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Week in Review: Water Main Break, Selectman Pays Up and Falsified Police Reports

Here's a look back at the top news in Winchester last week.

Forrest Fontana, chair of the Winchester Board of Selectmen, has to the Securities and Exchange Commission for illegally short-selling stock.

The SEC claimed that his company, Fontana Capital, LLC, which is a Boston-based hedge-fund company, illegally sold short stocks of three companies in 2008 – Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo and XL Group PLC.

A little before 9:30 p.m. on Sunday night, along Cambridge Street, in between the Winchester Boat Club and the Arlington border. Water was

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Laura Quinn of Waltham and Kathleen Malo of Woburn were charged with falsifying police reports.

The two women told police that  Since that day, witnesses came forward and informed Winchester Police that Quinn and Malo lied about what happened.

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After losing its first game of the double-elimination Cal Ripken Eastern Massachusetts Championships,, until their season finally came to an

 

During the summer, a struggles to get donations.

 

continues to , even though it's been a struggle.

Winchester hopes to have a for by the fall.

For the third consecutive year children between the ages of four and 12 will converge at the  from July 25-29 to participate in the  coordinated by Winchester's 

Applications are being accepted until July 22 from that will help those who have fallen behind on mortgage payments due to unemployment or large medical expenses, helping to bring their mortgage loan current, make future mortgage payments and avoid foreclosure. 

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