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FY26 budget meetings scheduled

March 26, 2025

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — With a $5 million operating budget override of Proposition 2 ½ for fiscal year 2026 headed to Spring Town Meeting, Town Administrator Rob Dolan will be discussing the proposal during a series of meetings.

Dolan said during the Select Board’s March 20 meeting that he will be presenting the FY26…

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FinCom weighs in on 11% school budget hike

March 26, 2025

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Superintendent Tom Geary gave an overview of the school district’s proposed 11 percent spending increase for fiscal year 2026 during the Finance Committee’s March 19 meeting at Central Office.

The meeting featured a large crowd of parents and residents as well as representatives from the Lynnfield Teachers Association’s (LTA) Units A…

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Laxmen return multiple key players for highly-anticipated season

March 26, 2025

Update after press time: Lynnfield falls to Melrose 11-7 (March 28)

KELAN CARDINAL and the LHS boys’ lacrosse team start their season on Friday in Melrose. Their CAL opener will be on Sunday against Hamilton-Wenham at Gordon College. Cardinal, a CAL First Team All-Star last year, is one of four senior captains this year.…

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Girls’ lacrosse team looking forward to promising season

March 26, 2025

Update after press time: Lynnfield falls to Bishop Fenwick 6-4 in home opener (March 27)

TAYLOR VALITON and the LHS girls’ lacrosse team opens their season at home on Thursday against Bishop Fenwick. Their CAL opener is on Sunday against Hamilton-Wenham at Gordon College. Valiton, a CAL First Team All-Star last year, returns for…

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Local nine looking forward to another phenomenal campaign

March 26, 2025

MADUX IOVINELLI, a High Point baseball commit, is ready for another terrific season at LHS. (File Photo)

LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield High baseball team is looking forward to what should be another highly successful season in 2025.

The Pioneers went 18-2 in the regular season last year to win the Cape Ann League and earn the…

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March 25, 2025

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March 25, 2025

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Emma Dolbeare: Active citizen led the Wakefield Item Company

March 25, 2025

EMMA (SKINNER) DOLBEARE was the daughter of a Civil War veteran who was also very active in our town’s affairs.

This is part of a series. It was submitted by Nancy Bertrand.

Today’s Women’s History Month profile spotlights a lifelong resident of the town, whose legacy lives on today: Mrs. Emma Dolbeare.

Emma Brown (Skinner…

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Five Warriors named to girls’ indoor track All-Star team

March 25, 2025

From left to right, All-Stars Lily Sallee, Abby Hartigan, Quin Wilcox, Maya Palic and Ella Ferrell. (Courtesy photographs)

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High girls’ indoor track team had five student athletes represented on the annual Middlesex League All-Star team this season: senior Lily Sallee (1 mile), junior Abby Hartigan (55 meters), junior Maya Palic (high jump…

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ICE sweep nabbed Salvadoran gang member here

March 25, 2025

One of 370 offenders apprehended across Massachusetts

WAKEFIELD — A sweeping roundup of hundreds of undocumented immigrants across the state included one who was captured in Wakefield, according to a release yesterday from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and…