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Less than a week after Thomas Mortimer's attorney, Denise Regan, requested the courtroom cleared and the information in the hearing impounded , Regan withdrew her motion.A A "I'm going to file a motion to withdraw the motion to impound," Regan said.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and we want to know the most romantic restaurant in Winchester.

At Lynch Elementary School in Winchester, parents have seen first hand the impact of No Child Left Behind: The school has been labeled as failing for several years.

A Woburn man was arraigned this morning on several child pornography charges. Raymond McAllister, 20, of Woburn, was arrested and charged Tuesday night with dissemination of matter harmful to a minor, enticement of a child, and posing or exhibiting a child in a state of nudity.

Prosecutors say McAllister was using Skype to communicate with a 13-year-old boy in Arizona who was allegedly disrobing and performing sex acts online.

Boston Herald Fashion Reporter Jill Radsken is the Herald's fashion reporter. Look for her reports on trends and more every day in the Herald.

Winchester Police confirmed today that the Sovereign Bank at 7 Church Street was robbed this afternoon.

Oil rose as Greek officials worked on a final draft of the financing document required to receive international funding to relieve the sovereign-debt crisis.

The Winchester School Department is asking the town to increase its budget by 7.36 percent, which would equate to a $2,628,367 increase, making the 2013 school budget $38,349,537. However, in order to attain that increase, Superintendent William McAlduff admitted that residents would have to support an override .

The town of Winchester saw its unemployment rate hold steady in the month of December, according to numbers released this week.

"Five Things You Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

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

Local landscapers, who rely on plowing to help them get through the winter months, have been struggling this year as Winchester has barely received 11 inches of snow.

The following information was supplied by theA Reading police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

In "On the Market," each week Winchester Patch will focus on a different property feature of homes for sale around Winchester.

A panel board that Ruth Loving show's of her life through the World War II years through her social activism in Springfield.

The biggest spender in last year's School Committee race was the candidate who just barely made it onto the committee: Donna M. Colorio, who won a seat by a 33-vote margin in a Nov.

When Winchestet Patch got off the ground two years ago this July, editors and freelancers ventured to local businesses in order to collect information for our directory.

On Friday afternoon, Thomas Mortimer, IV, will be back at the Middlesex Superior Court to hear a decision on an evidentiary hearing.