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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

Covid vaccine clinic Monday at the Jenks

Special to the News from Winchester Health Department Nov. 7, 2023  There will be a seasonal 2023-2024 COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic, for ages 5 yrs. and older. One (1) dose of this updated vaccine is all that is needed to protect from severe illness. Those with medical conditions may require additional

Go Fund Me for Lebanon St. fire victims

After Wednesday’s devastating fire robbed two families of their homes (https://www.winchesternews.org/2023-nov-7-edition/fire-destroys-lebanon-st-home), Go Fund Me accounts were established for each family.  The first one was set up almost immediately by Sean Yun to aid his father Vincent and himself: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-and-my-family-recover-from-a-house-fire?

Thanks to 27 new donors so far this month!

Residents are responding to the Winchester News and our request for donations during the month of November.  Every dollar donated is matched by our NewsMatch, the largest collaborative fundraising campaign to support nonprofit news in the U.S.  So far in November alone, we’ve received over $3,000 and

Battling Town Meeting agenda items focus on FinCom

How the Winchester town Finance Committee operates and appoints its members will be the subject of debate at Fall Town Meeting, which started Monday night and continues Thursday evening.  Two warrant articles being put forth as citizen’s petitions are attempts to change the by-laws that govern the committee.   Both

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