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The League of Women Voters' open meeting is scheduled for January 16, 2024. After a brief business meeting, including an update on LWVUS centralized membership dues collection, we will view and discuss highlights from a recent LWVMA Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Peer Discussion Group Meeting on the topic: What it Means to do DEI Work Intentionally.

This is sure to be an informative discussion. A zoom invitation will be circulated closer to the meeting date.

On Saturday, March 2, we are holding coordinated state house assemblies in over 30 states, including at the State House in Boston. Our goal is to bring attention to the poverty in our midst, as well as other interrelated injustices. We hope to mobilize voters to participate in our democracy to bring about change toward justice for all and for the environment.

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.

The MBTA and the Winchester Station Project Team would like to invite you to a virtual public meeting where the project team will give an update on the completed construction activities to date, the station reopening, and what work is anticipated in the upcoming months.

Join the Network for Social Justice to welcome Executive Director Rebecca Slisz, meet friends, make connections, learn about NFSJ programs, and share your ideas about social justice and community-building in Winchester. Light snacks and alcohol-free drinks will be available; family friendly.

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 6^th grade essay winner will read her

En Ka Exchange Resale Shop is opening doors early to show off our fab new collection of resale clothing at incredible prices. We are featuring a wide variety of curated seasonal wear--from beautiful summer dresses to cozy fall sweaters. We have a room filled with winter coats--excellent brand names and quality, brand new children's jackets, ski coats and snow pants. We have brand new shoes--Rag & Bone boots, excellent condition Breakers, near perfect Merrells, Karl Lagerfeld heels, and more. You won't believe the prices.

Join us for a special evening with Frazier King and Jo Sandman. We are so pleased to highlight the exhibition Collector's Eye featuring the works of over 40 photographic artists from all over the world. Known to emerging, mid career and established artists of the medium, Frazier has spent a lifetime supporting, collecting and collaborating with photographers celebrating the craft and artistry of photography. The Griffin Museum holds in it's collection select works of New England based mixed media artist Jo Sandman, and we are thrilled to show these works for the first time in an exhibition

Please join us for a reception on Thursday, January 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. to celebrate the work of Mengwen Cao, Jess T. Dugan, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Matthew Leifheit, Laurence Philomene, Anne Vetter, Matthew Finley and Kevin Bennett Moore. What makes a family? How do we define community? These fundamental questions are explored in the exhibition Nuclear Family, which re-imagines the concept of family, expanding our vision beyond traditional norms through the lens of LGBTQIA+ artists. The term traditional family often evokes a specific image: two heterosexual parents and their children. However

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