OPENING
Executive Session (closed to public)..................................................................... 6:30 PM
- MGL Ch. 30 §21(a) 6 - To consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property if the chair declares that an open meeting may have detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the governmental body.
Notification of Meetings and Hearings (open to public)................................................. 7:30 PM
- Monday, April 12, 2021 – Regular Session
- Monday, April 26, 2021 – Regular Session before Spring Town Meeting
Land Acknowledgement
As one step toward carrying out our equity and anti-racism initiative, we acknowledge that we are meeting on the ancestral homeland of the Massachusett people, who lived here for thousands of years before European colonists began arriving about 1630.
In the 1600s, the Massachusett were led by the Saunkswa of Missitekw (called the Squaw Sachem by the colonists), who led her people through epidemics, wars, and displacement. We acknowledge that Winchester exists within a region where lands were taken under unjust and violent circumstances, causing a forced relocation that continues to have harmful effects on native communities.
As part of the town government of Winchester, we recognize our responsibility, now, to be good stewards of this land. And we acknowledge that Massachusett, Wampanoag, and other Indigenous people from across the country currently live in Winchester and throughout the state and contribute to our community in myriad ways.