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Coin shortage has some breaking open their piggy banks | Coronavirus
WINCHESTER — Local shoppers may have noticed signs near cash registers requesting that they pay with a credit card or with an exact amount of cash. This inconvenience, like many of this year’s problems, can be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus has interrupted the circulation of coins nationwide. According to The Associated Press, …
World War II Navy veterans reunite after 75 years | Winchester Star
WINCHESTER — The last time Navy veterans Harold M. Buckholz and Kenneth Bladen saw each other, the United States was at war with Germany in Europe and Japan in the Pacific. On Aug. 25, the two friends reunited at the George Washington Hotel on Piccadilly Street. They hadn’t seen each other in 75 years. Bladen, …