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May 8, 2025

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Sports: May 8, 2025

May 8, 2025

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WAKEFIELD — Town Meeting resumes tonight at 7 p.m. in the Galvin Middle School auditorium with five articles remaining on the warrant. Monday’s opening session completed work on articles 1-14 before adjourning at about 10:30 p.m.

After approving the FY2026 town budget under Article 1, Monday’s Town Meeting session considered the…

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Laxmen ready to get back into win column after losses to league powers

May 8, 2025

WAKEFIELD — Reading and Winchester have set the standard in boys’ lacrosse in the Middlesex League for years. …

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Throwback Thursday 1940

May 8, 2025

THIS PHOTO shows the Wakefield Municipal Light Plant on North Avenue in 1940. The cylindrical steel frame structure behind the building supported the telescopic gas holder (tank) that stored natural gas. Telescopic holders, typically used in gas distribution systems, emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They consist of multiple cylindrical sections that…

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Masked crusaders

May 8, 2025

THESE TWO were ready to participate in the Cygnet Parade, just one of the activities celebrating the city’s 175th birthday last Saturday. (Photos by Raj Das, edphotos.com)

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Austerity abounds in mayor’s spending plan

May 8, 2025

MELROSE — One of the most austere municipal spending packages in recent memory was submitted to the City Council this week by Mayor Jen Grigoraitis, who told a joint meeting of the council and the School Committee she is hardly proud of it but there’s not much financial firepower left at her disposal.

While the…

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City among first group of Climate Leader Communities

May 8, 2025

BOSTON – The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced last week the Department of Energy Resources (DOER)’s certification of the first group of Climate Leader Communities (CLCs).

Acton, Amherst, Arlington, Ashfield, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Easthampton, Lexington, Melrose, Natick, Pelham, Salem, Somerville, Stow, Swampscott, Truro, Watertown and Wellesley applied for and met the requirements to become CLCs. …

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Wallner, Morrin and Coste win contested seats in Town Election

May 8, 2025

Tap link below to view 2025 Town of North Reading Election Results.
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A RAIN-DRENCHED Election Day did not dampen the spirits of the candidates and their supporters at the polls Tuesday night. From left: Tracey Coste, Lori Lynes, Select Bd. candidate Rich Wallner, CPC candidate Jonathon Coste, Jim Gannon,

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Hillview function hall proposed to be demolished

May 8, 2025

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — For nearly 40 years the Hillview Enterprise has been a golden goose for the town. Since it was taken by eminent domain in 1988, the town has been able to preserve the open space at the Hillview Golf course while protecting the aquifer beneath it and preventing a very…

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Register for free tomato plants by May 15

May 8, 2025

NORTH READING — The Friends of the North Reading Council on Aging (FONRCOA) will be giving away tomato plants to residents who register for the event being held on Saturday, May 17 from 9:30-11 a.m. at the Edith O’Leary Senior Center, 157 Park St. This is an annual event for the Friends and it will once again be…

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9th annual Martin’s Pond Community Pride Scholarship

May 8, 2025

NORTH READING — The 9th annual Martin’s Pond Community Pride Scholarship has extended its deadline to midnight on Sunday, May 11. At least one $500 scholarship will be awarded to a graduating senior from the Martin’s Pond neighborhood toward the pursuit of college or trade school. In the spirit of community pride, neighbors fully fund this award…

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