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Class of 2026 takes flight

THE WMHS CLASS OF 2026 celebrates by tossing their caps in the air at the close of Saturday’s graduation ceremonies at Landrigan Field. (Mark Sardella Photo)

WAKEFIELD — From Jenna Marie Abkarian to Yongyi Zhao, over 200 seniors said goodbye to Wakefield Memorial High during the 2026 commencement exercises Saturday morning.

Cloud cover kept the temperature down as…

 

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Olive M. Hecht

Legal secretary proud of Irish heritage, longstanding America roots

READING — Olive Mitchell (Burke) Hecht, of Reading and Wakefield, Massachusetts, died peacefully in her home on June 2, 2026, after a six-year struggle with dementia.

She was born, alongside her twin sister, Alice, in Boston, on March 12, 1936, to the late J. William Burke…

 

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Masse holds office hours June 11

Published in the North Reading Transcript on June 4, 2026

 

NORTH READING – Select Board member Nick Masse will hold office hours on Thursday, June 11 from 5:30-7 p.m. in Room 5 at Town Hall, 235 North St. All welcome to attend.

 

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Around the Schoolyard with NRPS: FY27 Final school budget update

Published in the North Reading Transcript on June 4, 2026

By Michael Connelly, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations

 

The North Reading School Committee at their April 27, 2026 meeting officially voted the fiscal year 2027 school budget to put forward at North Reading’s annual open Town Meeting on June 1, 2026. The budget…

 

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Legacy of Joan Bell honored with inaugural memorial scholarship

Published in the Melrose Weekly News on June 5, 2026

MELROSE — At the Melrose High School (MHS) Senior Awards Ceremony on May 21, the Melrose Alliance Against Violence (MAAV) took a heartfelt moment to honor the memory of Joan Bell, the organization’s beloved former board president of over twenty years, who passed away unexpectedly…

 

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WMHS Class of 2026 graduates tomorrow

Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on June 5, 2026

THE CLASS OF 2026 graduates from Wakefield Memorial High on Saturday. The people here will key roles at the ceremony. In the front row from the left are Principal Amy McLeod; Class Vice President Emanuelle Dias; Class President Cara Carangelo; Class Salutatorian Elizabeth Pritchard; Class

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Car wash accident reported to police

Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on June 5, 2026

WAKEFIELD — A minor accident inside a Main Street car wash and an unwanted man using the swimming pool at The Basin development on Quannapowitt Parkway were among the calls police handled yesterday and early today.

At about 4:05 yesterday afternoon someone from The Basin…

 

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‘Movie Night on the Diamond’ at Walsh

Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on June 5, 2026

WAKEFIELD — Tonight, the WMHS Class of 2029 is bringing a baseball classic to the ballpark with their ‘Movie Night On The Diamond.’ They will be playing the hit movie “The Sandlot” on Walsh Field, by Wakefield Memorial High School. Admission is free.

The night out will…

 

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Looking Backward

Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on June 5, 2026

JUNE 5, 1986

Forty years ago, June 5th was a Thursday. There was sunshine giving way to clouds, with a chance of showers. The temperatures ranged from 75 to 80 degrees. The Item’s 30 pages cost 30 cents. This edition had six more pages than…

 

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Northeast’s Mandy Lin is a U.S. Presidential Scholars Program semifinalist

Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on June 5, 2026

SENIOR MANDY LIN works on a design in the Design and Visual Communications studio at Northeast Metro Tech. Lin is one of just 627 students nationwide to be selected as a semifinalist in the 2026 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. (Photo Courtesy Northeast Metro Tech)

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