Annual Town Meeting
Monday, May 18, 2026 - 7:00 p.m.
Murdock High School, 3 Memorial Dr
Annual Town Meeting Warrant with board recommendations (PDF)
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This Week's Winchendon News
Annual Town Meeting 2026 - What You Need to Know About the Warrant Articles
Voters will make final decision on MSBA school repairs approved at the ballot May 4
Winchendon's 2026 Annual Town Meeting will convene on Monday night, May 18, at 7:00 p.m. at the Murdock Middle High School, 3 Memorial Drive. Voters are advised to arrive early to allow plenty of time to check in and receive their electronic voting "clickers." Town Meeting will be held in the high school gymnasium, which allows more freedom of movement for voters to come forward for discussion. Seating will be in the bleachers and in chairs on the floor. CAP live captioning will be displayed on a screen for those who find it helpful or necessary.
Child Care: FREE child care will be available in the high school. MHS National Honor Society students will be supervising children. Please sign up in advance with the form at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeF0lPPtfTxsfhzPBHL1h0W0VIk1vhgYi4HziyEMj36fLGiMA/viewform, so the organizers can plan for number of children.
If you are new to Town Meeting in Winchendon (or in general), see "How Does Town Meeting Work? A Quickie Primer/Refresher for Winchendon Voters," below.
The Warrant: Paper copies of the warrant will be available at Town Meeting. They are also available to pick up in advance in the Town Manager's office, 4th floor of Town Hall (109 Front Street). You can read and/or download and print a PDF of the warrant from the town website at www.townofwinchendon.com/DocumentCenter/View/2004/Annual-Town-Meeting-Warrant-May-18-2026.
Each warrant article will be displayed on the large screen at the front of the room while it is being discussed and voted on. Note that some articles do not have dollar amounts; the dollar amounts will be stated in the motion.
Here is the Courier's annual unofficial "fact sheet" for the 2026 warrant articles.
ARTICLE 1: To hear the annual reports of the Finance Committee and any other town boards or committees that may have a report. The Chair of the Finance Committee will give a report on the financial situation of the town as a whole, and explain how various articles will impact the town's financial condition. Typically, only the FinCom gives a report, but on rare occasions another committee might have one.
ARTICLE 2: To create a revolving fund for the Economic Development Task Force. Revolving funds do NOT involve tax money or town funds in any way. Some town committees and departments can collect money directly related to their functions (for example, table fees for the Farmers Market). A revolving fund gives them a place to hold that money which is transparent and accountable. The Economic Development Task Force (EDTF) was appointed last year, and is planning various projects to raise funds for their goals of supporting Winchendon's business community. The revolving fund will allow the EDTF to manage these funds responsibly.
ARTICLE 3: To fix the maximum amount that can be spent from revolving funds. We vote on this every year. Just so committees and boards don't go wild with their dollar bills, each revolving fund has an annual spending limit. To spend more, they would need to get approval from voters. (Most never get near their limit.)
ARTICLE 4: Senior Tax Workoff. We vote on this every year. Senior citizens can work at odd jobs for the town in exchange for an offset on their property tax. The program is underutilized, and no money is actually spent. It's a credit, or abatement, for participating seniors.
ARTICLE 5: Assistance to the Winchendon CAC. We vote on this every year. For many years, the town has been supporting the independent non-profit, the Winchendon Community Action Committee, in recognition of the value its work has for the town.
ARTICLE 6: Town Budget. This asks voters to approve the town budget for Fiscal Year 2027 (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027). The town budget does not include the school district, but it does include school transportation, as well as shared expenses for employment benefits (health insurance, retirement) and some administrative costs. The town budget can be amended on Town Meeting floor, but only in such a way that the final total does not increase. For example, a voter may propose adding an amount to a line item and deducting the same amount from some other line item. But a line item can't be increased without taking the funds from someplace else in the budget.
