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Crime Police logs May 7 to May 13The following are excerpts from the Winchester police log from May 7 to May 13. A more complete log, including any arrrests, is available in the print edition of the paper. Here's how to subscribe. — Wicked Local Winchester Arlington High softball edged by Winchester, will still share league titleWhen all is said and done, the Arlington High softball team probably won’t mind sharing, but hogging the Middlesex League’s Large School Division championship all to itself? Well, that would have been pretty nice. On Thursday, the Winchester High softball team stormed back from a 4-0 deficit and beat visiting Arlington by a 5-4 score, plating the winning runs in the bottom of the fifth inning on a two-run, two-out single by Casey Pitts. — Wicked Local Arlington Lexington High softball KOs WInchester, plays for league title todayThe Lexington High softball team took a major step toward clinching a share of the Middlesex League’s Large School championship with an impressive 12-0 mercy-rule shortened win over Winchester on Friday night in Lexington. — Wicked Local Lexington No injuries at retired police officer's house in Winchester's FlatsAn early morning fire engulfed a house owned by a retired Winchester police officer in the Flats section of Winchester on Friday. No one was injured. Homeowners James and Kim Covino own the Black Horse Tavern in Winchester. — Wicked Local Winchester Learn about spring pest awareness and prevention at Winchester Town HallAn epidemiologist from the state Department of Public Health will be at Winchester Town Hall on May 23 to talk about spring pests. William Lapsley will discuss awareness and prevention of mosquitos, tick-borne diseases, rabies and other spring pests. IF YOU GO May 23, 7 p.m., Winchester Town Hall, 1st floor, Winchester Room. — Wicked Local Winchester No new holidays added to Winchester schools' religious policyThe School Committee voted May 8 to leave the district’s Accommodation for Religious and Ethnic Observances Policy largely unchanged, declining to add two Muslim holidays to the district’s list of non-event days. — Wicked Local Winchester
Lexington High girls track and field wins againThe Lexington High girls track and field team took another step toward a Middlesex League championship last week with a 91-40 win against Winchester. LHS won 12 of the 16 events on the day and completely dominated on the track. — Wicked Local Lexington Winchester Hospital marks 100 years with anniversary celebrationOn May 8, Winchester Hospital celebrated its 100th anniversary with the grand opening of its 620 Washington St. campus, which includes the recently opened Center for Cancer Care and the new ambulatory surgery center scheduled to open in July. About 400 people attended the ribbon cutting and anniversary party for the hospital, which was founded on March 11, 1912, by the Visiting Nurses Association. — Wicked Local Winchester Winchester schools too packed to delay redistrictingThe Winchester Redistricting Committee may recommend an exception for fourth-grade students entering their final year of elementary school — but not for other students, said Cindy Bohne, a member of the School Committee and Redistricting Advisory Committee. “Our goal — somehow, some way — will be to grandfather [incoming] fifth-grade students,” Winchester Superintendent William McAlduff said. “It is something that we’ll be looking at very seriously.” However, Winchester’s elementary schools are in dire need of extra space and desperately need to change elementary school boundaries to take advantage of the nine new classrooms that will become available at the new, larger Vinson Owen School and at Lynch School, McAlduff said. — Wicked Local Winchester Lexington High baseball falls in extra inningsSo far, the spring season has not gone according to plan. The Lexington High baseball team, who dominated the competition a year ago, is struggling a bit this season. The Minutemen are now 3-5 overall after falling to Winchester in nine innings of play, 6-5, Friday at Ciarcia Field. — Wicked Local Lexington Belmont High track and field falls to WinchesterThe Belmont High track and field teams lost to Winchester in meets on April 19. The boys lost 83-52 to the Sachems while the BHS girls dropped an 88-47 decision in Winchester. — Wicked Local Belmont Belmont High softball strugglingThe Belmont High softball team has hit a bump in the road. After winning their first five games, the Marauders have struggled as of late, dropping the last four contests including Tuesday’s 12-0 loss to Winchester. — Wicked Local Belmont More News
