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Boys’ lacrosse beats Hanover, gets ready for quarterfinal showdown with top-seeded Dracut

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Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on June 8, 2026

 

 

THE WARRIORS celebrate their state tournament win over Hanover. No. 8 Wakefield travels to No. 1 Dracut for an Elite Eight matchup tonight at 6:30 p.m. The winner advances to the Final Four where they will meet No. 4 Medfield on

 

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Class of 2026 takes flight

THE WMHS CLASS OF 2026 celebrates by tossing their caps in the air at the close of Saturday’s graduation ceremonies at Landrigan Field. (Mark Sardella Photo)

WAKEFIELD — From Jenna Marie Abkarian to Yongyi Zhao, over 200 seniors said goodbye to Wakefield Memorial High during the 2026 commencement exercises Saturday morning.

Cloud cover kept the temperature down as…

 

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Olive M. Hecht

Legal secretary proud of Irish heritage, longstanding America roots

READING — Olive Mitchell (Burke) Hecht, of Reading and Wakefield, Massachusetts, died peacefully in her home on June 2, 2026, after a six-year struggle with dementia.

She was born, alongside her twin sister, Alice, in Boston, on March 12, 1936, to the late J. William Burke…

 

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Masse holds office hours June 11

Published in the North Reading Transcript on June 4, 2026

 

NORTH READING – Select Board member Nick Masse will hold office hours on Thursday, June 11 from 5:30-7 p.m. in Room 5 at Town Hall, 235 North St. All welcome to attend.

 

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All smiles

Photo published in the Melrose Weekly News on June 5, 2026

 

NOW HERE’S A young man who is ready to graduate from Melrose High! (Lisa Lord Photo)

 

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Together one last time

Photo published in the Melrose Weekly News on June 5, 2026

 

THE MELROSE HIGH CLASS OF 2026 sits for their graduation ceremony on Friday night, May 29. (Lisa Lord Photo)

 

 

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A welcoming space

Photo published in the Melrose Weekly News on June 5, 2026

 

INSPIRED BY great ideas and a commitment to strengthening our community, Melrose Affordable Initiative is bringing picnic tables to locations around the city. Built to withstand New England weather and remain outdoors year-round, these tables will provide welcoming spaces for gathering and building

 

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Around the Schoolyard with NRPS: FY27 Final school budget update

Published in the North Reading Transcript on June 4, 2026

By Michael Connelly, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations

 

The North Reading School Committee at their April 27, 2026 meeting officially voted the fiscal year 2027 school budget to put forward at North Reading’s annual open Town Meeting on June 1, 2026. The budget…

 

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Legacy of Joan Bell honored with inaugural memorial scholarship

Published in the Melrose Weekly News on June 5, 2026

MELROSE — At the Melrose High School (MHS) Senior Awards Ceremony on May 21, the Melrose Alliance Against Violence (MAAV) took a heartfelt moment to honor the memory of Joan Bell, the organization’s beloved former board president of over twenty years, who passed away unexpectedly…

 

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WMHS Class of 2026 graduates tomorrow

Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on June 5, 2026

THE CLASS OF 2026 graduates from Wakefield Memorial High on Saturday. The people here will key roles at the ceremony. In the front row from the left are Principal Amy McLeod; Class Vice President Emanuelle Dias; Class President Cara Carangelo; Class Salutatorian Elizabeth Pritchard; Class

 

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Northeast’s Mandy Lin is a U.S. Presidential Scholars Program semifinalist

Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on June 5, 2026

SENIOR MANDY LIN works on a design in the Design and Visual Communications studio at Northeast Metro Tech. Lin is one of just 627 students nationwide to be selected as a semifinalist in the 2026 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. (Photo Courtesy Northeast Metro Tech)

 

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Tour Jay Leno’s awesome Big Dog Garage

Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on June 5, 2026

A CHANCE TO meet with comedian Jay Leno and tour his famous garage in Burbank, California, is up for auction to support UMass Lowell’s Professor Joseph Dorsey Memorial Scholarship, which benefits the university’s physical therapy students. Leno hails from Andover. (Courtesy image)

LOWELL – Comedian…

 

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