Winchester Clark County Parks and Recreation is having their Halloween Festival on Friday, October 18th and Saturday, October 19th from 6:30pm to 10pm each evening!

Tickets are $10 each and include: Haunted House, Haunted Swamp, Inflatables, Pumpkin Painting, Games, Prizes, Popcorn and Apple Cider, Photo Backdrop and more fun!

Tickets can be purchased at https://wccpr.recdesk.com

Calvary Christian Church is collecting items for two Eastern Tennessee communities impacted by the hurricane.

Please bring BOTTLED WATER and CANNED GOODS to the main lobby of Redwing Drive this Wednesday through Sunday.

Edit: Additional items:

1. Canned Prep Meals (Soups and Chef Boyardee)

2. Contractor Trash Bags

3. Work Gloves

Members of Calvary will personally deliver items on Thursday and Sunday afternoon.

Their address: 15 Redwing Drive, Winchester, KY 40391

Leeds Center for the Arts and Hall Coffee & Social Club are collaborating for a new event in Winchester.

As stated in a news release, Leeds Center for the Arts will have the first-ever “Book Club Happy Hour” at the Hall Coffee and Social Club – located at 17 S. Main Street – on Monday, September 30th from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Read more at: https://www.winchestersun.com/2024/09/26/leeds-center-for-the-arts-launches-unique-opportunity/

Vendors, live music, food trucks, crafts.

https://www.facebook.com/events/404091195693167/

October Corvette Cruise-In – In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Rose Mary C. Brooks Place in Winchester, KY. The club will help celebrate their anniversary while also giving tribute to David Borden (former board member and Corvette collector.
Free food, T-shirts, Music and awards. Best car by each generation as voted on by residents.

https://www.facebook.com/events/3657195021221981/

Join Ghost Host Jamie Gillette as she delves into Winchester’s ghoulish past and spins stories of murder, mayhem and ghostly apparitions during the Winchester Haunted Walking Tour.

Travel along the original brick sidewalks of Winchester’s historic Thomson neighborhood and through the darkened streets of the Downtown Historic District as Gillette discusses reports of ghost children and the deadly cholera plague that hit Winchester in the 1800s. 

“I will be discussing the history of the buildings and neighborhood that I have found through my research of Clark County,” said Gillette.

Among her discoveries? “Several deaths by poisoning and shootings and an accidentally thrown oil lantern,” she said. 

The two-mile tours take place 7:30-9 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays through October, beginning on Saturday, Sept. 28. Proper footwear is suggested, and flashlights will be provided. Tickets are $21/person.

Their Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/people/Historic-Winchester-haunted-tours/61564899424954/

The end of September will feature the 17th annual “Friends of the Poor Walk” on Saturday, September 28th. The walk will take place at College Park at 30 Wheeler Avenue from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. It’s sponsored by the Winchester Conference of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society (SVDP), which is one of the oldest and most effective charitable organizations in the world.

Read more at: https://www.winchestersun.com/2024/09/18/friends-of-the-poor-walk-to-occur-at-college-park/

Look - political opinions, especially these days, are like butts: Everyone has one, and they all stink.

We are not having political hissy fits in this community period.

I will delete them, and I will block you from the community.

It's that simple.

Please do not suffer under the delusion that this is a democracy.

No joke. A pet Boa is on the loose around Stratford Glen and last seen on Hood.

Not new news, has been on the loose for about 3 days now. See images and phone number below. Its reported to be ~8-10 ft in length. Shouldn't be to hard to recognize.

Owner dearly wants it back, worried it may be destroyed, despite having a gentle temperament.

Ive recently moved to winchester. I know very few people and have nothing to do after work in the evenings, that being said, i enjoy billards even though i am horrible?

(Stolen from r/lexington)

I'd like to hear what you think are the top three improvements that Winchester needs.

My own:

1. More competition in the grocery space.

Right now, Kroger and Walmart are it, and I'd love to see Aldi, or even Publix come in here and steal their lunch money. Aldi, especially, would be wonderful even if just from a sheer "You'll save a ton of money" standpoint.

2. Winchester is a food desert.

We've got too many fast food, pizza, Chinese and Mexican places, and not enough of everything else. I realize that economically, these are the least expensive, but I'd love to see even a Chik-Fil-A, Thai, Indian, a good old fashioned deli, or something else to offer a variety of tastes and experiences.

