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Front Page: January 2, 2025

 

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New Book Buddies program for K-3 starts Jan. 7

NORTH READING — Book Buddies, a project of the Teen Advisory Board of the Flint Memorial Library, matches Middle/High School students with students in kindergarten through third grade to read and have fun!

Book Buddies will meet in the Flint Memorial Library’s Children’s Room (fourth floor) from 5:15-6 p.m. on Tuesdays for six weeks, starting…

 

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Sports: January 2, 2025

 

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Christmas tree collection

NORTH READING — The town’s Christmas tree collection will take place on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Trees must be curbside by 6:30 a.m. All ornaments, tinsel, light strings and decorations must be removed, and trees cannot be bagged in any way.

 

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‘Getting Ready for Kindergarten’ parent orientation

NORTH READING — All parents and guardians of incoming kindergarten children are invited to attend a district-wide Kindergarten Parent Orientation entitled “Getting Ready for Kindergarten” on Thursday, January 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the Distance Learning Lab at North Reading High School, 189 Park St.

The orientation will provide parents of students from the Batchelder…

 

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Join in Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

MELROSE — All are invited to participate in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday, January 20. This day of service encourages community members to honor Dr. King’s legacy by engaging in acts of service.

At 9:30 a.m. there will a breakfast at the Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church (MUUC), 70 West…

 

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Sheriff holds graduation ceremony for 22 new correction officers

MEMBERS OF THE Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) 51st Basic Training Academy stand for a class photo with members of the MSO command and training academy staffs including Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian (first row, fifth from left).

 

MELROSE – The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) welcomed 22 new correction officers during a ceremony held November 22…

 

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The top stories of the year on Beacon Hill

GOV. MAURA HEALEY takes reporters’ questions Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024 about the state budget, the migrant housing crisis, and her nomination of Gabrielle Wolohojian to the Supreme Judicial Court. (Photo by Sam Doran/SHNS)

 

 

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BOSTON — Maybe the word of the year should be “upheaval.”

This time last year, we…

 

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Want to run for town office? Nomination papers now available

WAKEFIELD — The 2025 town election cycle began today. Those interested in any office to be decided at the municipal election polls on April 22 can now pick up nomination papers at the Town Clerk’s Office in Town Hall, 1 Lafayette St.

Those working with candidates should also know that the first filing date for…

 

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Throwback 2025

Throwback Thursday 1941

Throwback 2025
ON JAN. 26, 1941, Company E of the 182nd Infantry Regiment of the Massachusetts National Guard waited at the North Avenue train station. The men had marched from the State Armory on Main Street (now the Americal Civic Center) to the railroad station where they took a train to North Station. From there they made

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Alan Simpson, 80

US Army veteran

WAKEFIELD — Alan J. Simpson, age 80 of Wakefield passed away at his residence on December 30. He was born in Medford on May 16, 1944 to the late Kenneth L. and Bertha M. (Dame) Simpson. 

Mr. Simpson was raised in Somerville and was a graduate of Somerville High School. He…

 

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Local youth found safe in NYC

CHLOE MURPHY

MELROSE — A local teen and a friend from Wakefield were found safe in New York City Monday morning after being reported missing last weekend.

Authorities said Chloe Murphy, a 15-year-old from Melrose, and Brenden Bruckler, a 14-year-old from Wakefield, were located Monday morning at Penn Station, one of the busiest transportation hubs…

 

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