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🌱 Patch AM: How Winchester’s Sanborn House is being saved—and reused—for community life

Coming up: Austin Prep: Summer Preview on the Winchester Patch calendar

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Hi there, Winchester! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Winchester's Sanborn House is being saved—and reused—for community life

Also on today's calendar: Austin Prep: Summer Preview and 9 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Julia D.!

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, temps: high: 83, low: 67.
  • Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Early 20th century mansion in Winchester MA enjoys community revival (wickedlocal.com) — A historic High Street mansion now serving as the Winchester Historical Society's home is undergoing a careful, long-term restoration, with its grand first floor already hosting weddings and community events. Town ownership, grant funding, and local advocacy are helping preserve the Sanborn House and its carriage house, while future projects like air conditioning, landscaping, and structural repairs depend on continued fundraising.
   

📸 Around Winchester

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📸 Winchester resident Pamela D.A. Reeve hosted an intimate fundraiser at her home benefiting the Boston Arts Academy Foundation and its 2026 Visual Arts Honoree, renowned interior designer Ken Fulk. —Julia D. Like

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🗞 Nearby News

Woburn

  • Woburn Primary 2026: Key Races, Early Voting Info (patch.com)

Medford

  • Community Care Van Clinic Coming To Medford (patch.com)
  • Spirit Halloween Leasing Former CVS Site in Medford, With 1,550 Locations This Year (wror.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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