League of Women Voters of Winchester

Attention LWV Members- Town Meeting Member Vacancies
If you are interested, contact your Precinct Chair for Town Meeting Member vacancies to be filled during the upcoming fall town meeting session. No nomination papers are required. You must be a registered voter in the town of Winchester to be eligible. The Precinct Chairs will be scheduling a Zoom meeting with the remaining members of the precinct that has a vacancy, sometime prior to the adjournment of the fall town meeting. Below is a list of the Precinct Chairs and the terms of the vacancies. Contact your Precinct Chair for more information. Do not contact the Town Clerk to apply. If needed, you may find your precinct at https://www.winchester.us/213/Precinct-Maps.

Precinct 1 Robert MacIntosh 50 Hillcrest Pkwy  781-729-4622  bob22mac@gmail.com 3 yr.

Precinct 2 Richard Rohan 152 Swanton St.   781-729-1724  rohan.tmp2@comcast.net 1yr.

Precinct 3 Robin Vos 30 Mt. Vernon St. 617-447-4719  mvos@hotmail.com 3 yr.

Precinct 4 Candace Van Aken 20 Grove St. 781-729-5600  cwvanak@aol.com 1 yr. and 2 yr.

Precinct 5 Pamela Cort 112 Arlington St. 781-369-1241  pamola_s@yahoo.com 3 yr.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING WEBINAR - Oct. 27

LWV Winchester is co-sponsoring the Webinar, “Demystifying Affordable Housing: Lessons for Winchester” scheduled for October 27 at 7:30pm, with our allies at Network for Social Justice.

This will be a discussion with Andrea Adams, former Watertown MA Senior Planner, moderated by Marty Jones, Principal at MJ Insights.

Please register at demystifyingaffordablehousing.eventbrite.com and see the flyer here. Please contact office@nfsj.org with questions.

LWV MA VIRTUAL DAY ON THE HILL

October 27, 10AM - 12pm

Put on your lobbying hat and participate in the League’s virtual Day on the Hill lobby day, “Facing the Challenge: Voting, Climate, Early Education, Healthcare,” Wednesday, Oct. 27, 10 a.m. to noon.

LWVMA legislative specialists will present the four bills we are focusing on for this lobby day:

Elections and Voting: The VOTES Act H.805/S.2545
Environment and Climate Change: H.3302/S.2155 Promotes offshore wind and renewable energy
Education: Affordable Early Education and Childcare H.605/S.362 The Common Start bill
Healthcare: Medicare for All in Massachusetts H.1267/S.766

Show League unity and boost our Zoom impact by wearing any League shirt or pins you have to Day on the Hill!

LOWELL VOTES IS SEEKING HELP TO ATTRACT AND REGISTER NEW VOTERS!

Please help Lowell Get out the Vote before their local election occurs at the end of October.

Registering Voters https://tinyurl.com/2021LowellCitywideGOTV

Calling Voters https://tinyurl.com/Lowell-Votes-Sign-Up.

LWVW ANNUAL MEETING

The 2021 Annual Meeting of the League of Women Voters of Winchester was held on June 12. We honored Patty Shepherd, recipient of the 2021 Civic Leadership Award (read more about Patty here), reviewed changes to the by-laws, and a proposed budget for the coming year.

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2022!

Membership drive for next year has begun

Please join or renew your membership today. Your dues will be used to support League activities on local, state and national levels:

Annual membership: $65

Sustaining membership: $100

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