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2024 Veterans Day event honors ‘Legacy of Loyalty and Service’

November 8, 2024

THE TOWN’S Veterans Day event will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Galvin Middle School. Wakefield native Commander Shelby Nikitin, United States Navy (USN), is the guest speaker. The commander is a Wakefield Memorial High graduate who served as leader of the USS Thomas Hudner, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer that was stationed in

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Property taxes going up

November 8, 2024

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Residential property owners will see their taxes go up by about 4.5 percent this year, while the average commercial property owner will get a 1.26 percent tax hike. The new property tax rates were set by the Town Council at the annual tax classification hearing this week.

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Front Page: November 7, 2024

November 7, 2024

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Sports: November 7, 2024

November 7, 2024

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Wakefield harriers run well at Coaches Invitational

November 7, 2024

WRENTHAM — The Coaches Invitational at the Wrentham Developmental Center on Saturday showcased efforts from countless boys’ cross country athletes, as more than 100 teams battled it out across…

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How Wakefield voted for president and on the state ballot questions

November 7, 2024

Election 2024 — THE SINGLE POLLING PLACE at the Galvin Middle School was doing a brisk business in first hour polls were open in the November 5, 2024 presidential election.

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Raymond Malonson, Jr.

November 7, 2024

US Air Force veteran

WAKEFIELD — Raymond F. Malonson, Jr. passed away peacefully at Brightview Wakefield on November 3 after a long battle with Parkinsons Disease.

Ray was a graduate of Chamberlain Junior College. He served for four years in the United States Air Force. He retired from Raytheon Service Company after 40 years…

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Celebrating a Disney classic

November 7, 2024

SUMMER STREET SCHOOL’s kindergarten educators, from left, Abby Fitzgerald, Deanna Scott, Lisa Pasciuto, Traci Ross, Christine Sartorelli, Paula Rinaldi and Denise Charette dressed up as the “101 Dalmatians” on Halloween. (Courtesy Photo)

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All aboard ‘Titanic—The Musical,’ now playing at NSMT

November 7, 2024

THE CAST of “Titanic—The Musical,” now playing at NSMT through Sunday, November 10. (Paul Lyden Photo)

By GAIL LOWE

BEVERLY — What was it that made North Shore Music Theatre’s most recent production—“Titanic—The Musical”—so successful on official opening night, Wednesday, October 30?

Could it have been Conductor Milton Granger’s ability to pluck from…

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Cast of characters

November 7, 2024

THE COSTUMES WERE awesome again this Halloween. (Photo by Raj Das, edphotos.com)

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Democrats take city, but not White House

November 7, 2024

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee former President Donald Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, stand on stage at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Tap below for the unofficial Presidential Election results.
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Voters don’t want MCAS as graduation requirement

November 7, 2024

MELROSE — The city backed the elimination of passing the MCAS tests as a mandatory high school graduation requirement during Tuesday’s voting.

There were five referendum questions on the 2024 Presidential Election ballot in Massachusetts. The Melrose result on Question 2 — ridding MCAS as a high school graduation requirement — was the same statewide…

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