3. Better, and more timely event marketing.

It amazes me just how much is going on here in town, but you never hear about it in advance! You hear about it if/when it gets a mention in the Winchester Sun. I'm constantly saying "Man, I would have liked to have gone to THAT" a great deal. With a town this small, I would assume there would be a focal point for information, and that it would be the Sun, and that we would know well in advance, but this is also where being a small town newspaper, and thus, thinly staffed, works against you as well.

Matt Cizek can't do EVERYTHING :)

Looking forward to your responses!

Yeah, I know it's in Lexington, but hey - Winchester DOESN'T HAVE A BURGER WEEK.

Get on that, Chamber of Commerce.

https://www.lexingtonburgerweek.com/

Here's the link with days, times and locations here in Winchester:

https://www.bluegrassintergroup.org/meetings/?tsml-day=any&tsml-region=winchester

https://www.lex18.com/news/winchester-day-care-worker-faces-child-abuse-charge-ky?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1Dgj8OoRXW8CfQ-fyAq1LdZ8rbwlzigVI13BZfyiOOeim6EsL6uhum6z0_aem_Ai68XWT4brfWACTsEMtN4w

They've been here in Win for a while, but have moved into their new home downstairs, front and center, on Main Street!

There's always a nice crowd there, and they seem to have something going on almost every night!

I'm more of a tabletop gamer myself, but I know these games are STILL wildly popular!

Here's their Facebook page: https://en-gb.facebook.com/hsctcg/

Go support them!

Here's the latest issue!

There's a link to subscribe in the upper left hand corner; give them your email and find something new to do in town!

https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?e=6ed2216cdb&u=49fbc9e15c5cdd27765264709&id=4218631019

PS. Not my newsletter, no dog in this hunt

The Voices of Winchester podcast:

https://www.wincityvoices.org/podcast/

If someone has found a job or hired someone as a result of these posts, please leave a note in the comments. That means we're on the right track.

• Employers: What jobs do you have available?
• Employees: What positions are available at your place of business?
• Job Seekers: What kinds of work are you looking for, what are your qualifications?

Tag your comment where appropriate like so: [Employer], [Employee], [Job Seeker]

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I (foolishly) had high hopes for some new food options going in there. A Jersey Mikes, Penn Station, Greek or Indian restaurant, pretty much anything. I pass by them today and the main big building has a Sir Pizza sign. Sir fucking Pizza, possibly the worst pizza I’ve ever had, is moving from a shitty building to a brand new building. I’m sure the rest of the buildings will be nothing exciting (paint store, law/real estate firm, dollar tree, bank, car wash, etc). This town refuses to move forward and continues to lag behind other towns surrounding Lexington.

If someone has found a job or hired someone as a result of these posts, please leave a note in the comments. That means we're on the right track.

• Employers: What jobs do you have available?
• Employees: What positions are available at your place of business?
• Job Seekers: What kinds of work are you looking for, what are your qualifications?

Tag your comment where appropriate like so: [Employer], [Employee], [Job Seeker]

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Who remembers this on an overpass on I-64 and does anyone have any backstory?

Did anyone actually Win with Willard?

Hey everyone, me and my wife are currently looking for a place around Winchester and would like some do’s and do not’s about apartments around town. Recommendations, warnings, best areas, etc.. Thanks in advance.

Anyone have any insights into the fireworks like boom going off every 5-15 minutes? Someone in Reddit Lexington hearing it as well.

I got this idea from the fine folks over at r/lexington, and I though it could be a blessing and of good use here in Winchester as well.

I would like this to become a regular monthly post; we'll see how well it's received. If someone has found a job or hired someone as a result of these posts, please leave a note in the comments. That means we're on the right track.

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• Employers: What jobs do you have available?

• Employees: What positions are available at your place of business?

• Job Seekers: What kinds of work are you looking for, what are your qualifications?

Tag your comment where appropriate like so: [Employer], [Employee], [Job Seeker]

Please feel free to post links to job sites and general job search advice here. You may solicit resumes, but please do not post personal information such as a link to your own resume; keep that to a PM between the two of you.