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Baseball 2024

Five Warriors named Middlesex League baseball All-Stars

Baseball 2024
STEVEN WOISH – MVP

Woish earns Freedom Division MVP

WAKEFIELD — The Middlesex League’s baseball coaches met recently to vote on All-Stars for the 2024 season. Wakefield High had five players earn the honor: senior captain Jack Stromski, senior captain Steven Woish, junior Jayvith Chea, junior Marc Gagne and sophomore Jack Pennacchia. 

Woish earned the Freedom…

 

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Lynda DiNanno, 59

Loved music, rides to Dunkin’ and going for ice cream

WAKEFIELD — The sweetest earth angel, Lynda Marie DiNanno, age 59, spread her beautiful wings June 7 after a short but fierce battle with pancreatic cancer. Lynda passed away at Winchester Hospital surrounded by love from her family, friends and hospital staff. Lynda, the beloved…

 

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J. Warren Cassidy

USMC veteran

MIRROR LAKE, NH — J. (Joseph) Warren Cassidy, a former Mayor of Lynn and executive vice president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) died Wednesday in Mirror Lake, NH.

Cassidy was born in 1930 in Lynn. He graduated from Wakefield High School in 1948, Brewster Academy in 1949 and Dartmouth College in 1953…

 

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Flag Day ceremony heads indoors tonight

WAKEFIELD — The weather forecast this evening calls for severe thunderstorms. As a result, the 2024 Wakefield Flag Day Ceremony will be held indoors in the Heritage Room at the Americal Civic Center, 467 Main St, Wakefield, MA, starting at 6 p.m. 

Family and friends are invited to witness this annual ceremony honoring our nation’s…

 

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Galvin students win MWRA Poster and Writing Contest

PICTURED FROM THE left: winner Luke Viselli; teacher Heather Cook; winner Emma Doucette; teacher Katelyn Guilmette; winner Eleanor Neurnberger; winner Gemma Ann Eno; Wakefield Science Curriculum Coordinator Joanne Marks; winner Nicole M. Balodimas; teacher and parent Elizabeth Doucette; winner Audrey McDonald; and Rep Kate Lipper-Garabedian.

WAKEFIELD — The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) recently announced…

 

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Three Warriors named girls’ lacrosse All-Stars

THE ALL-STARS were honored at the Wakefield High girls’ lacrosse banquet. Pictured from left to right are 2024 Middlesex League All-Stars Juliana Spaulding, Lea Carangelo and Molly Forrest. (Courtesy Photo)

Wakefield celebrates strong season at banquet

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High girls’ lacrosse team held their annual end of the season banquet recently where they…

 

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Keeping Jazz Alive concert at Temple Beth Shalom

MELROSE — It’s time again for jazz in Melrose. Temple Beth Shalom’s popular concert series, Keeping Jazz Alive will return to Melrose at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 29 at 21 E. Foster St., Melrose.

This year’s Irving Smolens Memorial Jazz Concert will feature bassist and Berklee College of Music professor Bruce Gertz. Back by…

 

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Cambridge Savings Bank joins Donation Bin Program

PICTURED FROM THE left: Jana Gimenez, Executive Director, The Food Drive and Craig Zecchino, Assistant Vice President and Melrose Branch Manager, Cambridge Savings Bank. (Cambridge Savings Bank Photo)

 

MELROSE — Cambridge Savings Bank (CSB), a full-service mutual bank with a customer-first approach and nearly $7 billion in assets, is the newest host in the…

 

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Operational override decided at the polls Tuesday

MELROSE — Voters will decide whether property taxes will rise in order to spend more money on education and other municipal services during a $7.7 million Proposition 2 1/2 override election Tuesday.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Middle School gym accessed from Melrose Street.

This operational override…

 

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Schools hit with civil rights complaint

MELROSE — City officials acknowledge there is a lot of work to do after reports surfaced recently about possible racist acts in Melrose schools.

According to a release, Lawyers for Civil Rights filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the Melrose Public School District…

 

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Red Hawk Robotics at World Championship for the second time

THE RED HAWKS Robotics’ 2024 drive team poses with the Divisional Finalist trophy. From left to right: Sid Trzepacz, Addy Hickey, team mentor Justin Tervay, Kate Urchuk and Ronan Melville.

 


By HANNAH HASELTINE

MELROSE — Melrose High School’s robotics team, Red Hawk Robotics, had the privilege of participating in FIRST Robotics’ World Championship for…

 

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Swap Day was another great success

SWAP DAY HAD a great turnout from Melrose residents. The most popular exchange were bicycles.

 

 

MELROSE — Saturday, June 8 saw hundreds of Melrose residents turn out for the 10th annual Melrose Swap Day. Sponsored by the Department of Public Works and Zero Waste Melrose, Swap Day is an event where neighbors bring their…

 

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