🌱 Patch AM: How Winchester’s new Medicare deadline could change retirements and town budgets

Good day Winchester! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Winchester's new Medicare deadline could change retirements and town budgets

Also on today's calendar: Winning as a Buyer in Today's Market and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A p.m. shower in places, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 60.
• Thursday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 83 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Winchester sets deadline for retiring with Medicare reimbursement (winchesternews.org) — Winchester has set June 30, 2027, as the last day town employees can retire and still receive the $200-per-month Medicare Part B reimbursement in retirement. The Select Board's decision could influence when 88 retirement-eligible staff choose to leave and will affect future town budgets, vacation and sick-time payouts, and how departments plan for staffing and succession over the next two years.
   

📸 Around Winchester

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Winchester

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday August 25
• Winning as a Buyer in Today's Market →
  Legacy Hall, 295 Washington St, Woburn
  6:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Austin Prep: Summer Preview →
  Austin Preparatory School, 101 Willow St, Reading
  5:00 pm
Friday August 28
• Yoga of Energy Flow YOGA TEACHER TRAINING with Daniel Orlansky, Andrea Fotopoulos & others →
  The Arlington Center, 369 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington
  6:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!) →
  Ephraim Curtis Middle School, 22 Pratts Mill Rd, Sudbury
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday August 25
• Write On Winchester
  Winchester Public Library Small Meeting Room , 80 Washington St
  7:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• EARLY VOTING IN PERSON - State Primary →
  Winchester, MA Calendar, 71 Mt. Vernon Street, 1st Floor, Winchester
  8:00 am
• Itsy Bitsy Readers
  Winchester Public Library Children's Room , 80 Washington St
  12:00 pm
• Winchester Committee for Community Preservation →
  Winchester, MA Calendar, 71 Mt. Vernon Street, Lower Level, Winchester
  5:30 pm
Thursday August 27
• EARLY VOTING IN PERSON - State Primary →
  Winchester, MA Calendar, 71 Mt. Vernon Street, 1st Floor, Winchester
  8:00 am
Tuesday September 1
• RSM Winchester classes are enrolling for 2026-27 academic year →
  50 Cross St, Winchester
  9:00 am
Tuesday September 8
• Sing with Lexington Pops Chorus →
  Hancock United Church Of Christ, 1912 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington
  7:30 pm
Sunday September 13
• Rally Day →
  The Parish of the Epiphany, Episcopal Church, 70 Church St, Winchester
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Obituary - Anne B. Hilliard —Lauren Costello Read on Patch

• Parker Hannifin Corporation posted a job opening for Material Handler- Shipper 2nd shift in Woburn. Apply here.
• Concord Hospitality posted a job opening for part-time Night Auditor/Front desk starting at $21-24hour in Stoneham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Winchester here.

🗞 Nearby News

Arlington

• Potential sale of former Girl Scout camp in Meredity heads to court (unionleader.com)
• Constance Edith Rudd, Teacher, Singer, Animal Lover and Activist, Dies at 83 (thedailycatch.org)

Medford

• Museum of Science to open William and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Science Common - Boston News, Weather, Sports (whdh.com)
• Claude Shannon and the Birth of the Bit (taskade.com)

Burlington

• 3-BR Home In 'Highly Desirable' Neighborhood For Sale In Burlington (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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