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News 2025

Registration for Community Garden is now open

News 2025
THE COMMUNITY GARDEN at JJ Round Park was lush last August, and will be again in 2025. (File photo by Mark Sardella)

WAKEFIELD — Registration is now open to secure a plot in Wakefield’s Community Garden for the 2025 season. Managed by Wakefield’s Recreation Department, the Town’s Community Garden features over 40 4’ x 8…

 

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Boys Hoop 2025

Warriors beat Melrose on Senior Night, get ready for home stretch

Boys Hoop 2025
THE SENIORS were honored before Wakefield’s 55-48 win over Melrose on Jan. 31. Pictured with their families from left to right are seniors Matthew Beaver, Kevin DeGray, Sean O’Rourke, Charles Gagne, Dan McHugh, Jackson Fitzpatrick and Paul Poulakis. (Alicen Encarnacao Racca Photo)

By DAN PAWLOWSKI
WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High boys’ basketball team picked up their…

 

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Circle K gets beer, wine license

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – Soon you will have another store in Wakefield where you can purchase beer and wine. The Town Council last night voted to approve a beer and wine license for the Circle K convenience store, which operates in conjunction with the Irving gas station at 448 Salem St. in Montrose.

Representing…

 

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An update from Melrose Arts and Crafts

AKING A BREAK from classes, members of the Melrose Arts and Crafts Society played a game and soon enjoyed a great Pot Luck Lunch.

 

 

MELROSE — Melrose Arts and Crafts Society had their first meeting of the new year on Monday, January 27, 2025 at the First Baptist Church.
Members started the day…

 

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Real Estate Transactions – February 10, 2025

 

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Sports: February 10, 2025

 

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Track 2025

Warrior boys’ track has multiple highlights at Middlesex League meet

Track 2025
FRANKIE SULLIVAN (third from right) placed 2nd in the shot put at the Middlesex League Championship with a throw of 45’11.75.” (Courtesy Photo)

BOSTON — The Wakefield High boys’ track and field team competed in the Middlesex League Championship on Feb. 3 at the New Balance Track just one day after the New Balance Grand Prix…

 

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Seniors to Seniors 2025

Seniors to Seniors seeks participants

Seniors to Seniors 2025
LAST YEAR’S PARTICIPANTS in the cross-generational Seniors to Seniors project. Seniors to Seniors 2025 kicks off on March 5 with an interview session from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wakefield Senior Center. Please sign up if interested.

WAKEFIELD — Seniors to Seniors is a cross-generational event that brings high school seniors and seniors in our community together…

 

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Elizabeth Knudsen, 88

Loved writing

WAKEFIELD — Elizabeth Knudsen, age 88 of Wakefield passed away on Wednesday, February 4 at the CareOne Nursing Center in Wilmington.

She was born in New York City on January 13, 1937 and was the daughter of the late Edmund and Ruth (Nickerson) Greacen. She grew up in a family of artists her…

 

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MAAV hosts Domestic Violence IS a Workplace Issue panel

“DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS a Workplace Issue” panelists pictured from the left: DA Marian Ryan; Kim Carrigan; Officer Amy Rando; Julie DeCosta; Alexandra Balukonis; Crystal Johnson; and Attorney Carla Reeves. (Raj Das, ED Photography, edphotos.com)

 

THE PANEL ANSWERING questions from the audience. (Raj Das, ED Photography, edphotos.com)

 

MELROSE — On Wednesdsay, January 29, Melrose Alliance…

 

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Front Page: February 7, 2025

 

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