Affordable Housing

Sanctuary West (416 Cambridge Street) and Sanctuary North (25 River Street) are new rental communities in Winchester. Cambridge Street will have 95 units total, and River Street will have 147 units total. Both properties are in close proximity to the Middlesex Fells Reservation, various shops and restaurants, and much more. Through this process, 61 apartments will be made available to households earning no more than 80% of the Area Median Income (24 at Cambridge Street and 37 at River Street). Affordable units will have thoughtful layouts and high-end finishes, identical to the market rate units in these developments.  

Applications are due May 31st at 2:00pm.  You can find additional information on the Town's website.

Offering a Summer Camp for Children?

Important! A permit from the Health Department is required to operate a camp. A camp is defined by MA regulation* based on the amount of time it runs and the use of the word “camp.”

If you are thinking of offering a program for children this summer, know that a permit is required if the program is:

• Advertised as a camp.
               Also:
• Offered for more than 2 hours a day and 
• operates at least 4 days over a 2 week period.  

*There are limited exceptions defined in the camp regulations.

For more information, please visit: Camp Info or call the Winchester Health Department at 781-721-7121.

Block Parties

Block parties must be approved by the Town Manager's office.  Please submit your request in writing at least two weeks in advance.  You can email your request to townmanager@winchester.us and include the date, times and street location of the party.  Please be advised that parties will not be approved after sunset.

If you plan on having a food truck parked on the street, you must have approval from the Health Department.  Please submit the application well in advance of the party.

Construction/Capital Projects Update

On-going Construction Projects

1. Eversource 345kV Project – Work is complete on Washington Street. 2023 work will focus on completing Cross Street improvements.  
2. Eversource 115kV Project – Eversource has completed repaving and will be stripping the bike lanes on Main Street between Symmes Corner and the Medford line in the coming weeks.
3. North Reservoir Dam – Construction is substantially complete and looks great! Excellent job by our contractor T Ford and design team from Weston & Sampson.
4. Transfer Station Renovation – Demolition of the incinerator building was completed on Sunday, April 23 and Monday, April 24. Final paving is scheduled for early June, weather permitting.
5. Parkhurst Modular Classrooms – Site work is wrapping up and the parking lot will be paved next week. The modular classrooms are scheduled to be delivered in late June. The project is on-schedule to get the teachers set-up in August and the students in the building in September.
6. Four roof evaluations – Gale Associates is currently working on the initial roof evaluation funded at Fall 2022 Town Meeting, and we expect the report by the end of June. We will have better information regarding overall project costs after that point.
7. Town Hall and Library Windows Evaluation – The initial evaluation is currently underway and we expect to have a report by the end of July.

Upcoming Community Events

June 1 - The Rebirth of the Winchester Herring

June 2 - WHS Graduation and Town Day Block Party

June 3 - Town Day

June 6 - PRIDEfest

June 10 - Household Hazardous Waste Day

More events and information on the Town's Community Calendar