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Warrior baseball sweeps Melrose, brings 9-4 record into Stoneham today

MIKE YIANACOPOLUS got the win on the mound in Melrose last week. (Alicen Encarnacao Racca Photo)

MELROSE — The Wakefield High baseball team completed a season sweep over Melrose on May 7 with a 12-3 victory at Morelli Field.

Wakefield followed that up with a tough stretch of games, hosting Belmont the next day and falling…

 

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Czarnota appointed Fire Department recruit

NEW APPOINTEE Chris Czarnota (left) with Fire Chief Thomas M. Purcell.

WAKEFIELD – Wakefield Fire Chief Thomas M. Purcell announces the appointment of a new recruit firefighter to the Wakefield Fire Department: Christopher Czarnota, 33, of 14 MacDonald Dr., Nashua, NH.

Wakefield Town Clerk Betsy Sheeran swore in the new permanent firefighters during a brief…

 

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Friends of Beebe Library’s annual Book Sale opens

Preview Event is Wednesday, May 13 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. for members, open to all starting Thursday

WAKEFIELD — The Friends of the Beebe Library support unfunded needs of the wonderful Beebe Library. The majority of the library’s funding comes from memberships and the annual book sale. A dedicated group of volunteers have…

 

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Guido Santonelli Jr.

 Distinguished publisher and proud family man

WAKEFIELD — Guido Santonelli Jr. (July 3, 1941- May 4, 2026) was born to Guido Joseph Santonelli and Louise (Lulu) Romano Santonelli. He grew up in Wakefield, MA, the oldest of three brothers. Guido graduated from Wakefield High School (1959), Tilton School (1960) and received his Bachelor of…

 

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Patricia Zingariello

Public Health nurse dedicated herself to caring for others

WAKEFIELD — Patricia Ann “Pat” Zingariello, of Wakefield, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 10, 2026.

She was born in Boston on April 15, 1955 and was the daughter of the late Emanuel and Barbara (Iannachino) Martone.

She embraced her roles as a wife, mother, grandmother…

 

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Tarr announces nearly $100K in state-funded fire safety education grants

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 7, 2026

BOSTON — Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) has announced that several local fire departments throughout the North Shore and Merrimack Valley regions, including North Reading, have been awarded nearly $100,000 in state fire safety grants through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s Department of Fire Services (DFS).

“Education and prevention are powerful tools to…

 

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Trooper dies stopping wrong-way driver on Route 1

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on May 13, 2026

LYNNFIELD — As State Police mourned one of their own lost May 6 in a head-on crash on Route 1 not far from the tunnel, a memorial at the Danvers barracks continued to grow.

Because people realized Trooper Kevin Trainor died protecting others.

According to reports…

 

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LMS father given $13K invoice after requesting racial incidents reports

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on May 13, 2026

TREE TOP LANE RESIDENT Carl Allien said during the School Committee’s May 5 meeting that he received a $13,000 invoice for two public records requests he submitted regarding a series of racial incidents where his sixth grade son was targeted. (Lynnfield Media Studios Screenshot)

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Officials project budget deficits in FY27 and FY28

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on May 13, 2026

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The town will be facing significant budget shortfalls in the next two fiscal years.

That was the message Town Administrator Rob Dolan and Assistant Town Administrator/Finance Director Dave Castellarin sent while giving an overview of a three-year budget forecast during the…

 

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Anti-Hate Task Force formed

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on May 13, 2026

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Select Board unanimously voted to establish an Anti-Hate Task Force during a May 4 meeting. 

A Healthy Lynnfield Program Director Diana DeLeo recalled that a series of racist incidents that targeted a Lynnfield Middle School sixth grader occurred in late…

 

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