This past Sunday I was honored to host the dedication of the new bridge in the Spiggot Falls Park on Osgood Street to Red Winn, who we lost so suddenly and prematurely. Red was a person that truly believed in community service, and it is no exaggeration to say that his work at the Tenney Gatehouse, the Nevins Memorial Library, and the Methuen Music Hall cannot be replicated by one person. His committment to, and love of this community was reflected in everything that he did. His wife Beverly, and his entire family attended a ceremony that on a Sunday afternoon drew over 100 persons. It was a fitting tribute to Red, as the bridge is in a neighborhood that he worked to improve his whole life, a short distance from the Music Hall.

My thanks to Paul and Denis Webster-Greene, who put this event together and who have the same devotion to community that marked Red’s life. They brought the North Regional Theatre Workshop to do a beautiful song, and my thanks to that talented group that operates under the direction of Maestro Paul Webster-Greene. Read the Tribune story here.