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Home, condo sale prices keep on rising in Wakefield

WAKEFIELD — Through the first two months of 2025, the median price of a single-family home sold in town was up 11.3 percent from the same period last year.

In the most recent report from The Warren Group, a leading provider of national real estate and transaction data, 23 single-families were sold in January and…

 

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NRRTC increases scholarship to $1,000

NORTH READING — The North Reading Republican Town Committee (NRRTC) is happy to announce an increase in its annual scholarship amount from $750 to $1,000. 

The scholarship is open to all graduating high school seniors from North Reading who will be attending college or a four-year trade school in the fall of 2025. Being…

 

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Police Dept. to deploy body-worn cameras

NORTH READING — The North Reading Police Department is in the process of implementing a body-worn camera (BWC) program, which includes training all officers on the BWC policy and the proper use of the cameras, with the goal of implementing them in mid-March, Police Chief Mark Zimmerman has announced.

A Body-Worn Camera Grant of $148,195…

 

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Lynnfield Library seeking aspiring actors

LYNNFIELD — Are you a theater lover? If you are, people are invited to join the Lynnfield Public Library for a special new community theater event.

The Lynnfield Public Library, in partnership with the Lynnfield Public Schools Theater Department, is looking for Lynnfield adults to perform in “Paranormal,” a compelling play written by

Lynnfield High…

 

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Sports: March 17, 2025

 

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Real Estate Transactions, March 17, 2025

 

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Spring sports start today at Wakefield High

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KATHRYN SLISKI and the Warrior softball team tied for first in the Freedom Division last season. (File Photo)

WAKEFIELD — The spring sports season officially begins with tryouts today at Wakefield Memorial High School.

A rainy start is somewhat fitting for a season that typically involves multiple weather postponements during April.

Practices and tryouts for spring…

 

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Council OK with ‘friendly 40B’ plan

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Town Council last week agreed to participate in the “friendly 40B” development of a property at 484 and 504 Salem St. in Montrose. The 9.5-acre parcel in question sits behind the Dunkin’ Donuts on Salem Street.

The proposed 24 rental units would replace five rental units presently on the…

 

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Dorothy Manning

Loved gardening, playing tennis and bridge

WAKEFIELD — Dorothy “Dot” Adelaide (Roche) Manning passed away peacefully on March 11. She was born on August 24, 1935, the second of five children: Thomas, Margaret, Barbara and Claire of Thomas Roche and Dorothy Roche (Pons) of Brookline. Dot was an excellent student and a responsible sibling who…

 

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MLLs on rise in local schools

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD — The number of Multi-Language Learners (MLLs), formerly English as a Second Language or English as a Learned Language students, has grown from 90 in Fiscal 2022 to 133 in Fiscal 2025, a 48 percent increase. 

“We’re seeing significant need,” Superintendent Doug Lyons said at the School Committee meeting Tuesday, March 11 as part of his Fiscal 2026 budget presentation. “Support…

 

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Almost ready for summer

THE BANDSTAND on the lower Common was surrounded by scaffolding this week as workers completed the final phase of a restoration. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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