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April 27, 2026

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Sports: April 27,2026

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Warrior softball routs Burlington and Watertown, falls to Newton North

April 27, 2026

BURLINGTON — The Wakefield High softball team moved to 6-2 last week with a pair of Middlesex League victories and a close loss…

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Town Election is today (4/28/26)

April 27, 2026

WAKEFIELD — Tomorrow is the 2026 Town Election in the Galvin Middle School gym. Voting takes place from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Four people are running for two positions on the Town Council. Four hopefuls seek one of three seats up for election on the Beebe Library Board of Trustees. Other than that, all…

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LAG Spring Arts Festival returns May 9

April 27, 2026

LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield Art Guild’s (LAG) Spring Arts Festival will take place on Saturday, May 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Town Common.

In addition to a Judged Arts Show and Sale of all original art in the Meeting House, the festival will feature dozens of crafters and artisan vendors on…

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Around the Schoolyard with North Reading Public Schools: Status of proposed $42.5M school budget for FY27

April 27, 2026

Published in the North Reading Transcript on April 23, 2026
By Michael Connelly, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations

The North Reading School Committee held its annual public budget hearing on April 13, 2026. At this meeting the School Administration presented the latest revisions and plan to reconcile and balance the budget to put…

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Local residents publish new book about Middlesex Fells

April 27, 2026

CHARLESTON, SC — Arcadia Publishing announces the publication of “Walls, Rock, and Rum: Colonial History and the Founding of Middlesex Fells,” a new history of the area by Alison C. Simcox and Douglas L. Heath of Wakefield.

About the book

Middlesex Fells, located north of Boston, is one of the most storied state parks in…

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Laxmen improve to 8-1 with victories over Manchester-Essex, Lynnfield

April 27, 2026

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High boys’ lacrosse team continued their impressive season with two more wins this week. The Warriors beat Macnhester-Essex, 13-7 on the road Monday and Lynnfield, 16-3 at home on Wednesday. The Lynnfield game came right after the Warriors finished up their April 7 matchup with Melrose. That one was a continuation of…

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Town Council candidates on funding sources

April 27, 2026

WAKEFIELD – There are four candidates running for two Town Council seats in Tuesday’s Town Election: James T. Cerone, Brian Fox, Rada Frohlichstein and Ami Ruehrwein Wall. The Daily Item posed two questions to the candidates. Today, we publish their responses to the second question. Their answers to the first question appeared in yesterday’s newspaper.

QUESTION: In recent years, the Town used monies from an opioid…

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Lynnfield to receive nearly $645K for local roadwork

April 26, 2026

BOSTON – Lynnfield is scheduled to receive $644,829.31 in state funding assistance for local road and bridge maintenance as part of a multi-billion dollar transportation infrastructure bond bill recently approved by the House of Representatives with the support of House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones Jr. (R-North Reading).

House Bill 5375, An Act financing long-term…

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Find your joy at the MPL

April 26, 2026

Published in the Melrose Weekly News on April 24, 2026

Call us homers, but we think the recently refurbished Melrose Public Library is one of the best around. It provides quiet spaces, plenty of resources and offers a ton of programs. We’re proud to call it a Melrose institution.

We highlight the good deeds done…