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Schools’ budget plan is lean

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – The proposed School Department budget for Fiscal Year 2026 is currently $55,425,161, a $3,105,462 or 5.94 percent increase over Fiscal 2025’s $52,319,699, which was a 5.5 percent increase over Fiscal 2024.

When grants, gifts and state and federal aid is factored in later, the numbers will be different.

“For the last six…

 

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Joseph Robert Martin

Proudly served in Peace Corps

WAKEFIELD — In loving memory of Joseph Robert Martin, May 17, 1941 to March 6, 2025, affectionately known by his family and friends as Bob or Bobby.

Bob was born in Medford to Joseph and Margaret (Gallant) Martin, both of Prince Edward Island, Canada. He attended Holy Cross College and…

 

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Schools to get some funding relief from city

MELROSE — Officials want to make clear that setting an amount of money to spend in the coming fiscal year is an ever-evolving process, and this week the School Committee was told the city was going to provide about $200,000 more to help with a looming shortfall in city education.

The School Department is now…

 

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Go team go!

FANS WERE were feeling patriotic on Thursday, March 6 at the O’Brien Rink in Woburn for the Div. 3 Elite 8 game between No. 7 seed Melrose boys’ hockey and No. 2 Medfield. Melrose had lots of hometown support despite a 2-0 loss that ended a fantastic season. (Photo by Dan Murphy, murphymediagroup.net)

 

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Financial Task Force will hold sessions for residents, stakeholders

MELROSE —Mayor Jen Grigoraitis convened the first meeting of her administration’s Financial Task Force on Friday, March 7. 

The task force was created by Mayor Grigoraitis to advise her administration on options for a November 2025 Proposition 2 1⁄2 Override referendum. The group will formulate one or more override questions to address the…

 

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On Guard

THE CAST OF Lynnfield Middle School’s production of “The Lightning Thief” last weekend included, from left, Nora Hutter portraying Grover, Aidan Rystrom starring as Luke and Anthony Paone portraying Percy Jackson along with camper Allison Friedman, camper Emmy Yunes, camper Clara Connors, camper Sophia DePrizio, camper Soraya Soto, camper Avani Kapri and camper Leah Steer.…

 

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Rudloff pulls papers for CPC seat

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — As we enter the final stretch for candidates to get on the May 6 Town Election ballot, one incumbent pulled papers to retain his seat and two more candidates have had their nomination papers certified by the Town Clerk’s office.

On March 6, incumbent CPC Chairman David Rudloff pulled…

 

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March Coffeehouse Showcase Saturday

 NORTH READING — The March North Reading Community Coffeehouse Showcase is this Saturday, March 15 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Performers Christine Elise, Mark Gaudet, Rob Laurens and Karen Silver will each do about a 30-minute set. 

“We have a group of very talented and diverse musicians this month which will make for a very…

 

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Insight into current business trends

LOCAL TJX employees (from left): Maddy McAuliffe, NRHS Class of 2015, Nancy Carpenter of Duane Drive, and her son Will Carpenter, NRHS Class of 2020, donated their time to address the High School marketing students of Brian McAuliffe and Ryan Spinney on Friday, March 7. The dynamic presentation took place in the Distance Learning Lab. Students

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‘Cyrano’ performances March 13, 15

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — They’re back! After advancing through the preliminary round of the 2025 Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild’s One Act competition two weeks ago and winning multiple awards, the NRHS Masquers return to the local stage for two more performances of “Cyrano de Bergerac!”

The public is invited to attend tonight’s dress…

 

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FY26 school budget up 5.6%

By NEIL ZOLOT

 NORTH READING — The initial estimate for the Fiscal Year 2026 School Department budget is $41,377,801, a 5.6% increase ($2,205,831) over the current budget of $39.1M.

Grants and revolving accounts are projected to rise by $224,013 — from $3,488,992 to $3,713,005 — making the current full budget total projected to rise  …

 

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Galvin dedicating Boston Marathon run to memory of fallen firefighter

NORTH READING NATIVE Samantha Galvin (far left), who is training for her first Boston Marathon with a goal of raising $12,000 for The Last Call Foundation, joined with other Boston Marathon charity runners for a 17-mile Superhero training run March 1. (Courtesy Photo)

 

 


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