This Week in Winchester History: Residents Lead the Region in Heart Disease

This is a regular column with items drawn from past editions of the Winchester Star.

1912

Suffrage

Susan Walker Fitzgerald stops by Winchester to speak about the suffrage movement to the Winchester Equal Suffrage League.

1962

Heart Disease

Heart disease caused 60.6 percent of all deaths among Winchester residents, according to the U.S, Department of Health.

The U.S. average in 1962 was 54.9 percent. And the Winchester average was also higher than the New England average (57.6).

Clean Up

The Winchester Boy Scouts will be cleaning up the Winchester streets of litter and other garbage on March 31.

1987

Not a part-time job

The Winchester Board of Selectmen informed the community that working on the board as a member could require up to 500 hours of committment a year. And a chairman could log in over 1,000 hours.

The selectmen said that between answering complaints and concerns from residents, meetings and other work they need to do, the job is more than a part-time job.

Affordable housing

The Ledges off of Wainwright Road are currently being worked on. And because the cost of a house is so high in Winchester, the average at the Ledge is $320,000 to $503,000, the town is looking to make homes more affordable.

The developer -- Green Company -- has alread given the town $30,000 to help residents afford the homes.

All the information for this story came from the Winchester Star.