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TSF announces 2026 merit winners

June 9, 2026

WAKEFIELD — The Scholarship Foundation of Wakefield, Inc. (TSF) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2026 merit awards.

Bill Spaulding Merit Award

The Bill Spaulding Merit Award honors an esteemed member of TSF’s Board of Directors. For almost forty years, Bill Spaulding provided outstanding financial guidance and generous support to the organization. These…

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Warrior volleyball clinics return to WMHS this summer

June 9, 2026

The Warrior volleyball summer clinics will return to the Charbonneau Field House at Wakefield Memorial High School this summer. The clinics are for girls and boys from grades 4-9.

There will be two weeks each available for grades 4-6 and grades 7-9. The first session will be from July 20-23 and the second session will…

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Lipper-Garabedian’s data privacy bill OK’d

June 9, 2026

BOSTON – The Massachusetts House of Representatives unanimously passed comprehensive legislation establishing essential consumer data privacy rights, incorporating fully legislation filed and championed by State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D-Melrose) to establish a blanket ban on the sale of precise, personal geolocation data. In the previous legislative session, the House unanimously passed a narrower…

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Warrior softball reaches Final Four with 2-1 win over Marshfield

June 9, 2026

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

MARSHFIELD — The Wakefield…

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Water and sewer rates going up

June 9, 2026

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – Local water and sewer rates are going up based on the recommendations of the Advisory Board of Public Works and last night’s vote of the Town Council to implement those recommendations.

Public Works Director Joseph Conway and DPW Business Manager Ann Waitt appeared at last night’s Town Council Meeting to present the new rates…

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The scouts take Canobie

June 9, 2026

GIRL SCOUTS from Wakefield who sold over 500 boxes of cookies this season celebrated their cookie achievements at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH. Pictured from left to right, Morgan MacRobbie, CJ Lent, Cynthia Rosenfield, Sydney Boettcher, Grace Bidmead, Isla Burns and Maddie Hall.

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How did we ever survive childhood (Part 3)

June 9, 2026

Published in the North Reading Transcript on June 4, 2026

I know it’s hard to believe, but when I was a kid, everybody… absolutely everybody…drank tap water. Right from the tap. There was no such thing as bottled water. In nearly every kitchen, there was a glass beside the…

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UConn fall 2025 Dean’s List

June 9, 2026

Published in the Melrose Weekly News on June 5, 2026

STORRS, CT — Zachary Hoyt, Joseph Konstanty, Deirdre McDonnell, Abigail Podradchik, Tobey Russell and Kathleen Whisler of Melrose were named to the Dean’s List at the University of Connecticut for the fall 2025 semester.

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Editorial: Finally, a breakthrough

June 8, 2026

According to the State House News Service’s Alison Kuznitz, the number of opioid-related overdose fatalities fell below 1,000 for the first time in more than a decade in 2025, state health officials said Friday, marking a significant improvement since Massachusetts broke a devastating record a few years ago.

There were 978 confirmed and estimated opioid-related…

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Curiosity connects

June 8, 2026

By NIKHIL DHINGRA
Class Essayist

Family, friends, faculty, and most importantly, the Class of 2026:

I want to preface this speech by saying that I am beyond thankful for everyone who has brought me to where I am now: my family, friends, and teachers are the main reasons I am up here today, and they…

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