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The Christmas spirit shines as fund climbs to $18,360

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — The Christmas spirit shines brightly throughout town thanks to the continued generosity of our readers whose response to our Neighbor Helping Neighbor Fund (NHNF) has enabled the tally to reach $18,360!

This week, the NHNF was enhanced significantly by an additional $3,935 in donations from 25 donors, including a…

 

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Early deadlines for New Year’s holiday

The Transcript office will be closed on New Year’s Day, Monday, January 1.

To accommodate the New Year’s holiday schedule for our staff, the Transcript will have an early deadline for our New Year’s edition to be published Thursday, January 4.

This applies to the submission of editorial and advertising content.

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Public invited to Jan. 8 inauguration

MELROSE — The Melrose community is invited to the 2024 Inauguration of Mayor Jennifer Grigoraitis, the Melrose City Council and the Melrose School Committee on Monday, January 8, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building – Memorial Hall – located at 590 Main St. 

The event is free and open…

 

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Real Estate Transactions: December 26, 2023

 

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Sports: December 26, 2023

 

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MBTA Zoning 2023

Working Group backs larger multi-family zoning plan

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – Despite acknowledging that most of the residents they heard from opposed it, the MBTA Communities Working Group will recommend a by-right multifamily zoning district that significantly exceeds what is required by the state in terms of both size and residential density allowed. 

At last week’s meeting, Planning Board member…

 

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Lynnfield/Wakefield boys’ swim team starts season with a 20-point victory

By CHARLES GAGNE

READING — The Wakefield/Lynnfield boys’ cooperative swim team started its season off with a splash, as the swimmers convincingly won their first meet on Saturday, Dec. 16 over the North Reading/Wilmington cooperative boys’ team at the Burbank YMCA. The meet was a thriller and Wakefield/Lynnfield finished with a total of 93 points…

 

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Myrtle Aucella, 99

WAKEFIELD — Myrtle M. Aucella, age 99, a longtime resident of Wakefield, died Thursday, December 21 at her home. She was born in Everett on September 8, 1924 to the late Daniel H. and Kathryn (Mulloy) Rossborough. 

Mrs. Aucella was raised in Everett and had been a Wakefield resident for the last 67 years…

 

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Esther Guertin, 96

Avid reader who loved Bingo

TOPSFIELD — Esther Mary Guertin, age 96, of Topsfield, formerly of Wakefield died December 4 at the Masconoment Health Care Center in Topsfield. 

Born in Wakefield on February 8, 1927 she was the daughter of the late George and Lillian (Brown) Malonson. Mrs. Guertin was raised in Wakefield and…

 

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Foggy night

AFTER AN unseasonably warm Christmas Day, street lamps and colored bulbs on the Rockery tree shone through the dense gray fog that swallowed Main Street. (John Leone Photo)

 

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Volunteers needed for 250th Celebration Committee

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Select Board is looking for residents to serve on a new committee that will be tasked with planning a townwide celebration marking the United States’ 250th birthday on July 4, 2026.

The Historical Commission voted last summer to recommend that the town form a committee that would be tasked…

 

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