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FinCom to recommend five articles at Town Meeting

October 31, 2025

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – The Finance Committee will recommend favorable action on five articles that relate to town finances at the upcoming Regular Town Meeting on Nov. 8.

The FinCom met for 50 minutes last night to discuss and vote on the articles. The hybrid meeting had most members in the first-floor conference room at Town Hall…

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Girls’ XC takes 4th at Middlesex League Meet

October 31, 2025

THE WARRIORS took 4th overall and 1st in the Freedom Division at the Middlesex League Championship Meet on Monday at the Woburn Country Club. (Courtesy Photo)

WOBURN — The Wakefield High girls’ cross country team competed in the Middlesex League Championship meet at Woburn Country Club on Monday. Following some impressive performances, the Warriors ended up…

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Recycle Halloween candy wrappers and donate extra candy

October 31, 2025

MELROSE — Zero Waste Melrose is once again turning Halloween trash into treasure. From October 29 to November 7, residents can drop off clean, empty and dry candy and snack wrappers at two collection sites in Melrose: the Melrose Family YMCA lobby and 497 Main St. and the porch at 41 Albion St. Please note…

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Free Visual Descriptions Tour

October 31, 2025

MELROSE — Follow Your Art Community Studios (FYACS) will host a free Visual Descriptions Tour of the Art of Words V gallery exhibit on Friday, November 7 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at 647 Main St. in Melrose.

Discover pieces from Art of Words V, a collaborative exhibit of art and writing from Follow Your…

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Creative Corner

October 31, 2025

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:

Happy 120th Anniversary Melrose Arts & Crafts Society: Tea Cups & Tudor Roses exhibit, Saturday, November 8, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 121 West Foster St.

Opening…

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Upcoming events at Memorial Hall

October 31, 2025

MELROSE — The following is list of upcoming events at Melrose Memorial Hall.

Melrose Symphony Orchestra Opening Night Concert: Saturday, November 1, 8 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Join the Melrose Symphony for a spectacular Opening Night featuring two romantic masterpieces: Dvořák’s vibrant Symphony No. 8 and Brahms’ passionate Double Concerto performed by renowned…

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Check out local artists at the Beebe Estate opening reception

October 31, 2025

MELROSE — Wakefield’s Constance Festo Lafond is presenting an art sale and exhibition with three local artists: Elaina Bates-Egan and Sophie Glikson-Cahen of Medford and Jeff Fioravanti of Lynn.

The Beebe estate opening reception is Friday, November 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. at 235 West Foster St. in Melrose. Admission…

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When Melrose was a ski town

October 31, 2025

MT. HOOD, MELROSE Recreation Area in the late 1930’s when skiing and ski jumping were popular sports.

By A. E. MACDONALD

When Donald L. Macdonald, Jr. walked down the main boulevard of Camp Hale, Colorado in the spring of 1943, he felt like he knew every other person he passed. Mac, as I always…

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Melrose home honored for role in historic Gypsy Moth Invasion

October 31, 2025

FRONT OF home on East Highland Ave that was awarded a plaque due to its key location in the fight against the Gypsy Moth Invasion of 1900-1905.

By MICHELLE VISCO

The Melrose Historical Commission recently introduced a new Historic Home Plaque Program and a home on East Highland Ave was awarded one due…

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Sports: October 30, 2025

October 30, 2025

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Was Lydia Dustin a witch?

October 30, 2025

Stories from the Old Burying Ground

Wakefield’s Old Burying Ground is like an outdoor museum, filled with ‘artifacts’ reaching back to the town’s beginnings. Visitors can find the truest testament to those brave pioneers who first settled here, and their only monuments left standing.