Boone Avenue pilot shows safer street possibilities

Boone Avenue’s tem­po­rary white posts may have looked awk­ward, but they helped Winchester test a safer future for a neigh­bor­hood street. In this res­i­dent per­spec­tive, Brandi Peacher reflects on how the quick-build pilot changed dri­ver behav­ior, made cross­ings feel more vis­i­ble, and opened a broad­er con­ver­sa­tion about what Boone Avenue could become. The project was not meant to pro­tect plastic... 
Conceptual future vision for Boone Avenue, illustrating how lessons from the quick-build pilot could inform a more permanent neighborhood street with wider walking and biking space, safer crossings, landscaping, trees, and pedestrian-scale lighting. This image is AI-generated and illustrative only and is not an adopted City of Winchester or KYTC design.

Habitat breaks ground on new Lincoln Street home

Habitat for Humanity sup­port­ers gath­ered on Lincoln Street to wel­come Crystal and Nathan Primrose and their daugh­ter, Kyrie, as the non­prof­it began work on the family’s future home. The project marks the sec­ond phase of Habitat’s part­ner­ship with Winchester city gov­ern­ment to revi­tal­ize the neigh­bor­hood through new hous­ing on donat­ed lots. The Primroses, who have rent­ed in Richmond for nine... 
Bryan Kirby, board president of Habitat for Humanity for Madison and Clark Counties, speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the home of the Primrose family, right. They are Nathan, his wife, Crystal, and their daughter, Kyrie.(Randy Patrick)

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  • Habitat breaks ground on new Lincoln Street home

    Habitat breaks ground on new Lincoln Street home

    Habitat for Humanity sup­port­ers gath­ered on Lincoln Street to wel­come Crystal and Nathan Primrose and their daugh­ter, Kyrie, as the non­prof­it began work on the family’s future home. The project marks the sec­ond phase of Habitat’s part­ner­ship with Winchester city gov­ern­ment to revi­tal­ize the neigh­bor­hood through new hous­ing on donat­ed lots. The Primroses, who have rent­ed in Richmond for nine years, said the oppor­tu­ni­ty to become first-time home­own­ers is emo­tion­al and… 

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  • Little Lambs Playpen gives kids room to imagine

    Little Lambs Playpen gives kids room to imagine

    Winchester par­ents look­ing for a safe indoor play option for young chil­dren now have one down­town. Little Lambs Playpen, opened in July by Amy and Tim Keltner, offers imag­i­na­tive play, birth­day par­ty space, a nurs­ing room and a chang­ing room at 16 North Main Street. Amy says the idea grew from want­i­ng a local place where fam­i­lies could get kids out of the house with­out leav­ing town. The playpen wel­comes children… 

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  • Humanism, community, and the ten commitments

    Humanism, community, and the ten commitments

    The lat­est episode of the Voices of Winchester pod­cast has dropped, and it’s one that should appeal to any­one look­ing for belong­ing and accep­tance and a non-reli­gious com­mu­ni­ty of com­pas­sion­ate friends. In this episode, Pete Koutoulas and Rebecca Ison have a wide-rang­ing con­ver­sa­tion about human­ism, what it means to live with­out reli­gious belief, and how human­ists try to build a bet­ter com­mu­ni­ty through action. They also walk through the Humanists of… 

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  • Winchester woman finds recovery, purpose, and a second chance at life

    Winchester woman finds recovery, purpose, and a second chance at life

    Tammy Stewart spent years bat­tling opi­oid addic­tion in Winchester before hit­ting rock bot­tom on Dec. 4, 2014, the day she was arrest­ed. She chose to stay in the Clark County Detention Center for 105 days, vol­un­tar­i­ly, emerg­ing clean and deter­mined to rebuild her life. What fol­lowed was a remark­able trans­for­ma­tion: shoul­der surgery that end­ed her chron­ic pain, grad­u­a­tion from the Drug Court pro­gram, an asso­ciate degree from BCTC, and a seat… 

    Read more: Winchester woman finds recov­ery, pur­pose, and a sec­ond chance at life

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