For Town Manager Bill McKinney's detailed explanation of the final town budget, see "Town Manager Presents Final FY 2027 Budget to Joint BOS and FinCom Meeting" in the April 2-9, 2026 edition of the Winchendon Courier
For a detailed explanation of Fire Chief Tom Smith's plan to add two staff and increase ambulance service and revenues, see "Fire Chief Smith Answers More Questions from BOS and FinCom About Proposed Staff Increase and Ambulance Service Expansion" in the March 5-12, 2026 edition of the Winchendon Courier
The next four articles--articles 7, 8, 9 and 10--all concern the town's Enterprise Funds. Enterprise funds are independent from the town budget--they are not funded by taxpayers. They are funded by user fees paid by residents who actually use the services. As with revolving accounts--on a much larger scale--Enterprise Funds must bring their full budgets with revenues and expenditures before voters at Town Meeting for approval each year.
ARTICLE 7: Water Enterprise Fund. This is the fund for the water department. It represents a fairly substantial increase because of the major water main project (now fully complete and online). The payments on the state loan for the water main start next fiscal year. A portion of the loan will be forgiven by the state, and the interest rate is only 2 percent. Water rates will be going up about 23 percent, but should level off after that, Mr. McKinney said. The water main itself is saving the town considerable costs we were having for continuous leakage and repairs to the old pipe.
ARTICLE 8: Wastewater Enterprise Fund. This is the fund for the sewer department. Sewer rates will be increasing by about 12 percent.
ARTICLE 9: Transfer Station Enterprise Fund. This is the fund for the transfer station. Transfer station fees--for stickers, pay-as-you-throw trash bags and demo waste per ton--will also be going up to cover costs.
ARTICLE 10: Cable Public Access Enterprise Fund. This fund pays for the operation of the town cable TV channel and is funded through fees paid by Xfinity/Comcast users. If you have Xfinity/Comcast cable TV, a few cents for this is buried in your bill each month.
ARTICLE 11: School District Budget. The school department budget is developed by the school district administration and approved by the School Committee, in a process that takes months. It cannot be changed on Town Meeting floor--it can only be voted up or down as presented. The budget includes staff salaries, all expenses related to education, and expenses for building operation and maintenance, but it doesn't include student transportation, which is part of the town budget. The school budget is 2.5 percent ($458,194) more than the state's Required Net School Spending, according to Superintendent of Schools Charlotte King. Required Net School Spending is the rock bottom dead minimum that a town can get away with spending on its schools without being penalized by the state. Most, if not all towns spend more than their required amount.
ARTICLE 12: Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School ("Monty Tech"). Winchendon is part of Monty Tech's district (along with 17 other towns) and is given a set number of seats for students, for which we pay a per-student assessment. We use all of our alloted seats, and Monty Tech has a long waiting list.
ARTICLE 13: Purchase a new ambulance. This should actually be called, "ordering a new ambulance." Ambulances are customized, specialized vehicles that take several years to be delivered. The price is locked in when the order is placed, but payment is on delivery. The Fire Department last ordered an ambulance in December of 2023 which still hasn't been delivered, although it's expected to be here soon. Ambulances are replaced on a staggered basis to minimize the chances of more than one being out of service at the same time--ordering one every two years does not mean they only last two years. They are heavily used vehicles, however, and it's critical for them to be in reliable condition. Ambulance calls are billable and bring significant revenue to the town. Fire Chief Tom Smith plans to expand ambulance service to take advantage of revenue opportunities in our region.
ARTICLE 14: Pay for a sewer extension feasability study for Glenallen Street, using Retained Earnings (i.e. the surplus in the account) from the Wastewater Enterprise Fund. This relates to work that the Economic Development Task Force is doing with some of the old buildings in town. By the river, across the street from the Glenn Cafe and behind the houses on Glenallen Street, are the Glenallen Mills. In 2024, the Courier published an article about these buildings, which have been in limbo for some time. (see "Who Owns This Amazing Old Building?" in the January 4-11, 2024, edition of the Winchendon Courier.) At that time, the Courier learned that the building owners had hoped to develop the buildings into mixed housing and studio space, but they needed the town to extend water and sewer service to the property, and the town was not able to do this at the time. Now, the EDTF is exploring ways to provide services to these buildings so they can (possibly) be developed. This feasability study is the first step.
ARTICLE 15: Re-allocate unused funds ($162,550) for various capital improvements. When Town Auditor Tony Roselli gave his report to the Tri Board meeting last October, he described finding overlooked extra money in a lot of places. One of these places were funds from past grant-funded projects that had not been fully used for their projects, and had just been sitting there ever since--some of them going back nearly 10 years. This article asks voters to approve using some of those funds for current needs. The "Lucas" request for the Fire Department is a device that performs automated CPR in an ambulance.
