: Select Board backs dozen town meeting articles; Planning Board takes up Waterfield parking plan change.
Real Estate
Winchester home prices range widely as top sale tops $3 million in October
Winchester recorded 16 property transfers between Sept. 25 and Oct. 24, but sale prices were available for just four: $990,000 to $3,025,000, with a median of $1,774,950 among those priced.
Morning Brief
Winchester Morning Brief, Oct. 24: Volleyball hosts Westport Monday
Winchester's varsity volleyball team opens a nonconference homestand against Westport on Monday, Oct. 26. From our own coverage: Preservation committee funds eight projects, splits on forest ridge; Tree committee eyes downtown canopy survey and planting rules.
Morning Brief
Winchester Morning Brief, Oct. 23: Preservation committee weighs eight project requests
Winchester's Committee on Community Preservation worked through requests for eight projects, including Leonard Pavilion restoration and the Packer Ellis Tennis Courts, while debating whether to include Forest Ridge conservation funding pending Town Meeting review of an eminent domain taking.
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Winchester Morning Brief, Oct. 22: Explainer details assessors' role in taxes
A new explainer breaks down how Winchester's Board of Assessors determines property values for every tax bill.
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Winchester Morning Brief, Oct. 21: Town manager schedules Oct. 28 warrant hearing
Winchester Town Manager Christopher G. Senior has set a public hearing for Oct. 28 to cover Fall Annual Town Meeting warrant articles that have not yet received one, ahead of the Nov. 5 Town Meeting. From our own coverage: Town manager schedules Oct. 28 warrant hearing.
Government · Planning Board
Board OKs Waterfield parking gate move, 4-1
Winchester's Planning Board approved disputed design changes to the 25 Waterfield Road apartment project and heard a revived pitch to acquire Forest Ridge by eminent domain.
Morning Brief
Town manager sets hearing on warrant articles
Town Manager Christopher G. Senior will hold a public hearing Oct. 28 via Zoom on warrant articles for the Nov. 5 Fall Annual Town Meeting that have not yet had one. From our own coverage: Town manager sets hearing on warrant articles.
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