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Week in Review: New Restaurant, Suspicious Vehicle and Credit Ratings

Here's a look back at some of the top stories from this past week in Winchester.

The in the former Pastazza location at 20 Swanton St. The new restaurant’s focus will be on creating entrees that go beyond tacos and burritos.

Break-ins continued around Winchester this past week. and a number of

are also looking for a that may be impersonating law enforcement.

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While the United States struggles with a lowering of its credit rating, . Out of the 23 Massachusetts towns that have a triple A rating, Winchester, Boston and Cambridge are the only three towns that don’t have to worry about being downgraded.

After the debt ceiling passed the house on Monday night,

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Winchester has begun looking into the and connecting with such towns as Lexington, Woburn, Medford, Stoneham and Arlington to combine certain tasks in order to save money.

The idea of joining town management efforts with abutting towns through reorganizing departments, coordinating to share staff with other communities on specific tasks, and privatizing certain work, could potentially save the town money.

Acting Town Manager, Mary Ellen Lannon, will be speaking with residents to see how the town can

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After spending some time in Hollywood to write crime dramas, for the Middlsex District Attorney’s Office.

The town hopes to begin the

The town continues to renovate the Parkhurst School in order to get it ready for the new school year. of the building.

Be sure to take a look at the this weekend as well as the


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