ARTICLE 16: Police Department needs paid for with grant money. These do not involve any taxpayer funding--they will be paid for through the state 911 Grant. The Police Department just needs voter approval to spend the grant funds. They are looking to replace a police cruiser (like ambulances, cruisers need to be replaced on a staggered basis) and improve the HVAC in the police station.
The next three articles--articles 17, 18 and 19--are the second and last step in approving the repair of Winchendon's school buildings with 77.58 percent of costs reimbursed through the MSBA Accelerated Repair Program. The three projects are separate. The ones that are fully approved will go forward and those that are not fully approved will not. Each project will go out to bid separately. All three projects were approved by solid majorities at the ballot votes on Monday, May 4.
The debate about these projects at the FinCom's hearing on the warrant was reported in detail in the Courier--see "School Committee Chair and Superintendent Respond to Multifaceted Challenges to MSBA Projects at FinCom Hearing"
in the May 7-14, 2026, edition of the Winchendon Courier. For more information, see "Tri-Board Meeting Hears Detailed Presentation on School Repair Project" in the February 12-19, 2026 edition of the Winchendon Courier. (This article was also in the March, 2026 edition of the print Winchendon Courier, pages 4-6.) The Winchendon School District's information page about the MSBA projects is www.winchendonk12.org/o/wps/page/msba-accelerated-repair-program. The last information session, which includes in-depth explanations by the project architects, may be viewed on WinchendonTV at winchendon.cablecast.tv/internetchannel/show/381?site=1.
ARTICLE 17: Approve borrowing for repairs to the Murdock Middle High School roof under the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) Accelerated Repairs Program. Requires a 2/3 majority to pass, as it involves borrowing.
ARTICLE 18: Approve borrowing for repairs to the Memorial Elementary School roof and windows under the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) Accelerated Repairs Program. Requires a 2/3 majority to pass, as it involves borrowing.
ARTICLE 19: Approve borrowing for repairs to the Toy Town Elementary School roof and ADA-compliance under the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) Accelerated Repairs Program. Requires a 2/3 majority to pass, as it involves borrowing.
The next three articles--articles 20, 21, and 22--involve healthy best practices for the town financially. Back in 2021, it was brought up that these three accounts should have regular amounts transferred into them each year, but that had not been done for some time. The FinCom, Board of Selectmen and Town Manager agreed that putting money into the accounts was important, and the town began doing that each year, but the town's deficit and override last year meant that the transfers stopped happening. These articles are going back to the recommended regular tranfers into these funds.
ARTICLE 20: Transfer funds from Free Cash into the Stabilization Fund. Sometimes called a "rainy day fund," the Stabilization Fund creates a buffer for the town against unforseen capital expenses, emergencies or fluctuations in revenue. A healthy Stabilization Fund helps protect the town against financial shocks from unpredictable circumstances.
ARTICLE 21: Transfer funds from Free Cash into the OPEB Trust Fund. This is the Other Post Employment Benefits fund. It covers contracted obligations to employees who have retired or resigned and creates a buffer for the town against expenses that often aren't predictable.
ARTICLE 22: Transfer funds from Free Cash into the Separation Benefits Account. This fund, also, creates a buffer for the town for costs of paying out accrued contracted benefits to employees that leave or retire--often unexpectedly.
ARTICLE 23: Transfer funds from Free Cash into the Snow and Ice account. Snow and ice treatment went way over budget this past winter ("way" being "about $500,000"). The snow and ice account is the only item for which the town can legally run a temporary deficit, but we do have to pay it. This amount covers part of the deficit for FY 2026.
ARTICLE 24: Balance of design costs for the three MSBA school repair projects. Last year, Town Meeting approved borrowing $200,000 to pay for the design portion of the MSBA repairs to the three buildings. State Senator Jo Comerford was able to get a state budget earmark for Winchendon to cover this amount, so we did not have to borrow it. However, the designs ended up costing more than $200,000, so voters now need to approve the $160,000 balance. If the three repair projects are approved, the design costs will be included in the 77.58 percent reimbursement, meaning they would be reduced to $81,000 and covered by the earmark. The town would not have to borrow anything for the designs. But in the meantime, the town needs to approve paying for the designs, which have already been completed.
