June 12, 2020 On Juneteenth, let’s be ‘better together’ This week, I was educated on an American holiday known as “Juneteenth.” Before this, about all I knew about the holiday was that it occurred in…
March 19, 2020 Winchester is far from perfect, but it’s perfect for me This article appeared in The Winchester Sun on Thursday, March 19, 2020. Recently a social media correspondent sent me a series of messages bemoaning perceived corruption in…
February 28, 2020 Back on the trail of Winchester’s black history This article appeared in The Winchester Sun on February 27, 2020. Today we’re concluding last week’s column about my recent visit to the African…
February 21, 2020 On the trail of Winchester’s black history This article appeared in The Winchester Sun on Thursday, February 20, 2020. Recently I decided to finally do something I’d been meaning to do for some…
January 16, 2020 What is civic pride? Since moving to Winchester over four years ago, I’ve noticed longtime residents tend to fall into two distinct camps. On the one hand, many…
January 9, 2020 Parking fears are overblown “People visit places for their attractions, not for their parking.” — Jeff Siegler, Revitalize or Die website One of the most common complaints about…
January 2, 2020 Welcome to the 20s Happy New Year! By the time you read this, we will be into a new year and a new decade — the 2020s. An aside — I realize there…
December 26, 2019 Back to the future — Winchester style Published on Winchester Sun, by Pete Koutoulas, December 26th 2019, 2:49:04 pm It’s late December, a time of reflection and dreaming about what the new year may…
December 5, 2019 Small business day is every day Published on Winchester Sun, by Pete Koutoulas, December 5th 2019. We had good intentions. This past Saturday, we had planned on spending at least part of…
August 29, 2019 Here’s a unique idea to boost our downtown Published on Winchester Sun, August 29, 2019 There’s been a lot of talk over the last few years about making significant upgrades to downtown infrastructure. Recognizing the…
