🌱 Patch AM: What Winchester’s Finance Committee really controls in your town budget

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In today's newsletter:

• What Winchester's Finance Committee really controls in your town budget

Also on today's calendar: Coins, Stamps & Collectibles: Free Appraisal Day at the Spellman Museum and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Cooler with clouds, then sun, with a high of 68 and low of 45 degrees.
• Sunday: Cloudy most of the time, temps: high: 64, low: 51.
• Monday: Breezy with a shower, with a high of 70 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Winchester, Explained: The Finance Committee's role isn't control over town, school budgets (winchesternews.org) — Winchester's Finance Committee plays a crucial but limited role: it analyzes the town budget and recommends numbers to Town Meeting, but doesn't control school priorities or take positions on overrides. After voters rejected an $11.5 million override, officials closed gaps for the FY27 budget with free cash, staff cuts, and delayed purchases, while warning that rising costs are outpacing revenue and urging residents to follow meetings closely.
   

📸 Around Winchester

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Winchester

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Coins, Stamps & Collectibles: Free Appraisal Day at the Spellman Museum →
  Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History, 241 Wellesley St, Weston
  10:00 am
• Cider Tasting →
  The Great American Beer Hall, 142 Mystic Ave, Medford
  11:00 am
Tuesday October 6
• Intro to ADUs →
  111 High St, Medford
  6:30 pm
• Commonwealth School Virtual Open House →
  Virtual,
  6:30 pm
Sunday October 18
• Austin Prep: Fall Open House →
  Austin Preparatory School, 101 Willow St, Reading
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• Winchester Youth Hockey Learn To Play Registration! →
  Holland Arena, 270 Salem St, Woburn
  9:00 am
• Create Your Own Spooky Cauldron Planter at Mahoney's Winchester →
  Mahoney's Garden Center, 242 Cambridge St, Winchester
  11:00 am
• Lion Dance & Traditional Martial Classes now enrolling →
  50 Cross St, Winchester
  4:30 pm
Sunday October 4
• Blessing of the Animals →
  The Parish of the Epiphany, Episcopal Church, 70 Church St, Winchester
  2:00 pm
Monday October 5
• Learn Traditional Martials Arts & Lion Dance - Now Open →
  50 Cross St, Winchester
  8:03 pm
Friday October 9
• Early Release Day - YAY ART! →
  Studio on the Common, 22 Church St, Winchester
  11:30 am
• Sip & Spin - Mocktail Edition! →
  Studio on the Common, 22 Church St, Winchester
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• Winchester Open Studios - Call for Artists →
  Winchester Town Hall, 71 Mt Vernon St, Winchester
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Obituary - Jeanne M. Ellis —Lauren Costello Read on Patch

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🗞 Nearby News

Woburn

• 2 Woburn Schools Earn Statewide Recognition (patch.com)

Medford

• Citywide Yard Sale Returning To Medford (patch.com)
• A Beloved Medford Burger Spot Just Served Its Last Patty After 14 Years (newsbreak.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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