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Throwback Thursday, 1940: The East Side of Main Street

March 5, 2026

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LAST WEEK, we told you of big changes in Wakefield Square in early 1940, especially on the east side of Main Street. Two new supermarkets — an A&P and a First National Store — opened on side-by-side blocks on the same day. The A&P was located at 370 Main St., in the space later occupied by CVS and currently…

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Karen McCarthy, 69

March 5, 2026

WAKEFIELD — Karen “Linda” McCarthy, age 69 of Wakefield, formerly of Westwood, passed away on Thursday, February 26 at the Rubin Home in Saugus after a long illness.

She was born in Belmont on September 28, 1956. She graduated from Westwood High School, Class of 1974 and went on to the University of Pennsylvania and…

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One Big Beautiful Bill could cost us plenty

March 5, 2026

STATE SEN. Jason Lewis hosted a Community Conversation webinar on the Commonwealth’s spending in the coming year.

By NEIL ZOLOT

MELROSE – Massachusetts is facing a possible loss of billions of dollars in revenue for its proposed $62.8 billion Fiscal 2027 budget as a result of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OB3…

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A NOBLE gathering

March 5, 2026

LAST FRIDAY, February 27, the Melrose Public Library hosted the North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE) legislative breakfast. Speakers included Mayor Jen Grigoraitis; Library Director Linda Gardener; Melrose state legislators Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Sen. Jason Lewis; Melrose community members Jane Healey, Katie Welch and Roan DeMeis Dullea; and Massachusetts Library Commissioner Jessica Vilas Novas.

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Historical Commission holds Research Your Home Night May 6

March 5, 2026

THIS PHOTOGRAPH was taken on Mount Vernon Avenue in the 1880s. (Courtesy of the Melrose Historical Commission)

MELROSE — The Melrose Historical Commission is excited to announce the next Research Your Home Night! It will be held on Wednesday, May 6 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Lt. Norman Prince VFW Hall at…

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25th Annual Trivia Bee to support The Bridge

March 5, 2026

MELROSE — Join The Bridge and fellow supporters on Saturday, March 28 at the Knights of Columbus for the 25th Annual Trivia Bee.

The Trivia Bee is The Bridge’s largest event fundraiser, bringing together folks from across the city and beyond for an evening of competitive, team based and pub style trivia. Form a team…

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Local Democrats caucus March 11

March 5, 2026

MELROSE — Registered Democrats in Melrose will hold an in-person caucus on March 11, 2026 at the First Congregational Church at 121 W. Foster St. to elect delegates and alternates to the 2026 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention.

Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the Caucus will begin at 6:30 p.m., sharp. There will be…

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Police arrest man for possessing many drugs

March 5, 2026

MELROSE — A 33-year-old Boston man was charged with illegal possession of many different types of narcotics after police came upon him inside a vehicle in a lot at the corner of Main Street and West Wyoming Avenue Tuesday night, February 24.

According to police, officers investigated a suspicious motor vehicle that was not moving…