Winchester Star: Opinion
- POLL: What businesses are you most looking forward to reopening?
Thursday - 05/07/2020 - 02:46 PMVote in our poll below and share your comments.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Should residents be fined for not wearing a face mask in public? Join the #ConfabNE
Monday - 05/04/2020 - 01:56 PM#ConfabNE is a conversation that publishes in 15 Gannett New England daily newspapers and numerous weeklies in five states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Is it time to reopen America? Here's what you said.
Thursday - 04/30/2020 - 11:58 AM#ConfabNE is a conversation that publishes online in 15 Gannett newspapers covering five New England states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine and Rhode Island.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - These are the changes people say they'd like to keep post-pandemic
Thursday - 04/23/2020 - 06:40 AM#ConfabNE is a conversation that publishes online in 15 Gannett newspapers covering five New England states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Chamber of Commerce urges support of local businesses
Tuesday - 04/14/2020 - 01:58 PMThe Winchester Chamber of Commerce — a nonprofit organization with a volunteer board of directors and several hundred members that includes businesses, community members, entrepreneurs, nonprofit groups, home-based companies and individuals — serves to promote and serve member businesses, through our many programs and initiatives.With the current COVID-19 precautions and restrictions, Winchester’s local stores, restaurants and [...]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Letter to the editor of the Winchester Star: Vote for Neogy for School Committee
Tuesday - 03/31/2020 - 03:59 PMVote for Neogy for School CommitteeTypically, organizations follow Robert’s Rules of Order by approving the minutes of each meeting at the beginning of the next regular meeting. In contrast, Winchester’s School Committee (SC) has a laissez faire approach.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- #ConfabNE: We asked how you were coping with coronavirus changes. Here's what you said.
Thursday - 04/02/2020 - 08:00 AM#ConfabNE is a conversation that publishes online in 15 Gannett newspapers covering five New England states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - POLL: Supporting local restaurants during the coronavirus outbreak
Saturday - 03/28/2020 - 02:58 PMWhat are you doing to support restaurants? Vote in our poll below and please share your comments.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - POLL: Supporting local restaurants during the coronavirus outbreak
Tuesday - 03/24/2020 - 12:12 PMWhat are you doing to support restaurants? Vote in our poll below and please share your comments.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - #ConfabNE: It's not looking good for either Biden or Sanders, these New Englanders say.
Thursday - 03/19/2020 - 06:29 AM#ConfabNE is a conversation that publishes in 15 Gannett newspapers in four New England states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island
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- WEEKLY HOROSCOPE: May 11-17
Thursday - 05/07/2020 - 02:21 AMHoroscope for May 4-10A busy week awaits as two outer planets station retrograde. We saw Pluto station retrograde last week, and this week, Saturn follows on the May 11 and then Jupiter on May 14.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Column: Forging a future that works for us all
Saturday - 05/02/2020 - 05:29 PMThe spread of the coronavirus, and with it the declaration of a state of emergency in Massachusetts, has created a situation unlike any we have ever seen.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - WEEKLY HOROSCOPE: May 4-10
Thursday - 04/30/2020 - 02:21 AMHoroscope for May 4-10Pluto recently stationed retrograde and due to its slow outer orbit will remain in Capricorn until early October. Starting at 24 degrees Capricorn, Pluto will retrograde back to 22 degrees Capricorn by Oct.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Is it time to reopen America? Join the #ConfabNE.
Monday - 04/20/2020 - 07:08 AM#ConfabNE is a conversation that publishes in 15 Gannett New England newspapers in five states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Join the conversation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Should there be adequate social safety nets for crises? Here's what you think.
