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5th Sustainability Day May 30

WAKEFIELD — State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian, the 2025 Keep Massachusetts Beautiful Environmental Legislator of the Year, will host her Fifth annual Recycling & Sustainability Day for the Town of Wakefield on Saturday, May 30, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., at Wakefield High School. In partnership with the Wakefield Department of Public Works, Wakefield Municipal Gas…

 

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Editorial: Talented artists’ work deserves our attention

CHARLISE MEIER

There will always be hard decisions to make when town officials put together an annual operating budget. By many accounts, those decisions here in Wakefield will get more difficult in the immediate years to come.

What do you sacrifice first? Badly needed road repairs? Public safety positions? Teachers? School administrators?

We don’t have…

 

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Boston Celtics honor Wakefield family behind Ella’s Army as Heroes Among Us

RYAN AND BRIANNA MARCHANT, founders of Ella’s Army, were honored as Heroes Among Us during the Celtics’ April 28, 2026 home game against the Philadelphia 76ers for supporting families at Boston Children’s Hospital after their daughter Ella’s lifesaving heart surgery.

BOSTON — On April 28, at the Boston Celtics home playoff game against the Philadelphia…

 

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‘Soul Supper’ to discuss philosophies on war, peace

WAKEFIELD — The Emmanuel Episcopal Church invites the community to attend its May Soul Supper on Thursday, May 14, featuring a thoughtful and timely conversation titled “War and Peace in Jewish and Zionist Thought.”

The evening includes a free community dinner from 6 to 6:45 p.m., offering space for fellowship and connection. This is followed…

 

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Police seek help finding missing woman

Missing persons report
ALICHA AZEMA

WAKEFIELD — Police are looking for a 30-year-old woman who went missing from a local group home yesterday and has not returned.

A supervisor for the Lafayette Street group home contacted police at about 9:30 last night and reported that a new client had left the home earlier in the day and had…

 

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Sports: May 12, 2026

 

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Golden hour

THE TREES of the North Avenue swamp turned gold in the sunrise as we begin seasonal change. (Andrew McRae Photo)

 

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How Did We Ever Survive? (Part 1)

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 7, 2026

 

By VIRGINIA MCNEIL SLEP

 

Every day or so, I read about another study that proves beyond all doubt that something we do is going to kill us. We’re all doomed if we continue to ignore the warnings about toxins and foods and activities…

 

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EDITORIAL: Micromobility needs rules

Published in the Melrose Weekly News on May 8, 2026

Sometimes you have to shake your head in wonder at how brazen people are when they zip by you on an e-bike or a souped-up scooter. In Boston, they’re all over the place, delivering food, messages, packages, whatever, with total disregard for themselves and often…

 

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Softball 2026

Warrior softball extends winning streak to five with victories over Reading, Melrose and Lexington

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High softball team pushed their winning streak to five games and their overall record to 11-3 with an impressive stretch of Middlesex League victories over Reading, Melrose and Lexington.

The Warriors are now ranked No. 15 in Div. 2 with six games remaining in the regular season.

Wakefield’s 4-0…

 

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Memorial Day events coming

WAKEFIELD — The public is invited to attend the Town of Wakefield Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 25, 2026, at 1 p.m. This outdoor ceremony is on the Veterans Memorial (Upper) Common in front of the World War II Memorial. To mark this special year, the theme for the Memorial Day Ceremony is “Fighting…

 

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