ARTICLE 25: Transfer funds from Free Cash to fund the deficit in the FEMA account. Mr. McKinney explained that during COVID, the Fire Department made expenditures that were supposed to be covered by FEMA and then were not (the town was stiffed by FEMA, basically, and so were many other towns). Fire Chief Smith was able to get about $100K of the expenditures reimbursed but the town is on the hook for the rest. The MA Department of Revenue will start taking this from us next year, so Mr. McKinney thinks it makes better sense to wipe out this deficit now.
ARTICLE 26: Transfer Circuit Breaker funds from Free Cash to the School Department budget. This is a complicated explanation, partly because the term "Circuit Breaker" is not self-explanatory. Circuit Breaker funds for the schools are state funding for Special Education. The district gets this funding every year. If all the funds are not used in one year, the money rolls over into the town's General Fund (i.e. Free Cash). The school district has tracked these funds and found that $568,705 in unexpended Circuit Breaker funds were rolled over into the General Fund. The schools are asking to have these funds, which were intended by the state for Special Education, returned to the school budget.
Discussions about this article in public hearings have been somewhat heated. Former Interim Superintendent Dr. Ruthann Goguen, who served the district for the 2023-2024 school year, reported to the School Committee at that time that she had found many issues with the accounting in the school budget--not dishonest, but confusing. At the FinCom hearing on this year's warrant articles on Monday, April 29, School Committee Chair Mike Barbaro said, "What happened is that the past few years, due to accounting errors, the school department was not notified there was money left in Circuit Breaker...when the final forensic looking at all of our money and our books with Eric Kinshaw, he finally found part of our money, when we did the article, over $4 million in money that's been sitting in accounts...there was $587,000 in unspent Circuit Breaker money we have been asking for, and [Business Manager Liz Latoria] had been told when she took over the business office that there was no money in those accounts." The district intended and tried to spend all of the funds it was given, but they didn't know this money was sitting there, Mr. Barbaro said.
Supt. King went on to explain that Circuit Breaker is a partial reimbursement, that isn't always guaranteed, and some of this seemed to be old money. The schools have been unable to get adequate documentation from the state, and they were somewhat blindsided by the whole discovery. Based on what the Town Auditor has told us, losing track of money sitting in accounts is not just a problem for the school department.
Members of the FinCom felt that the town needed to keep the money in the General Fund, with one FinCom member going so far as to call the school department's request "a money grab." A more useful analogy might be "a fumbled football on the 3rd down." It's up to the voters now.
ARTICLE 27: Blair Square Improvement Project. This article does not involve any expenditure. It asks voters to authorize the Board of Selectmen to look into acquiring land and easements for redesigning the traffic flow through Blair Square (DPW Director Patrick Wood says this will not involve a rotary. The project is still in the design phase). The Board of Selectmen will need to talk with individual property owners or stakeholders when they know more about what the project designs will need in terms of space. If money needs to be borrowed or spent, that will come back to a future Town Meeting for specific approval of that spending.
ARTICLE 28: Non-Binding Referendum: should the town reduce the property tax levy cap for FY 2026 by $1.4 million? This question proposes a Proposition 2-1/2 underride (yes, it's a real thing) reducing Winchendon's maximum tax levy, which was increased by $1.9 million in last year's override, by $1.4 million--retaining funding for the library and Senior Center. Since Proposition 2-1/2 questions require a ballot vote, this article seeks to discover "the will of the people" on the question. Submitted by Citizen's Petition.
ARTICLE 29: Asking the Board of Selectmen to "take lawful property-based actions" to reduce housing violations in town, such as illegal units, over-occupancy, unsafe conditions, repeat violations and "preventable incidents tied to substandard housing." Submitted by Citizen's Petition. The Courier hopes the Citizens will come forward to explain their motion for voters, because most of us are baffled.
How Does Town Meeting Work? A Quickie Primer/Refresher for Winchendon Voters
What is Town Meeting?
Town Meeting is the legislative body of the town. It is, theoretically, made up of all the registered voters in town (in practice, all the registered voters who choose to attend and be signed in). It approves all financial expenditures and all changes to the General Bylaws, Zoning ByLaws and Town Charter. The Town Manager and Board of Selectmen can propose and offer advice, but only Town Meeting can make the final decisions in these areas.
