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Four Melrose students placed on SNHU Spring President’s List

Published in the Melrose Weekly News on May 22, 2026

MANCHESTER, NH — Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) recently named Julianne Blanch, James Haggerty, Kaitlyn FitzGerald and Caitlin Quigley to its Spring 2026 President’s List. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named…

 

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Mass. Senate passes PROTECT Act to defend residents from federal immigration overreach

Published in the Melrose Weekly News on May 22, 2026

BOSTON — State Senator Jason Lewis joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts Senate to pass sweeping legislation to protect residents from the Trump administration’s weaponization of federal immigration enforcement.

The PROTECT Act holds federal immigration agents legally accountable for civil rights violations, bans local and…

 

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Preservation carpentry program with Tim Fries May 28

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 21, 2026

NORTH READING — A free talk open to the public on preservation carpentry will be hosted by the Historical and Antiquarian Society on Thursday, May 28 at 7 p.m. at the Flint Memorial Library (lower level Activity Room).

Tim Fries is a preservation carpenter with…

 

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Editorial: Ambitious impaired-driving goal

Published in the Melrose Weekly News on May 22, 2026

We still have a long way to go in the quest to keep impaired drivers off the road.

According to AAA Northeast, the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration says traffic fatalities from crashes involving alcohol-impaired drivers were down nearly 4% nationally in 2024 but still…

 

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How Did We Ever Survive? (Part 2)

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 21, 2026

 

By VIRGINIA MCNEIL SLEP

Life these days is filled with warnings about all the practices and products that can kill you…but for those of us who grew up in the ’40s and ’50s, there weren’t many warnings at all. So we sprayed bug spray…

 

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Select Bd. designates May 31 as ‘Beyond Bagels Day’

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 21, 2026

 

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

NORTH READING — After more than two dozen years in business, a beloved bagel shop on Main Street will be closing its doors.

Beyond Bagels at 31 Main Street has been operated by the Chao family for 24 years and has…

 

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Memorial Day ceremonies on Monday

Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on May 22, 2026

THIS FLAG GARDEN, created with the help of Wakefield Girl Scouts, graces Veterans Memorial Common as we head into Memorial Day weekend. (Mark Sardella Photo)

WAKEFIELD — On Monday, two Memorial Day ceremonies are planned. The first begins at 10 a.m. at Moulton Park off…

 

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Rep. Lipper-Garabedian to hold in-person office hours after FY27 House budget wins

Published in the Melrose Weekly News on May 22, 2026

BOSTON — State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian announced that she and her office will hold monthly office hours for constituents in person on Friday, May 29 in Melrose and Wakefield to highlight recent House budget earmark wins for the 2027 fiscal year (FY27). The budget passed…

 

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Thanks for your service!

Photo published in the North Reading Transcript on May 21, 2026

 

TWO LONG-TIME employees of the Flint Memorial Library who are due to retire on June 1 were feted during a retirement reception last week. Town Administrator Mike Gilleberto and Library Director Sharon Kelleher flank Janice Gulbicki and Lisa Coffill. The T.A. presented them

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Honoring American Revolution heroes

Photo published in the Lynnfield Villager on May 20, 2026

 

CLASSMATES Sam Hursh (left) and Jameson Sgori recently placed American flags next to the gravestones of fallen service members in the Old Burying Ground in advance of the town’s Memorial Day ceremony that will be held on Monday, May 25. (Candy Orlando Photo)

 

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Beacon Hill Roll Call published May 21, 2026

Published in the North Reading Transcript

 

Volume 51 – Report No. 20 • May 11-15, 2026

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ votes on roll calls from recent sessions. There were no roll calls in the House or the Senate last week. During the week of May 11-15, the…

 

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Monthly book clubs meeting this week at Flint Memorial Library plus Music with Dara

Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 21, 2026

 

NORTH READING — The Flint Memorial Library, 147 Park St., is offering a variety of interesting events for patrons of all ages during the upcoming week. Patrons can register for events by calling 978-664-4942 or by going to the event calendar: flintmemoriallibrary.org.

The…

 

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