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Sports: February 20, 2025

 

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Boys Track 2025

Boys’ track takes 3rd at Div. 4 State Championship

Boys Track 2025
THE 4X800 relay team (second from left) of Aidan Burd, Evan Buonopane-Cohen, Jacob Ciriello and Ethan Mezikofsky placed 2nd in a time of 8:34.04 at the Div. 5 State Championship meet last weekend. (Courtesy Photo)

BOSTON — The Wakefield boys’ track and field team once again made an impact at the Division 4 State Championship on…

 

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Throwback Thursday: March 25, 1971

 

A general alarm fire on March 25, 1971 in the Theater Block building at the corner of Main and West Water streets marked the start of a 13-month period of suspicious fires in Wakefield. The fire caused extensive damage to upper floor offices. The auditorium of the Wakefield Cinema was spared fire damage although…

 

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Peter McManama running for Town Treasurer

WAKEFIELD — A race for Town Treasurer is developing in the 2025 municipal election this spring.

Yesterday, June Circle’s Peter McManama took out nomination papers for the three-year term, to be decided on April 22. McManama joins Andrew McCarthy in the race for Town Treasurer.

The last day to file nomination papers for any office…

 

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Boys’ track team takes 12th at states

THE LHS track captains led Lynnfield into the Div. State Championship meet on Monday. Pictured in the front row from left to right is Clara Caulfield, Caitlin Buoniconti, Gabby Bottaro and Lily Rocco. In the back row from left is Brian DiGangi, Mike Murphy and Charlie Morgan. Missing from photo: Eli Mendese. (Courtesy Photo)

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Firefighters hone ice rescue training skills

NORTH READING Fire Department members practice ice rescues using a combination of flotation devices and ropes on the Concord Street Pond last week. See more photos inside today’s Transcript. (NRFD Courtesy Photo)

NORTH READING — The current frigid conditions and persistent snowstorms have produced ideal conditions for the North Reading Fire Department to conduct its…

 

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Perfect score! 18 businesses pass alcohol compliance audit

NORTH READING — In 2021, the North Reading Select Board authorized Board Policy 1.21 establishing a rule that anyone who serves, takes orders for or delivers alcohol must have an approved alcohol server training program certificate, commonly known as TIPS, removing a 30-day grace period for servers and sellers. 

Policy 1.21 also established a…

 

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Snow day fun for this cutie

CLARA GAUTHIER had fun tubing at the Bellevue Country Club. (Raj Das, edphotos.com)

 

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Median house price: $1.05M

MELROSE — The seven single-family homes that sold in the city last month fetched a median price of $1,050,000, according to the latest report from The Warren Group, a leading provider of national real estate and transaction data. 

That is in remarkable contrast to the 11 single-families that sold in Melrose in January 2024…

 

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Apply now for 2025 Penney Richards Memorial Scholarships 

PENNEY RICHARDS

NORTH READING — Applications are being accepted for the 2024 Penney Richards Memorial Scholarships. 

The memorial fund was established by David and Penny Richards of North Reading in memory of their daughter, Penney, a 2001 graduate of North Reading High School. She was killed in a motorcycle crash in November 2009 at…

 

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Melrose’s 175th celebration coming in May

MELROSE — Mayor Jen Grigoraitis announced today that the City of Melrose will host a community celebration commemorating the 175th anniversary of Melrose’s incorporation as an independent town on May 3 at 10 a.m. at Melrose Memorial Hall, 590 Main St. 

This free, family-friendly “birthday party” for the community is expected to include exhibits…

 

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Schools restate their mission and values

MELROSE — Amid the tenor and some actions taken in Washington, administrators with the Melrose Public Schools want everyone — including those who are new to the country — to feel safe in their buildings and on their grounds.

In a letter to parents and staff earlier this month, Superintendent of Schools Adam Deleidi wrote,…

 

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