The Winchester Health Department is offering free Narcan kits. Residents can pick them up anonymously.
The kits can save lives that could be lost to opioid or fentanyl overdoses.
Each kit contains: 2 Narcan nasal spray, Fentayl test strips, substance use and mental health help lines and resources.
For more information, email healthdept@winchester.us or call 781-721-7121.
Citizen petitions: Transfer station committee approved, snow bylaw sent for further study, anticoagulant rodenticides banned
The following was submitted by the Office of Rep. Michael Day: Rep. Michael S. Day worked with his colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives to pass its Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget on April 29, 2026. Funded at $63.41 billion, the House’s FY27 budget responds to the
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Citizen petitions: Transfer station committee approved, snow bylaw sent for further study, anticoagulant rodenticides banned
