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Carney: A position paper on changes to downtown by bike paths

Dear Wakefield Town Council candidates,

 The Town Council must soon make a decision that will change Wakefield’s unique and attractive downtown forever. The Council must decide whether the town will withstand the lure of millions of dollars to reconfigure Main and Water streets to accommodate bike paths at the expense of our local merchants. This…

 

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House, Senate back cannabis board restructuring

BOSTON – State Representative Donald Wong (R-Saugus) recently supported legislation to reform the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) by reducing the number of commissioners from 5 to 3 and placing the appointing authority in the hands of the governor.

House Bill 5350, An Act modernizing the commonwealth’s cannabis laws, was enacted by the House and…

 

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North Reading Real Estate Transactions published April 16, 2026

 

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Community Calendar…

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15
Books by the Lake, Beebe Memorial Library, 7 p.m. This long-running book group brings together readers who enjoy discussing and sharing insights about a single title each month. Facilitated conversations are lively, intelligent, and insightful. The titles are mostly fiction, with one nonfiction choice included each year. The group chooses titles for…

 

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Front Page: April 15, 2026

 

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Sports: April 15, 2026

 

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Work on Main Street building moving forward

THE FOUNDATION is complete and framing is well underway for the redevelopment of the property at 460-472 Main Street. (Mark Sardella Photo)

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Work is progressing at 460-472 Main St. according the owner, the construction manager and the attorney for the project directly across the street from the Americal Civic Center…

 

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Warrior baseball beats Stoneham, gets ready for trip to Cooperstown this weekend

RYAN DODGE started a double play and got a strikeout to escape a jam he inherited in the 4th, ultimately earning the win on the mound for the Warriors against Stoneham. (Dan Pawlowski Photo)

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

WAKEFIELD — It took a full 7 hard-fought innings but the Wakefield High baseball team continued their winning streak…

 

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Wakefield man awarded special citation for lifesaving actions

OFFICER DANIEL HERRICK, of Wakefield, (left) was honored by Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox for his heroism. Photo Courtesy of Boston Police.

BOSTON — Boston Police Officer Daniel Herrick, a Wakefield resident, was recently awarded a Special Citation by Michael Cox, Commissioner of the Boston Police Department, in recognition of his lifesaving actions following a…

 

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Village Happenings

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on April 15, 2026

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15

School Committee meeting, 6 p.m., Al Merritt Center.

Coloring Club, 6-8 p.m., Lynnfield Library.

Historical Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall conference room.

Friends of the Lynnfield Library meeting, 7-8 p.m., Lynnfield Library.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16

Council on Aging Board of Directors…

 

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Those were the Days: “My Window”

Published in the North Reading Transcript on April 9, 2026

 

By VIRGINIA MCNEIL SLEP

 

When I was growing up in the house on Mount Vernon Street, I shared one of the two front bedrooms with my younger sister. She had the bed closest to the closet; I was near the window. I came…

 

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