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Drug business squeezes independent pharmacies
Posted: July 7, 2012
The Winchester Star
Clerk Joyce Mason provides drive-up prescription delivery at Rotz Pharmacy on Amherst Street in Winchester. (Photo by Jeff Taylor/The Winchester Star)
Pharmacist Harold "Doc" Madagan works at Gaunt’s Drug Store in Winchester. Below Madagan are photos of singer Patsy Cline, who worked in the store as a teenager, and (at upper left) Madagan's late wife Carol Ann. (Photo by Scott Mason/The Winchester Star)
TOP LEFT: A robotic dispensing system has replaced a pharmacy technician at Rotz Pharmacy on Amherst Street in Winchester. (Photo by Jeff Taylor/The Winchester Star)
TOP RIGHT: Phamacist John Rotz checks inventory in his pharmacy on Amherst Street in Winchester. (Photo by Jeff Taylor/The Winchester Star)
ABOVE: Independent Rotz Pharmacy offers free delivery in Winchester. (Photo by Jeff Taylor/The Winchester Star)
LEFT: Pharmacist Harold "Doc" Madagan surveys the scene on Gerrard Street outside Gaunt's Drug Store in Winchester. (Photo by Scott Mason/The Winchester Star)
WINCHESTER — Harold “Doc” Madigan has owned Gaunt’s Drug Store on Valley Avenue since 1973.
But times are tough, and Madigan is considering getting out of the business.
“I’m almost 73 years old,” he...
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