From the time that a Town Meeting is called to order, until the time it adjourns, every voter present is a legislator, just as much as our representatives in the State House or in Congress. Attending Town Meeting is a serious responsibility. A voter at Town Meeting is called "a member of Town Meeting."
How Does Town Meeting Work?
Town Meetings are run by Robert's Rules of Order. This is a strict set of procedures designed to make sure members all get a chance to speak, that both sides are debated fairly, and that each question is carefully considered.
The Town Moderator is the absolute authority for Town Meeting.
Members who refuse to follow the procedures, disrespect the Moderator or are disruptive may be removed from Town Meeting.
How does Town Meeting Get Started?
Voters arrive and are checked in. The checkers, who are volunteers, make sure each person is a registered voter in Winchendon. Winchendon now has an electronic system that can read the bar code on a driver's license. This speeds up check-in, but voters can also give the checker their name and address to be looked up in the voter lists.
Each member of Town Meeting is given an electronic wireless "clicker" to use for voting.
When a quorum of members is checked in--that means 75 people--the Moderator may call the meeting to order. From that moment on, everything that happens must be recorded in the minutes and is part of the official record. The meeting begins with the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Moderator may delay if there are many voters still waiting to be checked in. That is the Moderator's prerogative.
How Do Members Debate an Article?
Articles are printed in the warrant, but this is not what Town Meeting members vote on. For each article a motion must be made. Often the motion is the same as the printed article, but it may differ slightly (for example, a different dollar amount). Usually this is explained. Motions are made by members of town boards. For articles placed by citizen petition, a citizen may make the motion.
The motion must then be seconded. If a motion is not seconded, it dies without further action--although this rarely happens at Town Meeting. Now the article is "moved and seconded" and is part of the official record. It is also live for debate on the floor. Debate is called "speaking to the motion."
The Moderator decides who can speak to the motion and in what order. Usually the person who made the motion, or another town board member, will start with a basic explanation of the article.
After this, members can raise their hands, or go to a microphone, to be recognized by the Moderator to speak. The Moderator will explain what members should do in order to be recognized. Members who simply shout out from their seats will not be recognized, and can be removed from Town Meeting.
Everyone who speaks at Town Meeting must be recorded in the minutes, and must begin by giving their name and address.
Debate continues until everyone who wants to has spoken, or until debate is stopped (see "Move the Question," below). The Moderator then calls for the vote on the motion.
What are the rules for debating a motion?
Members debating a motion can only talk about that specific motion. If it's an amendment, they can't talk about the main article, only the amendment.
Members address only the Moderator--not anyone else sitting up front. The Moderator will invite someone (say, the Town Manager, or Town Counsel or the Chair of the FinCom) to answer a question. Members may say, "I have a question for..." They may not address anyone but the Moderator directly or make a speech to the room.
Member comments should be brief and concise.
Members should not whoop, cheer and applaud speakers. Town Meeting is not a pep rally. Besides, it just makes the meeting run longer.
How Do Members Vote on a Motion?
The Moderator explains what a "yes" or "no" vote means for this motion. On the clicker, only two buttons count: 1/A and 2/B, in the top left of the number pad. 1/A votes "Yes" and 2/B votes "No". When the Moderator tells members to vote, a little 10-second countdown timer will appear on the projected screen at the front of the room. Wait until you see this countdown timer. Press the button for your vote firmly. You only need to press once. The computer software will display the vote results, as percentages, within a few seconds.
Can Votes be Challenged?
Yes, but there needs to be a valid reason for questioning the result.
How do Members Amend a Motion?
Amendments are made as motions. They must be written or printed exactly as made, signed, and handed to the Moderator to be included in the recorded minutes of the meeting. They can be hand-written on the spot (and often are). They should be simple and concise. Here is a sample:
"I move that Article 65 be amended to change the amount of $2,310 to $2,000."
The motion to amend must then be seconded. When it is "moved and seconded", all debate is then for the amendment only.
When debate on the amendment ends, the Moderator calls for a vote on the motion to amend.
After the vote is taken, if the motion to amend passes, debate continues on the original motion, but now it's "the motion as amended." When that debate ends, the Moderator will call for a vote on "Article XX as amended" (or "the motion as amended").
