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Keep Melrose beautiful and help out with Saturday cleanup

MELROSE — The Keep Melrose Beautiful Communitywide Cleanup happens Saturday, October 18 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Keep Melrose Beautiful is a volunteer-led organization that is working to clean up and green up our city. KMB partners with Zero Waste Melrose, Melrose Energy and Climate and the Environmental Club at Melrose High. It’s easy…

 

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Melrose Antique Show & Sale returns

SOME ITEMS THAT are expected to be available at the 2025 sale.

 

MELROSE — The First Congregational Church in Melrose, United Church of Christ will host its Third Annual Antique Show & Sale on Saturday, October 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 121 West Foster St., Melrose.

Dealers from around the greater…

 

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Come join us for workouts at Fitness Together Melrose

PICTURED FROM THE left: John, Kat, Melanie, Joe C. and Joe G., professional personal trainers at Fitness Together Melrose.

 

MELROSE — At Fitness Together Melrose, our trainers work with clients of all ages and fitness levels to help them feel stronger, healthier and more confident. Our mission is to provide safe, effective and personalized…

 

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Friends of the Fells pilot pet waste station project aims to protect the forest and reduce biohazards

FRIENDS OF THE FELLS installed Pet Waste Stations on trails along Greenwood Park and Bellevue Pond.

 

MEDFORD — In a bid to tackle the persistent problem of dog waste being left by visitors in the Fells,

Friends of the Fells recently installed two pilot pet waste stations on trails adjacent to Greenwood Park and…

 

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Officials support Lipper-Garabedian’s crypto kiosk bill

FROM THE LEFT are Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker, Representative Lipper-Garabedian and Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian.

 

 

BOSTON — On Tuesday, October 7, 2025, State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D-Melrose), a member of the Joint Committee on Financial Services, joined the Committee for a hearing that included significant testimony in favor of her…

 

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MMA: Cities, towns are at fiscal breaking point

Published October 17, 2025

BOSTON — A new report released today by the Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) documents the convergence of severe factors that are now creating a fiscal crisis in cities and towns across the Commonwealth that increasingly threatens the essential services residents rely on every day.

A Perfect Storm: Cities and Towns Face…

 

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Student survey tracks risky behavior

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – Examples of risky behavior by Middle and High School students are fairly stable despite some small upward trends, according to the 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey presented to the School Committee at their meeting Tuesday, Oct. 14. 

“There are different things we have to keep up with,” Middle School…

 

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High viz

THIS GUY JUST wants people to say hello on Porter Street. (Photo by Raj Das, edphotos.com)

 

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Election housekeeping reminder

This will be our final reminder on political housekeeping matters as the November 4 city election closes in.

The election is critically important, as most are. There will be a three-tiered Proposition 2 1/2 override question on the ballot and several people have already stepped forward to run for School Committee and City Council. We’d…

 

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Warrior golfers conclude perfect season, win Middlesex League Shootout

THE WAKEFIELD High golf team celebrates their perfect, 14-0 season after defeating Winchester 41.5-30.5 at Winchester Country Club on Oct. 7. Pictured from left to right is coach Chris Keane, Ryan McCarthy, Jake Morris, Brayden Myette, Patrick Maloney, Michael Yianacopolus, Ryan Dodge, James Maloney and Davin Myette. (Courtesy Photo)

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

WINCHESTER — The Wakefield…

 

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Light up North Reading pink!

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — Light Up North Reading Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Local resident, business owner, wife, mom, activist and breast cancer survivor Francine Coughlin urges townspeople to go pink this October in honor of all breast cancer patients, past and present.

Francine’s personal favorite is The Ellie Fund, a Massachusetts-based…

 

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Supporting the Food Pantry

A DONATION of $500 was presented to Renee Bianchi, Director of Client Services for the North Reading Food Pantry on behalf of the Lynn Knights of Columbus by Grand Knight Michael Scarlata of North Reading. The funds were raised during the Lynn KofC’s annual Charitable Golf Tournament through the generosity of its sponsors and players.

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