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Capital list OK’d for next year

WAKEFIELD — The Capital Planning Committee this week approved just under $2 million in spending requests for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

On Tuesday committee members, after several weeks of meetings with department heads, unanimously approved $1,998,441 worth of requests ranging from police cars and 9 millimeter Glock service pistols to three garage doors…

 

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Throwback

Throwback Thursday, 1940: The East Side of Main Street

Throwback

LAST WEEK, we told you of big changes in Wakefield Square in early 1940, especially on the east side of Main Street. Two new supermarkets — an A&P and a First National Store — opened on side-by-side blocks on the same day. The A&P was located at 370 Main St., in the space later occupied by CVS and currently…

 

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Karen McCarthy, 69

WAKEFIELD — Karen “Linda” McCarthy, age 69 of Wakefield, formerly of Westwood, passed away on Thursday, February 26 at the Rubin Home in Saugus after a long illness.

She was born in Belmont on September 28, 1956. She graduated from Westwood High School, Class of 1974 and went on to the University of Pennsylvania and…

 

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One Big Beautiful Bill could cost us plenty

 

STATE SEN. Jason Lewis hosted a Community Conversation webinar on the Commonwealth’s spending in the coming year.

By NEIL ZOLOT

MELROSE – Massachusetts is facing a possible loss of billions of dollars in revenue for its proposed $62.8 billion Fiscal 2027 budget as a result of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OB3…

 

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A NOBLE gathering

LAST FRIDAY, February 27, the Melrose Public Library hosted the North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE) legislative breakfast. Speakers included Mayor Jen Grigoraitis; Library Director Linda Gardener; Melrose state legislators Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Sen. Jason Lewis; Melrose community members Jane Healey, Katie Welch and Roan DeMeis Dullea; and Massachusetts Library Commissioner Jessica Vilas Novas.

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Clark secures $1.1M in federal funds for city

MELROSE — The City of Melrose has been awarded a total of $1.1 million in federal funding to support a stormwater management project in downtown Melrose and upgrade public address systems in the Melrose Public Schools.

US House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, a former Melrose resident, announced the awards alongside a total of 15 community…

 

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Historical Commission holds Research Your Home Night May 6

THIS PHOTOGRAPH was taken on Mount Vernon Avenue in the 1880s. (Courtesy of the Melrose Historical Commission)

MELROSE — The Melrose Historical Commission is excited to announce the next Research Your Home Night! It will be held on Wednesday, May 6 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Lt. Norman Prince VFW Hall at…

 

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Arts and crafts supplies swap at Follow Your Art

MELROSE — Join fellow artists and crafters to share and swap materials for creative projects. The free swap event will be held at Follow Your Art Community Studios (FYACS), 647 Main St., Melrose on Saturday, March 14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Attendees can bring only these categories of items: art supplies, collage and…

 

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Sports equipment swap Saturday

MELROSE — Even if it doesn’t feel like it yet, spring sports season will be here before we know it!

While we may not be able to get out on the fields just yet, we can start getting ready.

The Melrose Affordable Initiative will host its annual Sports Equipment Swap on Saturday, March 7, 2026…

 

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Melrose Farmers’ Market hosts Winter Market

MELROSE — The Melrose Farmers’ Market will host its next Winter Market on Sunday, March 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Melrose YMCA.

This indoor Winter Market offers a welcoming space for the community to shop local and stay connected until the return of the outdoor market season. The market will feature…

 

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Pothole season is early this year

The following comes from the regional AAA office in Westwood.

Pothole season is arriving early thanks to above-average snowfall blanketing the northeast this winter. With plows pounding the roads and pavement cracking from recent freeze and thaw cycles, drivers are in for a bumpy ride before spring.

Potholes form when water penetrates the road surface…

 

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Police arrest man for possessing many drugs

MELROSE — A 33-year-old Boston man was charged with illegal possession of many different types of narcotics after police came upon him inside a vehicle in a lot at the corner of Main Street and West Wyoming Avenue Tuesday night, February 24.

According to police, officers investigated a suspicious motor vehicle that was not moving…

 

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