This Week in Winchester History: Time for a New Police Station

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

1911

Police Station

Winchester is looking to get a stand-alone police station.

Currently, the station is located in the basement of Town Hall. And while Winchester is considered to have the nicest station around, it's small and crowded.

There are two "dungeon-style" cells. And when there's multiple people that need to be locked up, they are allowed to walk around in a room in the Town Hall basement.

1961

Elks

Massachusetts Governor John Volpe became a member of the Winchester Elks.

Nursing Home

The Board of Appeals voted unanimously to give Joseph Carver a permit to begin building a nursing home at 215 Swanton Street.

Gambling

Winchester Representative Harrison Chadwick alleges that Bay State gamblers maintain connections with Massachusetts legislatures.

"The time has come for constructive action, for a dynamic and persistent search for the facts about Massachusetts gambling," Chadwick said at the time.

1986

Cookie store

John and Janet D'Orsi were granted approval by the Board of Appeals to open their cookie shop. The store would be located ont the corner of Washington Street and Forest Street.

On top of cookies, the store would also make gingerbread houses.

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