Post publication update: Melrose Girls’ Track places 2nd at ML12 Championship (May 21)
Published May 23, 2025
Melrose track girls are State Relay Champions
By JENNIFER GENTILE
THE 2025 Div. 4 State Relay Championship Melrose High girls outdoor track team. (Pictured with assistant coaches Cal Finocchiaro, left, and Robin Leowald, right)
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THESE COINS will be included in a time capsule planned for Rededication Day.
By MICHELLE VISCO
WAKEFIELD — On Saturday, May 31, the town will hold a Rededication Day to honor the 123-year-old Soldiers and Sailors Monument on the Upper Common. Events will be held from 12 noon to 4 p.m. on and around the…
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THE WAKEFIELD boys’ track and field team won the Div. 4 State Relay Championship on Saturday in Pembroke. The Warriors have now won a combined four straight relay titles in both indoor and outdoor over the last two years. (Courtesy Photo)
PEMBROKE — The collection of hardware seems to be the norm for the boys on…
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ONE OF THE worst train wrecks in Wakefield history occurred at 10:30 on the night of Aug. 2, 1917. The head-on crash at Wakefield Junction involved a freight train locomotive and a shifting engine. (A shifting engine was a smaller locomotive that was used to move rail cars short distances within a railroad yard.) A…
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WAKEFIELD — Mary Jessica Brennan Scalley of Wakefield and formerly New Castle, NH, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on May 19. Known by family and friends as Jess, she was 78.
Jess was born in Boston to Ruth (Chisholm) and John Brennan, spending her early years in Somerville before moving to Wakefield…
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NORTH READING — If voters were expecting a long night at the annual Town Meeting on Monday, June 9 with a total of 31 warrant articles on the docket, they’d be right.
But the Select Board also made things a little more interesting this past Monday night when they voted to squeeze…
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NORTH READING — The North Reading Co. of Minit and Militia will host the town’s traditional Memorial Day Parade and ceremonies on the Town Common and at the town’s cemeteries on Monday, May 26.
Once again this year, the parade will start after the Memorial Day ceremonies on the Town Common. The…
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THE TOWN’S newest Eagle Scouts, Logan Pemberton and Aidan Kennedy, were recognized at a recent Eagle Court of Honor ceremony. Both are high school seniors and represent Scout Troop 750. See story inside today’s Transcript. (Courtesy Photo)
NORTH READING — Two local high school seniors have reached a pinnacle of achievement in the Boy…
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MELROSE — The median price of a single-family home sold in the city last month was over $1 million.
Again.
According to the latest report from The Warren Group, a leading provider of national real estate and transaction data, 16 single-families sold in Melrose in April 2025 and fetched a median price of $1,050,000…
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MELROSE — Mayor Jen Grigoraitis this week announced a new partnership with Garbage to Garden, a leading provider of curbside composting services, to offer residents an easy, affordable and sustainable way to reduce waste.
Residents who sign up will receive weekly curbside collection of their food scraps and other compostable materials at a reduced…
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