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By Danielle [email protected]
After months of negoti-ating, Winchester schoolofficials and theWinchesterEducation Association havereached a contract deal.
Teachers voted in favor ofthe contract 254 to 24 lastweek, according to ErikaGuckenberger, the unionpresident. The School Com-mittee vote unanimouslyto ratify the contract at itsmeeting Tuesday.
The contract covers fiscalyears 2014, 2015 and 2016.“We both received addi-
tional items that we werelooking for,” School Com-mittee member MichaelSchindelman said prior tothe meeting.
The Winchester Educa-tion Association and theSchool Committee had beennegotiating sinceMay 2013on a new contract.Membersof the teachers’ union helddemonstrations in supportof higher wages earlier this
year and teachers appearedat School Committee meet-ings to drum up support fortheir side.A deal was struck between
the negotiating teams
SCHOOLS
Teachers, board agree to contract
By Nancy [email protected]
F romWorld War II Britain tothe labs of MIT – to Cabaret?Winchester’s David Gordon
Wilson has published a newmemoir, “The Mens’ Kick Line,” afascinating look at his childhood inBritain and his path toward becom-ing a lauded mechanical engineerand professor.
“Throughoutmy college daysI wanted to bein industry,”Wilson, 86,writes. “But myprofessor for myPh.D. researchtold me quitefirmly that Iwas destined to be a professor in auniversity.”
Wilson was born and educated inWarwickshire, England. He arrivedin North America in 1953, work-ing his way across the Atlantic ina cargo boat’s engine room and upthe ladder of academia to becomeprofessor emeritus of mechanicalengineering at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, where hetaught for 28 years.
WINCHESTER VOICES
David Gordon Wilson, pictured at his home in Winchester, is a mechanical engineer and professor emeritus atMIT. WICKED LOCAL PHOTO / NANCYMEHEGAN
Engineering the good life
WVWINCHESTER
VOICES
By Abby [email protected]
Terry Fuller installedsolar panels on his Win-chester home a few yearsago. The first electric billhe got after the switch wasfor $3.BobHickey has him beat.
After he installed solarpanels on his home on theCape, his first bill was for 19cents.“I have not paid a
bill since,” said Hickey,president and CEO ofWin-chester Co-operative Bank.The two men are back-
ers of a new grant programdesigned to helpWinchesterseniors make energy effi-cient home improvements.To qualify, a senior mustown and occupy a housein Winchester, be 60 yearsold or older and have anincome $70,000 or less foran individual or $80,000or less for a couple. Appli-cants must also undergo afree home energy audit.Fuller, a member of the
Council on Aging who iscoordinating the grantprogram, said he wason the fence about solarpanels before having theminstalled. It took getting agrant from Solarize Mass,which helps Massachusettshomeowners pay for solarpanels, to convince him.
GRANTPROGRAM
Helpingseniorsgo green
Eric Keough, right, is crowned the winner of the men’s pageant at the 10th annualWomen Helping Women fundraiser April 3. The event raises money for the WinchesterChamber of Commerce. For more photos see page B8. COURTESY PHOTO / CYDNEY AMBROSE
Crowning glory
By Melissa [email protected]
A scheduled discussionand vote on the ongoingretiree health care mitiga-tion plan was postponedMonday night to allow anew selectman time to getup to speed on the issue.Stephen Powers defeated
the board’s former chair-man, Douglas Marmon,in last week’s election.With Marmon off theboard, JenniferWilsonwas
elected its new chairman atMonday’s meeting. JamesJohnson was elected vicechairman.The board last month
proposed changes to aplan adopted in 2012 thatwould raise retiree health
SELECTMEN
Board postponeshealth care vote
More insideA history of the health careissue, page A6
SEE SELECTMEN, A6
SEE TEACHERS, A9
SEE VOICES, A6 SEE GREEN, A9
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