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‘We have exciting futures ahead of us’

June 12, 2025

By RACHEL LIM, Valedictorian

Hello, everyone. I’m Rachel Lim, and I’m incredibly honored to be up here today addressing my fellow members of the Class of 2025, as well as our teachers, mentors, families and friends.

First, of course, to our teachers: On behalf of the graduating class, thank you so much for…

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Multiple boys’ track Warriors impress at Meet of Champions

June 12, 2025

FITCHBURG — The MIAA Meet of Champions All Division…

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IN THE DAYS before supermarkets like Stop & Shop, Market Basket, Shaw’s and Whole Foods, Wakefield residents purchased their food at small grocery stores like the Junction Market at 595 Main Street, shown in this 1940 photo. The store stood on the west side of Main Street in the Junction area, approximately opposite the current…

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WMHS alumni network coming

June 12, 2025

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD — On Tuesday, School Committee members heard about plans to create a Wakefield Memorial High School alumni database from high school librarian and media specialist Diane Ho and Class of 2022 graduate Katie Patt, who is now a student at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

“Colleges do this for a reason…

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Town Meeting wraps up business in one session

June 12, 2025

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — Despite an hour-long delay to check in well over 750 voters in attendance at the annual Town Meeting on Monday night, the voters managed to get through all 31 warrant articles and quickly dispensed with the one-article Special Town Meeting warrant.

The business was conducted in about 3 hours…

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Summer Reading Kickoff June 16

June 12, 2025

NORTH READING— Hey kids, get ready for a summer of adventure by firing up your imagination through reading!

The annual Summer Reading Kickoff party hosted by the Flint Memorial Library is next Monday, June 16 from 5-6:45 p.m. Are you up for the challenge? How many books will you read this summer? What adventures will…

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Little School musical this weekend

June 12, 2025

MEMBERS of the E. Ethel Little School Drama Club drum up interest in ticket sales to their performances of “Alice in Wonderland Jr.!” From left: Dante Bancarotta (Ace of Spades), Desmond Holley (Three of Diamonds), Chris Tatro (Play Director), Maya Biagiotti, Emme Sawyer, Charlie Brewster, (small, tall and medium Alice, respectively), Margot Couture (the Dodo

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Senior Prom: A night of class and neon lights

June 12, 2025

A MEMORABLE SENIOR PROM at the Copley Plaza in Boston with a Great Gatsby theme was planned by the 2025 Senior Class Officers for their classmates and guests. From left: Class Treasurer Badr Ourdyl and Shenaya Verma; Class Secretary Aidan Kennedy and Anne Pearce; Addison Stetson and Class President Mahdi Queiri; Grace Higgins and Class

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Honor Essay by Sucheta Srikanth

June 12, 2025

By SUCHETA SRIKANTH

“It will be magical. Nostalgic. Classy.” All words that define our senior year. Interestingly, this was also how Grace Higgins, our junior class Secretary, described last year’s prom in a Buzz article I published.

North Reading has allowed me to find my passion as a writer through…

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Principal Loprete’s welcome address to the NRHS Class of 2025

June 12, 2025

Good evening parents, Superintendent Daly, North Reading School Committee Chairman Friedman and members of the Class of 2025.
As Principal, I am proud to welcome you to the 68th Commencement Exercises for North Reading High School.