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Melrose educators seek answers from SC

Published in the Melrose Weekly News on May 15, 2026

EDUCATORS WANT TO know the rationale behind some of the positions taken by the city and the School Committee as contract talks continue.

MELROSE — Following a negotiation session with the Melrose School District and members of the School Committee on April 30, teachers, paraprofessionals…

 

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City prepared to weather fiscal storms

Mayor presents first budget not to include reduction in services

Published in the Melrose Weekly News on May 15, 2026

MELROSE — City officials have been playing catch-up ever since voters passed a $13.5 million Proposition 2 1/2 override last November. They have been trying to make up for positions lost over at least the…

 

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UPDATE: Baseball team beats Watertown following Senior Day victory comes out over Stoneham

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Published in the Melrose Weekly News on May 15, 2026

Baseball team overpowers Woburn in 11-4 victory

 

THE MELROSE High baseball team is fighting for a spot in the Div. 2 playoff field and can do that with a few more wins. (courtesy photo, Erin Drogan)

By CORY THOMAS

WOBURN—With the…

 

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Racial equity specialist reviewing school protocols

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on May 13, 2026

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — An educational racial equity specialist is currently reviewing the school system’s response protocols pertaining to racist and bullying incidents, Superintendent Tom Geary said during the School Committee’s May 5 meeting. 

Geary recalled that A Healthy Lynnfield hired educational racial equity…

 

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Two couples named honorary Parade Marshals

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 14, 2026

 

REP. BRAD AND LINDA JONES 2026 Honorary Memorial Day Parade Marshals

 

NORTH READING — The North Reading Company of Minit and Militia have selected two couples with decades of service to the community to serve as the Honorary Marshals of this year’s Memorial…

 

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Wallner elected Select Board chair

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 14, 2026

 

NEW SELECT BOARD member Charles Tyler was joined by his wife, Yen-Chun (Gina) Liu and their son Alex at his swearing-in ceremony at Town Hall last week. He won the three-way race for the open seat on the board with 1,183 votes. (Courtesy Photo)

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Register for ‘Save a Life Week’ events

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 14, 2026

 

Sign-up for these “SAVE A LIFE WEEK” Activities.

 

NORTH READING — Registration is now open for a myriad of free “Save a Life Week” events being held next Monday through Friday, May 18-22 (refer to the chart at left for complete list of…

 

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18 graduate from NRPD’s 2nd annual Citizens Police Academy

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 14, 2026

 

A GROUP OF 18 individuals, including 15 North Reading residents, a business owner, high school students and two college students spanning from 16 to 82 years old, graduated from North Reading Police Department’s second annual Citizens Police Academy last week. (Courtesy Photo/NRPD)

 

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Friedman re-elected chairman of SC

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 14, 2026

By NEIL ZOLOT

NORTH READING — Jeff Friedman was re-elected as chairman of the School Committee in the first order of business at the board’s first post-election meeting on Monday, May 11.

Tim Sutherland was chosen as vice-chairman, Noelle Rudloff as secretary and Jennifer Leenders…

 

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Memorable Veterans Dept. field trip to USS Constitution

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 14, 2026

 

NORTH READING veterans and their guests visited the USS Constitution and Museum May 7, learning the history of the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat. “Old Ironsides,” a three-masted wooden-hulled frigate of the USN, was launched Oct. 21, 1797, one of six frigates authorized

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Pick up free tomato plants Saturday; pre-register by May 14

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 14, 2026

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 to take place on Saturday, May 16 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Edith O’Leary Senior Center.

Residents, (one per…

 

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Looking Back in the pages of the Transcript

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 14, 2026

60 YEARS AGO
May 12, 1966

New Super. The North Reading School Committee announces the appointment of Dr. Albert Louis Benson Jr. to the position of Superintendent of Schools at an annual salary of $15,900. This appointment brings to an end a three-month process in…

 

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