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Dylan McDermott named a Middlesex League boys’ hoop All-Star

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Dylan McDermott

WAKEFIELD — The Middlesex League’s boys’ basketball coaches met recently to vote on All-Stars for the 2025-26 season.

Wakefield was represented by senior captain

who earned his first All-Star nod.

McDermott averaged 13.3 points per game, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals.

“I thought Dylan did a great job leading us through a difficult season…

 

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US falls short again in WBC final

Venezuela spins star-studded roster

By ALANIS THAMES

MIAMI (AP) — Aaron Judge walked slowly back and forth in the United States dugout Tuesday night while Venezuelan players shed tears and fell to their knees to celebrate the country’s first World Baseball Classic title.

Other players from the Americans’ $320 million roster stood frozen for several minutes…

 

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Applications for Townwide Yard Sale on May 2 now available

Published in the North Reading Transcript on March 12, 2026

 

SCAN this QR code to submit your application for the Townwide Yard Sale on May 2.

NORTH READING — Plans are moving along for the Annual Townwide Yard Sale on Saturday, May 2, 2026 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.! (Please note, the event…

 

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Front Page published March 19, 2026

 

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Wakefield-based Angel Fund awards $800K to UMass Chan Medical School to advance cutting-edge ALS research

WAKEFIELD — The Angel Fund for ALS Research has awarded $800,000 to UMass Chan Medical School to accelerate research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

The donation supports the work of two recognized leaders in ALS research: Robert H. Brown Jr., DPhil, MD, the Donna M. and Robert J. Manning…

 

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Authorities believe body of missing Murray St. man found in Lake

JASON THOMAS

WAKEFIELD – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Wakefield Chief of Police Steven Skory confirmed that a body was recovered from Lake Quannapowitt yesterday afternoon. Preliminary information, including the clothing of the victim, suggests that it is the body of Jason Thomas, 45, who was reported missing to Wakefield Police on December 13…

 

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Go against the grain for the sake of March Madness

 

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

Happy March Madness Eve to all who celebrate. 

Not baptized in the Faith of the Final Four? In the famous words of “Bluto” Blutarsky: “Grab a bracket. It don’t cost nothin’”. 

To you new pledges and to all returning self-identified bracketologists let me be…well probably the ninth or tenth in your…

 

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Around the Schoolyard published March 12, 2026

Published in the North Reading Transcript

Spring Forward: Encouraging focus, growth, and momentum in the final stretch

By Gina M. Sacco
Assistant Director of Special Education

 

As winter gives way to spring, schools begin to feel a subtle but important shift. The days grow longer, spring sunlight brightens our classrooms, and conversations start to…

 

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Community celebrates Music In Our Schools Month

A LYNNFIELD HIGH SCHOOL rock band comprised of, from left, lead vocalist Isabelle Ruocco, bassist Kenneth Waldron-Price, guitarist Jacob Cordero, guitarist Shea Moore and guitarist Anna Raslavicus performed a cover “American Girl” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers during the Music In Our Schools Month Concert in the LHS gym on March 12. Missing from…

 

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John Beccia seeks ‘creating opportunities for all people’

JOHN BECCIA

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Local resident John Beccia is looking to bring a new perspective to Congress.

Beccia is one of eight candidates who are running for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the Sixth Congressional District this September. He is looking to succeed U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, who decided against running for…

 

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