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Creative Alliance, Chamber partner with city to celebrate 175th anniversary

April 4, 2025

MELROSE — The Melrose Creative Alliance and the Melrose Chamber of Commerce are excited to announce a partnership with the City of Melrose to celebrate the city’s 175th birthday on Saturday, May 3. Kicking off at 10 a.m. with a celebration at Memorial Hall, the day will continue with a “waddle” through Melrose visiting the…

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Sheriff’s Warrant Apprehension Unit participated in over 530 arrests in 2024

April 4, 2025

MIDDLESEX SHERIFF’S OFFICE Warrant Apprehension Unit members with an individual in custody.

BILLERICA – Members of the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) Warrant Apprehension Unit (WAU) participated in the arrests of 531 individuals wanted on various charges in 2024, including murder, sexual assault, kidnapping and home invasion.

The Warrant Apprehension Unit (WAU) is currently comprised of…

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Hockey boys celebrate epic season

April 4, 2025

MHS HOCKEY award winners Brendan Doyle, Griffin Brady, Aiden Barber, Anders Guiliano, Quinn Haggerty, Matt Fuccione and Justin D’Antona. (courtesy photo)

MELROSE—The Melrose High boy’s hockey team recently gathered to celebrate their winning season at a gathering at Prince Pizza in Saugus. The evening was an opportunity to honor their outgoing seniors and teammates…

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Boy’s hoop team celebrates their season

April 4, 2025

CAPTAINS OLD and new, from left to right: John Lamas, John Arens, Tyler Garipay (incoming) Jack Casey (incoming) Leo Kleinbum (incoming) Connor Smith (incoming) and Owen Mujalli. (courtesy photo)

MELROSE—The Melrose High boy’s basketball team recently gathered to celebrate their season at their year-end banquet held at Bellevue Country Club.

The evening was a…

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Girls’ hockey celebrates playoff-bound season

April 4, 2025

By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI

SAUGUS—The Melrose High girls’ hockey team had its end-of-season team banquet recently at Rosaria in Saugus. That night head coach Frank Sorrenti gave out awards to six players.

Seniors Ella Bonacorsi and Charlotte Demers each received the Coaches Award. Bonacorsi played center while Demers was a right winger. The Most Improved Player Award…

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Melrose Little League High School Scholarship

April 4, 2025

MELROSE—Melrose Little League seeks to implant firmly in the children of Melrose the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, courage, teamwork and respect for authority through wholesome and effective leadership in the disciplines of baseball so that they may be well adjusted, stronger, happier children and those that will grow to be good, decent, healthy…

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North Reading School Department’s FY26 School Budget Update

April 4, 2025

By: Dr. Patrick C. Daly, Superintendent of the North Reading Public Schools

Ahead of the North Reading School Committee’s public hearing on April 7, 2025 on the Fiscal Year 2026 budget I would like to share some very important updates on the budget for the upcoming school year. At this point in time we are…

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Great Run

April 3, 2025

THE SENIORS on the PLNR girls’ hockey team certainly had a four-year career to remember. Pictured in the front row from left to right is Ava Buckley, Daniella White, Shirley Whitmore, Gianna Griffith and Leah Buckley. In the back row from left is Stephen Roach (Assistant Coach), Chloe Gromko (Lynnfield), Venessa Steinmeyer, Erin Dee,…

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April 3, 2025

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Throwback Thursday, then and now

April 3, 2025

LONG BEFORE The Farmland, Shaw’s or any other local supermarkets, Reid’s Market at 73 Albion Street (shown above in a 1940 photo) served the town’s grocery needs. When it closed its doors for good on May 14, 1960, it was the second-oldest business in Wakefield, after Hartshorne Insurance. Reid’s Market was established in 1875 by…

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Warrior baseball starts season with a 7-2 victory over Arlington

April 3, 2025

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

ARLINGTON — Literally, there will be brighter days for the Wakefield High baseball team.