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Wakefield Porchfest schedule has launched

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Porchfest Committee has launched the first official schedule at wakefieldporchfest.com for the 2025 event including an interactive map that allows attendees to discover the 66 homes and businesses that will host more than 130 local musical acts on Saturday, September 6.

The 2025 event offers a solid mix of venues across…

 

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Creative Corner

MELROSE — A comprehensive calendar of everything Arts and Culture in Melrose. Here are just a few arts and culture events happening around Melrose this week:

Music Monday Mark Perry: September 1, 6-8 p.m.; enjoy a range of classics from the 70’s to 90’s with Mark Perry.

Instructional Knitting at Sit & Knit: September 1, 6-8…

 

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East Middlesex Mosquito Control Spraying Tuesday, September 2

The East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project is planning to use a truck mounted aerosol sprayer to control mosquito populations. Spraying will be done between sunset and 11:30 PM.

The following paragraph is intended to provide a general description for where mosquito spraying will take place. The spray route will include many more roads than are…

 

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Lynnfield Art Guild names Reynolds, Blacker co-presidents

LYNNFIELD — Local artists Heidi Reynolds and Yvonne Blacker have been named as the Lynnfield Art Guild’s (LAG) co-presidents for the 2025-2026 year.

Past presidents Cheryl Chisholm and Cathy Grasiello will remain active members of the LAG board.

Reynolds is an art educator, community-based artist and the owner of Re-Create Studio in Lynnfield (re-createstudio.com). She…

 

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Sports: August 28, 2025

 

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Summer vacation is over 

THE SIGN in front of the high school offers a message to returning students. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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Item sportswriter recaps summer trip to Minnesota

Wakefield Daily Item sports contributor Stephen Martellucci recently visited the sports scene in Minnesota. The following is a recap of his visit.

By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI 

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — After going to Kansas City last year to see the Red Sox on the road, I ended up going to Minnesota a few weeks ago for this…

 

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LOGO WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Schools will use DESE teacher evaluation tool

By NEIL ZOLOT

 WAKEFIELD — The School Department will be using the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Educator Evaluation tool instead of a self-designed one. “There is an option to adopt their system or adapt it to a similar one we structures ourselves,” Superintendent Doug Lyons said at the School Committee…

 

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MHS golf car wash Sept. 13

MELROSE—The Melrose High golf team is hosting a car wash on September 13, 2025 at the back/upper parking lot of Melrose High (Marcoux gym) on Melrose street.

It will run from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

All proceeds will benefit the Melrose High golf team.

Come by and clean your car while supporting a good…

 

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15U Lou Tompkins team reaches playoffs

By STEPHEN MARTELUCCI

WAYLAND—The Melrose 15U Lou Tompkins baseball team reached the playoffs this summer as they went 7-6 in the regular season.

They were the seventh-seed in the B Division Select Division playoffs (the top eight of 12 total teams qualify) and they faced second-seeded Wayland in the first round.

On Aug. 4 at…

 

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Pro Boxing at Memorial Hall this Friday

MELROSE—Boston Boxing Promotion’s “Summer Brawl” takes place this Friday evening, August 29 at Melrose Memorial Hall. This is the biggest Pro Boxing card this summer in New England. Ten amazing fights are currently scheduled on the card, so kick off your Labor Day weekend in Melrose.

Be there to see former Bantamweight World Champion Jonathan “Salmon King” Guzman (26-2…

 

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