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New Superintendent – New Ad Hoc Committee in Winchendon MA News The Town of Winchendon has been making news this year with its budget challenges. The Town meeting overwhelmingly approved the Fiscal Year 2025 School Budget at a July town meeting after rejecting it at a previous meeting. At theContinue Reading

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Power Outage Affects 500 Customers in Gardner, Winchendon Hundreds of customers are affected by a power outage late on July 5, 2024. According to National Grid, crews are already assigned to the issue and power is expected to be restored after 1am on July 6th. Social Media posts reference aContinue Reading

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Winchendon School Budget Passes Overwhelmingly at Town Meeting Winchendon voters passed the Fiscal Year 2025 School Budget at the Town Meeting of June 18, 2024. Yes: 88%. School Committee Chair Karen Kast-McBride released the following statement: “To the Voters of Winchendon who voted to pass the Winchendon Public Schools FY25Continue Reading

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Most MA Beaches Open – A few Greater Gardner Beaches are Closed According to the State of MA, bacterial contamination has closed the following beaches: Beaman’s Pond Campground, Templeton —- Dunn Pond, Gardner —- Damon Pond Beach, Ashby —-mentioned on state site in a list, but not shown on map:Continue Reading

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Communities Open Cooling Centers Because of Heat Advisory Greater Gardner is bracing for intense heat this week and cooling centers have been announced. Gardner: Due to the current heat advisory the Community Room at the Gardner Police Station located at 200 Main Street will be open as a cooling centerContinue Reading

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Town Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday June 18, 2024 at 7pm in the Murdock Middle High School Auditorium. A simple majority of voters is needed to approve the School Budget. Winchendon School Budget Heads Towards Town Meeting The Winchendon School Committee met on Thursday, June 6, 2024 for the purposeContinue Reading

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The State Budget covers funding from the state to cover school lunches for all students, $6.68 billion for Chapter 70, and other public school funding programs including Circuit Breaker Special Education reimbursement and Charter School reimbursement, as well as Regional School Transportation reimbursement. State Representative Jonathan Zlotnik Provides Helpful BudgetContinue Reading

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Admission is FREE. HUGE OPPORTUNITY: FREE Concert Series Featuring 40 piece band Winchendon Winds will play in Winchendon at the Unitarian Universalist Church of 4 consecutive Sundays in June: June 9, June 16, June 23, and June 30, all at 2pm. Under direction of Dr. Lindasy Bronnenkant, who is aContinue Reading

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Key Facts Regarding the Winchendon School Budget Issue What is not disputed: Without having a Proposition 2 1/2 override, not all desired expenditures can be made and priorities must be decided. A school budget needs to be passed prior to July 1, 2024. Publisher’s note: While an override has notContinue Reading

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Town of Winchendon Working Towards Budget Resolution With the initial School Budget rejected at Town Meeting, another Town Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday June 18, 2024 at 7pm in the Murdock Middle High School Auditorium. As a budget needs to be approved prior to July 1, 2024, sufficient attendance atContinue Reading

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Winchendon Receives Low Interest Loan for Water Main Project Winchendon Town Manager Bill McKinney told us the State of Massachusetts has approved a low interest loan so that the Town of Winchendon can proceed with the $9.5 million water main project. Interest rate is low at about 2 percent andContinue Reading

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Recent Public Meetings in Winchendon MA include the Board of Selectmen of April 8th, Winchendon School Committee on April 11th and Hearing of April 2nd, and Winchendon Finance Committee of April 9th. Listen on any device, CLICK PLAY. Listen on any device, CLICK PLAY. Listen on any device, CLICK PLAY.Continue Reading

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Consecutive Night Meetings The Winchendon Board of Selectmen met on March 25, 2024 for 1 ½ hours. . Meeting concerned appointments, permit-license applications, a presentation of Beal’s Memorial Library, Nicole Roberts update regarding Planning and Development, various new business, continued discussions on the landfill, and a 2nd review of theContinue Reading

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Complete Agenda, CLICK HERE. (Note: We are working with Town of Winchendon to get quality of document improved.) Winchendon Select Board Meets 3-11-24 The Winchendon Board of Selectmen met on March 11, 2024. Listen to the meeting on any device. CLICK PLAY.Continue Reading

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The Winchendon Select Board met on February 26, 2024 in a more than 3 hour meeting. There was considerable discussion about the landfill and concerns about trucks and contamination to residents. Order is as follows: Selectmen’s comments and announcements —- public comments and announcements — public hearings — appointments andContinue Reading

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Town of Winchendon Holds Meeting with Select Board, School Committee, and Finance Committee The lengthy meeting on February 12, 2024 concerned many budget matters and included a presentation by Interim Town Manager Bill McKinney on historic & projected expenses and revenues of the town. The amount of the increase inContinue Reading

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from town of Winchendon at 4pm on 2-1-24: ATTENTION-EMERGENCY SITUATION-LARGE WATER BREAK-CONSERVE WATER Crews are actively looking for the large water break. Please be visual. Call dispatch with any information pertaining to the water break. 978-297-1212Continue Reading

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Winchendon Town Meeting will be Monday, May 20, 2024 at 7pm, to be held at Murdock Middle High School. The Town Manager’s office will be accepting warrant articles through Monday, April 8, 2024 until 5pm. Any questions, call the Town Manager’s office at (978) 297-0085 extension 5.Continue Reading

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More on crumbling foundations on the Town of Winchendon website, CLICK HERE. Winchendon Select Board Hears About Pyrrhotite in Concrete The unusual iron sulfide with variable iron content can really screw up concrete, and the problems in house foundations sometimes takes 10 to 30 years to show up. The WinchendonContinue Reading

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Students have been temporarily utilizing facilities at Elm Street School in Gardner and the Cornerstone Church in Winchendon since a boiler issue contaminated the air and required the schools to be closed to students. Murdock Middle and High School Reopen Thursday, December 7, 2023– Air Quality Passed Winchendon Superintendent ofContinue Reading

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Update December 1, 2023: Learning to take place at 2 locations, 1 in Gardner and 1 in Winchendon Watch the complete Emergency Winchendon School Committee Meeting, CLICK HERE. Winchendon School Committee met in an emergency meeting on Thursday, November 30th Facilities Manager Brian Croteau’s statement to the School Committee characterizedContinue Reading

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Winchendon MA has unveiled new transparency tools for citizens including Winchendon TV The Town of Winchendon has a number of tools available. We have created a Winchendon Meetings page on Gardner Magazine incorporating the ability to easily play Winchendon Meetings, CLICK HERE. There is an online transparency center with currentContinue Reading