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Melrose Little League held All Star Sunday on June 1 at Lewis Monk Memorial Field. The day featured great baseball and town spirit. The Minors Division All Star Game saw Team Dooling down Team Reilly 15-5. Pictured are the All Star players enjoying post-game celebrations.

 

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The art of baking

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LYNNFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS campers learned how to make bread during the Bread Making camp on June 27. Front row, from left, Gwen Dandrow, Ariella Kaufman and Sydney Staab. Back row, from left, Kexin Li, Siena Keegan and Ellen Farias. (Dan Tomasello Photo)

 

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Double take!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Longtime North Reading resident Lew Vorrilas recently celebrated his 97th birthday. Many people in town knew Lew as the proprietor of Lew’s Mobil at the corner of Park and Haverhill streets for decades. Those passing by his Haverhill Street home may have even see him relaxing in his rocking lawn chair waving to

 

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The rockets red glare!

A SPECTACULAR Fourth of July fireworks display over Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield illuminates a gaggle of geese during the nation’s 249th birthday celebration. (Maureen Doherty Photo)

 

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We wish it was ours

VETERANS SERVICES OFFICER Bruce Siegel (left) and town IT specialist Ryan Michalski check out a 1960s Ford Mustang during the Senior Center’s Antique Car Show on June 26. (Dan Tomasello Photo)

 

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Parade 2025

And the 2025 WSSC 4th of July Committee event winners are…

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THE WAKEFIELD INDEPENDENCE Day Committee chose the Wakefield Bowladrome as its 1st place finisher as outstanding 4th of July parade float (Barbara Worley).

 

WAKEFIELD — Independence Day celebrations are about memories. 

Those memories are even better if you win a prize from the West Side Social Club’s 4th of July Committee.

Here are…

 

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Glory days

THE 1988-89 Middlesex League champion Melrose High boys’ basketball team met for a reunion recently, set up by coach Nick Papas. The team, which is in the MHS Hall of Fame, went 18-0 in the league, a first in MHS hoop history, and ended up as the Div. 1 State runners-up. The team was led

 

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Play ball!

Melrose Youth Softball celebrated the end of their Spring Season earlier this month in a fun filled day of competitive games. Pictured is the pre-game ceremony for the Seniors Championship game between the Bruins & Longhorns. And also pictured is Longhorns pitcher Sydney Riley versus Bruins batter Sydney O’Reilly. (courtesy photo)

 

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The generosity of Friends

THE FRIENDS of the North Reading Council on Aging presented a check for $3,428.35 to the North Reading Food Pantry last week representing their share of this amazing community-wide Bingo fundraiser. The total amount raised was shared equally between the Friends and the Food Pantry. Presenting the check in the center foreground are: Friends of

 

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Perfect Season

THE ORIOLES won the North Reading Little League Majors championship recently, completing an incredible, undefeated season. (Courtesy Photo)

 

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Airborne!

JORDAN STAAB takes flight while sliding down the inflatable waterslide in order to cool off from 95-degree temperatures at Recreation Station on June 24. (Dan Tomasello Photo)

 

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Fourth of July Parade 2023

Independence Day Parking Restrictions and Road Closures

To accommodate the scheduled Independence Day activities, road closures and parking restrictions will be in place throughout the downtown and surrounding areas. 

All chairs and other items left along the parade route and fireworks-viewing locations must be removed by 7 a.m. on July 5.  Any items left in these areas after that time will

 

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