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North Reading’s Nalo Benedict wins Berry Pond Scramble!

June 27, 2025

NALO BENEDICT, 16, of North Reading accepts his prize as the overall winner of the 2025 5.6K Berry Pond Scramble in Harold Parker State Forest. (Courtesy Photo)

ANDOVER/NORTH ANDOVER — The Friends of Harold Parker’s annual Berry Pond Scramble took place on Sunday, June 8, a rare “dry” weekend day so far this season…

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NRRTC 2025 scholarship recipient

June 27, 2025

ON FLAG DAY, June 14, Addison Stetson, a 2025 graduate of North Reading High School, was awarded the North Reading Republican Town Committee’s $1,000 essay scholarship award. It was held at the war memorial on the Town Common where Addison read her heartfelt essay on “What the American Flag Means to Me.” She was also

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Prevent drug pollution in waterways by never flushing medications

June 27, 2025

NORTH READING — The North Reading Police and North Reading Community Impact Team’s Youth Substance Use Prevention Coalition remind residents to never flush pharmaceutical medications, vitamins or pet medications down the toilet.

Flushing any of these medications pollutes our waterways.

But it’s also crucial to keep medications out of the hands of youths or anyone…

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Taking their bows!

June 27, 2025

THE LITTLE SCHOOL Drama Club’s production of “Alice in Wonderland Jr.” directed by Chris Tatro was a hit! The cast of 60-plus fourth and fifth graders played to two packed audiences at the high school’s Performing Arts Center last June 13 and 14 and enjoyed a glittery ending during the rounds of applause. (Courtesy Photo)

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Jones, Crighton secure $100K for LHS auditorium upgrades

June 26, 2025

BOSTON – House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones Jr. (R-North Reading) and State Sen. Brendan P. Crighton (D-Lynn) secured $100,000 for upgrades to the Lynnfield High School auditorium as part of a $1.39 billion supplemental spending bill that provides funding for education and transportation-related initiatives.

House Bill 4227, which is funded primarily through surplus revenues…

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Lynnfield median home sale price surpasses $1M in May

June 26, 2025

LYNNFIELD — Single-family home sales have increased slightly over the course of the first five months of 2025.

According to The Warren Group, there were eight single-family homes sold in Lynnfield during the month of May that had a median sale price of $1,020,000. The median sale price represents a 2 percent increase…

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June 26, 2025

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June 26, 2025

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Wakefield girls’ tennis team celebrates season at banquet

June 26, 2025

THE WARRIORS handed out team awards at their recent banquet. Pictured from left to right is Allison Cook (Incoming Captain), Audrey Callahan (Incoming Captain), Nora Fitzgerald (Coaches Award), Ella Medeiros (Coaches Award), Audrey Cook (Dedication Award), Addie Moon (MVP), Toni Whitson (MVP) and Ellie Butler (Most Improved Player). (Courtesy Photo)

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High girls…

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SC hears WMHS cell policy changes

June 26, 2025

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – The School Committee will spend about a month mulling over proposed changes in a cell phone use policy for Wakefield Memorial High before they finalize it in August. “The language is something we worked on during the school year,” Principal Amy Mcleod said at the School Committee meeting Tuesday, June…

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Throwback Thursday: The Parade in 1940

June 26, 2025

WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL cheerleaders marched in the 1940 July 4th Parade, followed by the WHS Marching Band. That year, the parade had to be postponed from Thursday, July 4 to Saturday, July 6 due to weather. “July 4, 1940 turned out to be the dullest, coldest and wettest in many years,” the Item reported at…

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Local man dies in Beverly plane crash

June 26, 2025

GEOFFREY ANDREWS and his wife Gentry were expecting their first child in October. Geoffrey was killed on Thursday, June 19, when the plane he was in crashed in Beverly. (Photo courtesy of GoFundMe)

BEVERLY — Two men, one from Melrose, died after a small plane crashed near the Beverly airport on Thursday, June 19.