Multiple amendments can be made to an article, and amendments can be made to amendments. All of this goes into the minutes.
How do Members Make Amendments to Just Part of the Town Budget?
In Winchendon, the Moderator will read through the budget as printed in the warrant, one department at a time. If a member wants to discuss, question or make an amendment to any one department, the member calls out "Hold" from the floor. (This is the only time, besides seconding a motion, that it's okay to yell out from the floor. Be sure you yell loudly.)
When the entire budget has been read, the Moderator will go back to any department that has a "hold" on it and recognize members to debate and/or amend that department only.
If a subtotal or line item in the budget is amended, the final vote will be made "for the motion as amended." Members can request that the new final total be read each time a subtotal is amended, and before the final vote on the amended motion.
When Does Town Meeting End?
Town Meeting is considered to be in session until it is adjourned. When all articles have been taken up and voted on, or passed over, the Moderator asks for a motion to adjourn. The motion to adjourn is seconded but never debated, simply voted on.
If Town Meeting has run so long that for practical reasons, it needs to continue at a future date, the Moderator calls for a motion to "adjourn to...[specific date, time and place]." Then the members vote on that motion.
Winchendon has not had a multi-day Town Meeting for several decades.
Some phrases to know:
"Point of Order." If a member questions whether the Moderator has followed Robert's Rules in a decision or action, they may challenge the decision by saying "Point of Order." Then everyone is looking up Robert's Rules. The Moderator may concede, or stand by his decision.
"Move the Question." (also Call the Question or Move the Vote or Call the Vote). A member who thinks debate has gone on long enough can be recognized and say "Move the Question." The Moderator must stop debate and call a vote on whether to end debate and call a vote on the motion, or continue debating. Members may vote to continue debate. Members may not yell "Move the Question" from Town Meeting floor, they have to be recognized.
Town-Wide Cleanup a "Mountain" of Success
Volunteers Jordyn Lynds and Tina Duran brought in a truckload from a 3/4 mile stretch of Baldwinville Road
Photo courtesy of Yvonne Senecal
BOH members Monique Connor, Barbara Zisk, Yvonne Senecal and Field Agent James Abarre spearheaded the event
Photo courtesy of Yvonne Senecal
The town dumpster on its way to full capacity
Photo courtesy of Yvonne Senecal
Dampness did not deter our volunteer residents as Winchendon held its town-wide trash cleanup on Saturday, May 2. The annual event was sponsored and run by Winchendon's Board of Health (BOH). BOH Chair Yvonne Senecal with other BOH members staffed the event.
Participants reported to "base operations" at Town Hall's Pleasant Street entrance, where they signed in and indicated the area(s) they planned to clean. BOH staff offered everyone gloves, heavy-duty garbage bags, trash "picker" tools, orange vests and hearty thanks. Doughnuts, hot coffee and water were also on hand to fuel the work. About 40 people signed up to help, including two students from Murdock Public Schools performing community service hours.
This year the collection hours were extended to 8:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. which helped volunteers maneuver around periods of wet weather. As in past years, the yields were...impressive. Several volunteers reported covering less distance due to the sheer amount of trash. There was the usual proliferation of tires, fast food packaging, beverage containers and countless nips. More unusual items included a fishing pole, scrap metal, a boogie board, and broken toys. The oddest item turned in was the carcass of an old snowmobile that the Monomonac Spring Lake Association found rotting on the shoreline of the lake. The day ended with a full dumpster.
BOH Chair Yvonne Senecal gratefully remarked, "We take great pride in our town and the success of this event shows the depth of community involvement. [We] commend those that participated and really got their hands dirty." The BOH hopes to schedule another such cleanup before Winchendon's Fall Festival and will try to include electronic recycling.
Of course, keeping our neighborhoods clean is not a once-yearly endeavor. We all can do our part throughout the year. One only need check out the intersection of Central and Maple Streets to see that something as small as a cigarette butt quickly adds up. The Winchendon Transfer Station accepts many bulky items. Residents without an annual sticker can "pay as you go" to visit and dispose items such as mattresses, scrap metal, appliances, paint, batteries, tires and more. For more information about the Winchendon Transfer Station, hours and fees, visit: https://www.townofwinchendon.com/264/Transfer-Station and click on the "Recycle Guide."
