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Winchester Hospital Top Quality and Safety Rating from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Winchester Hospital earns five-out-of-five-star designation from CMS   Special to the News from Winchester Hospital  Winchester Hospital has received five-out-of-five stars from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in its annual quality and safety assessment of more than 4,500 hospitals across the country. The Overall Hospital Quality Star

Meet Winchester’s All-Electric Landscapers

By Rachel Whitehouse If you are like many people, the sound of a gas-powered leaf blower sets your teeth on edge and can drive you to distraction. But what happens if the landscaper is using electric lawn tools instead? “My neighbor’s landscaper went all electric this year, and it’

Repair Café Returns

Special to the Winchester News Repair Café in Winchester is a joint non-profit collaborative initiative of the First Congregational Church of Winchester Environmental Justice Ministry, the Winchester Unitarian Society Green Sanctuary, Sustainable Winchester, and many local individuals and repair experts.   Repair Café is free for everyone!   Join us on Saturday,

Social Justice Network Seeks Information

By Harrison Zeiberg, SCI AmeriCorps fellow serving at the Network for Social Justice Reprinted courtesy of Stroll Winchester  Winchester, MA is a town of over 22,000 residents that, like its suburban neighbors of Lexington, Melrose and Stoneham, is in demographic transition. According to a recent update to the annual

Golden Age exhibit at the Sanborn House – A beautiful and compelling collaboration

By Hilda Wong-Doo A closed building under construction hasn’t stopped the Griffin Museum’s Executive Director Crista Dix and her team from presenting art this summer. It’s literally everywhere - on the sidewalks and parks of downtown Winchester and at satellite locations such as WinCAM, the Jenks, Boston’

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