Letter to the Editor - November 18

Thanks to voters from selectmen

To the Winchester community: The campaign has ended and you, the voters, have given us the great opportunity to serve our community over the next two years.

On behalf of the Row A Democrats, we would like to thank you for your vote of confidence, and we will work hard to keep your support.

To everyone who donated time and money to our campaign, who put our signs on your lawns, who took time to chat with us as we went door-to-door, who made phone calls and used other means of communication to get our message out to the voters, we thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.

To our friends and, especially to our families who allowed us to spend time away from home, we can’t thank you enough.

We have pledged to work together to solve pending problems and to move our community forward. We understand that we can’t meet with success without help from residents of Winchester. We encourage you to step forward and become part of our group that is committed to finding solutions.

Remember, no one has a monopoly on good ideas.

Please help us to better serve our community. Let’s all make a positive difference and make Winchester the envy of the Northwest corner, the state and the country.

With deep appreciation,
Mayor Maryann Welcome and Selectmen Candy Perez, George Closson, James DiVita and Michael Renzullo
Winsted

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