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Select Board approves tax abatement reqs.

By Tara Hughes Dec, 13, 2023 Phillip Beltz, Director of the Council on Aging, appeared before the Select Board on Monday night requesting an increase in both the income and assessed property value guidelines for the 2024 Senior Citizen Community Service Reimbursement Program administered by the Council on Aging. Both

Select Board raises transfer station fees

By Tara Hughes November 21, 2023 The Select Board voted Monday night to charge residents more for dumping their trash.  After much discussion and number crunching, the board voted unanimously to approve a sticker fee increase to $340 starting January 1, 2024. This would be an increase in the base

Select Board approves Waterfield re-design

By Tara Hughes November 21, 2023 Representatives from Civico and Causeway were present at Monday’s Select Board meeting to present and discuss modifications to the proposed Waterfield project. These changes came about due to Fire Code requirements and abutter issues. The modifications have resulted in the net loss of

Article 29 at Town Meeting causes stir

By Tara Hughes Nov. 14, 2023 revised on Nov. 15, 2023  A citizen’s petition at Monday night’s Town Meeting caused quite a stir with the moderator being challenged about Robert’s Rules of Order, and the petitioner proposing an amendment.  Precinct 1 Town Meeting Member Timothy Matthews presented

Fire destroys home on Lebanon Street

A quick-moving fire destroyed a two-story house on Lebanon Street Wednesday afternoon leaving two families displaced.  A Medford Armstrong crew driving by noticed the fire on the second floor back porch and eventually firefighters from six surrounding towns came to the Winchester Fire Department’s mutual aid, according to Winchester

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