Thursday - 04/09/2020 - 09:04 AM#ConfabNE is a conversation that publishes online in 15 Gannett newspapers covering five New England states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Letter to the editor of the Winchester Star: A pastoral message from the Winchester Interfaith Council
Tuesday - 03/31/2020 - 04:02 PMA pastoral message from the Winchester Interfaith CouncilWe are leaders of different faith traditions. And, yet, we are joined in our love and concern for the people of Winchester and surrounding communities amid the COVID-19 crisis.Each of our communities is founded on sacred texts and histories of those who faced unimaginable crises in their time and found their way to hope.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Social safety nets in a time of crisis: What is government's role in supporting citizens laid off due to coronavirus? Join the #
Monday - 03/30/2020 - 06:25 AM#ConfabNE is a conversation that publishes in 15 Gannett New England newspapers covering five states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Join the conversation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - #ConfabNE: Has the government redeemed itself for a slow initial response to coronavirus? Here's what you said.
Thursday - 03/26/2020 - 10:40 AMIn early March, we asked what you thought about the public health and economic-related responses to the spread of the coronavirus. At the time, many of you were uncertain if the crisis was real or not.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- How are you adjusting to coronavirus changes? What struggles or silver linings are you encountering? Join the #ConfabNE.
Monday - 03/23/2020 - 06:27 AM#ConfabNE is a conversation that publishes in 15 Gannett New England newspapers in four states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Join the conversation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Time to rally: Together, let's support local businesses, the bedrock of our communities
Wednesday - 03/18/2020 - 03:38 PMA letter from the presidents of news and advertising of Gannett, the parent company of your local newspaper.
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- #ConfabnNE: Is working from home here to stay? Here’s what you said
Thursday - 05/07/2020 - 03:44 PMLast week, the #ConfabNE question asked New Englanders if they think working from home will become the new normal in our post pandemic lives. In the past 15 years the number of U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Column: CPA communities can lead on housing assistance during crisis
Saturday - 05/02/2020 - 05:06 PMNow, with Massachusetts communities feeling the surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, CPA cities and towns can lead by creating emergency rental assistance funds, for residents who are struggling to pay their next rent.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Will U.S. workers ditch their sweatpants and couches to return to office life when the pandemic ends? Join the #ConfabNE.
Monday - 04/27/2020 - 06:56 AMSince 2005, the number of U.S. workers doing their jobs from home has been steadily increasing, according to an analysis by FlexJobs and Global Workplace Analytics that found a 159 percent increase in remote workers over the 12 years between then and 2017.Then came COVID-19, stay-at-home orders, and the need to social distance, changing the landscape dramatically.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Accusations are flying, but who is ultimately responsible for providing life-saving medical equipment? Join the #ConfabNE.
Thursday - 04/16/2020 - 06:47 AM#ConfabNE is a conversation that publishes online in 15 Gannett newspapers covering five New England states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - When the pandemic ends, do we all go back to our old lives? Join the #ConfabNE.
Monday - 04/13/2020 - 07:25 AM#ConfabNE is a conversation that publishes in 15 Gannett New England newspapers in five states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Join the conversation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Letter to the editor of the Winchester Star: Bergstrom keeps her School Committee promises
Tuesday - 03/31/2020 - 04:04 PMBergstrom keeps her School Committee promisesThree years ago, Michelle Bergstrom ran for School Committee with a fresh, proactive energy and a number of campaign promises. And unlike many who make campaign promises, Michelle has kept hers.It’s impressive how much Michelle has achieved in her first term.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Join the #ConfabNE: States are fighting with the feds over the ventilators they need. Who's right?
Monday - 04/06/2020 - 07:28 AM#ConfabNE is a conversation that publishes in 15 Gannett New England newspapers in four states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Join the conversation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - WEEKLY HOROSCOPE: March 30-April 5
Thursday - 03/26/2020 - 02:21 AMHoroscope for March 30-April 5We begin the week with Mars leaving Capricorn after having connected with the all the hefty slow-moving outer planets currently moving through Capricorn. This has been no easy ride.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- POLL: Supporting local restaurants during the coronavirus outbreak
Monday - 03/23/2020 - 05:56 PMWhat are you doing to support restaurants? Vote in our poll below and please share your comments.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Column: How to practice aggressive social distancing over the next two weeks, from a public health leader.
Monday - 03/16/2020 - 04:40 PMDr. Asaf Bitton MD, MPH is the executive director of Ariadne Labs, a joint health system innovation center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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