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Wayback Wednesday: The 1940 July 4th parade in Wakefield

July 3, 2024

THE 1940 JULY 4TH PARADE featured the Wakefield High School Band led by the WHS Cheerleaders. Back then, the parade was sponsored by the West Side Social Club and the direction it took on Main Street was opposite that of recent parades. The “Chief Marshal” of the 1940 parade was World War I hero Major…

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Slappers walk off Expos 8-7 in Twi League thriller

July 3, 2024

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

WAKEFIELD — Sandlot baseball is at its best when the pitchers’ duel is away on vacation.

The Twi League has certainly had its share of such…

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Let the celebration begin!

July 3, 2024

WAKEFIELD — Tomorrow, July Fourth, is one of the special days on the calendar. We celebrate our 1776 break with England, which had begun to take America for granted with increased taxation while giving colonists no say in how they were governed.

On Thursday, we recognize the 248th year of the signing of the Declaration…

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An amazing coincidence: Adams, Jefferson and the Fourth of July

July 3, 2024

THE ‘OLD HOUSE’ in Quincy where John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the family seat for four generations. To the left is the Stone Library, built later to preserve all Adams papers including the Jefferson correspondence. (Photo from eventbrite.com)

By HELEN BREEN

The Declaration of Independence was framed by Thomas Jefferson and…

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A great time with great friends

July 3, 2024

CLOSE FRIENDS, from left, Kiri Dixon, Veronica Wainwright, Izzy Moschella, Mari Chambers and Mazzy Stuart had a blast at Lynnfield High School’s Senior Prom at the Beauport Hotel in Gloucester on May 29. (Dan Tomasello Photo)

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Beacon Hill Roll Call: June 24-28, 2024

July 3, 2024

Volume 49 – Report No. 26

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of June 24-28, during which, the House met for a total of 15 hours and 46 minutes and the Senate met for a total of 23 hours and…

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A balanced, bare bones city budget OK’d

July 3, 2024

MELROSE — On Thursday, June 20, the City Council unanimously approved Mayor Jen Grigoraitis’s proposed Fiscal Year 2025 budget of $104,140,412, a budget that is balanced without the use of anticipated free cash at the end of the fiscal year.

In order to deliver a balanced budget, the mayor proposed and the Council enacted…

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Schools will face many challenges in coming year

July 3, 2024

(The following is a statement on the city’s education budget for fiscal year 2025 from Jen McAndrew, chair of the School Committee’s Finance & Facilities Subcommittee.)

When we started this FY25 budget process, Superintendent (John) Macero and his team made a bold decision: to lay out for us, and for this community, a full, needs-based…

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A look at this year’s Athletes of the Week

July 3, 2024

From left to right, Connor Brophy, Sophia Hitchman and Jovan Ssebugwawo

MELROSE—Congrats to all of our Melrose High Athletes of the Week, sponsored by Designer Lawn & Sprinkler, who were selected for their outstanding play in the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 seasons (winter season prior to March playoffs not sponsored.)

Here is a…