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Warrior golf team starts season with two wins

THE WAKEFIELD High golf team started their 2025 season with wins over Woburn and Watertown last week. Pictured in the front row from left to right is Davin Myette and James Maloney. In the back row from left is Michael Yianacopolus, Ryan Dodge, Jake Morris (captain), Patrick Maloney (captain), Brayden Myette (captain) and Ryan McCarthy.

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Another sign requested for Pride Self-Storage

WAKEFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals is expected to decide at its Sept. 10 meeting if Robert Santonelli will be allowed to place a small directional sign on the Centre Street side of his building at 376-378 Main Street. 

Santonelli owns the building that is occupied by the Dollar Tree Store and a…

 

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Back-to-school safety tips

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield Public Schools will welcome students back on September 2.  As the school year begins, remember to keep an eye out for students walking, biking, rolling, and taking the bus. Familiarize yourself with these back-to-school safety tips to ensure the safety of all.

For motorists:

• Always be alert, focused, and obey…

 

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The British are coming in 2026, and so is everyone else

World Cup, tall ships converge to promise “unprecedented” summer of megatourism

A WALL at Boston’s South Station was repainted to bear a new message reminding the region that the 2026 men’s World Cup is on the horizon. (Photo by Chris Lisinski/State House News Service)

By CHRIS LISINSKI

State House News Service

BOSTON — Take this…

 

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Wakefield’s Arkinstall named on players to watch list for volleyball

LILA ARKINSTALL

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield volleyball senior captain Lila Arkinstall was recently named in a Boston Globe article ranking the top volleyball players to watch in the state this season. 

Arkinstall was mentioned in a trio of Middlesex League middle hitters to watch along with Johanna Melhorn of Winchester and Sabine Wenzel of Melrose. …

 

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Melrose Cooperative Bank Foundation honored for sponsoring The Food Drive’s Harvest Fundraiser

HARVEST FALL FUNDRAISER at Memorial Hall. (Photo by Raj Das, ED Photography)

MELROSE — Melrose-based nonprofit The Food Drive is grateful to announce the Melrose Cooperative Bank Foundation as the “Harvest Hero Presenting Sponsor” for their Harvest 2025 Fall Fundraiser to be held at Memorial Hall in Melrose on Saturday, November 8. As the top…

 

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The City Hall Update

MELROSE — The City of Melrose is sharing the following updates for the upcoming week:

Overdose Awareness Week

The City of Melrose is participating in Overdose Awareness Week — a time to remember lives lost to overdose, raise awareness, and act. Learn more about preventing and ending overdose and find resources to help those affected…

 

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MVMMS Drama has a great new vanity room


A REPURPOSED WOOD storage room at the middle school has been transformed into something very different and certainly quite impressive.

 

 

 

MELROSE — The Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School Drama Department has unveiled its newly renovated vanity room, once a repurposed wood storage room.

Sometimes all it takes is for a person to…

 

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Melrose Community Book Project celebrates five years

THIS SUMMER, MCBP Writing Workshop students wrote, directed and acted in their own original plays.

MELROSE — The Melrose Community Book Project (MCBP) is celebrating five years of free virtual and in-person reading and writing enrichment programming for Melrose community youths. In the wake of school and library closings, social distancing and many canceled summer…

 

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A new hope for arthritis pain

Medford veteran is first in region to receive innovative radiation therapy at MelroseWakefield Hospital

 

 

BILL LONERGAN, who had been struggling with osteoarthritis pain for some time, found new hope and nearly instant relief from the pain thanks to Dr. Phillip Gray, chief of radiation oncology at MelroseWakefield Hospital. Bill received low doses of

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Come sing with Polymnia Choral Society

MELROSE — Do you enjoy singing and meeting interesting people? Polymnia Choral Society is looking for singers of all skill levels. For more than 70 years, Polymnia has been entertaining audiences with performances that include pieces from a wide variety of musical styles including classical, pop, musical theater and more. Come join a community of…

 

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