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Inflation cooled last month

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LIKE MANY consumers, Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Kevin Warsh is worried about inflation across the economy. (File Photograph)

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation likely cooled last month as gas prices declined, providing consumers with some welcome relief even as renewed combat with Iran has sent oil prices climbing again.…

 

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A bona-fide pension

LUNA WPD’s K9 could be eligible for retirement care under a new fund established in the FY27 state budget. 

This comes from Katie Lannan of State House News Service and MASSterList. We thought you’d like it.

State and local government employees get pensions and health insurance when they retire. Retired police dogs, too, could be…

 

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Six Warriors named boys’ lacrosse All-Stars

WAKEFIELD — The Middlesex League’s boys’ lacrosse coaches met recently to vote on All-Stars for the 2026 season. Six members of the Wakefield High boys’ lacrosse team were named All-Stars: senior attack Seamus Cable, senior defenseman JP Casey, senior defenseman Tommy DeFeo, senior attack Brady Walsh, senior midfielder Brady Zdanowicz and junior attack John Scarpello.

Zdanowicz…

 

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Slappers maintain lead after four weeks of Twi League action

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Twi League has officially made it through the halfway mark of the 2026 season. The Slappers stayed in first place with a 7-6 thriller over the Brewers on Wednesday night at Sullivan Memorial Park.

With that victory, the Slappers improved to 4-1 on the season. The Brewers fell to 2-2. The…

 

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State House delegation secures $224K for town priorities for Wakefield

BOSTON — State Senator Jason Lewis and State Representatives Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Donald Wong announce that they secured $224,000 for various local priorities in Wakefield as part of the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) Massachusetts state budget.

Within the FY27 budget, Senator Lewis and Representatives Lipper-Garabedian and Wong secured funding for the following projects in Wakefield…

 

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Burns earns second consecutive softball All-Scholastic honors

MOLLY BURNS was recently named to the Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic softball teams. (File Photos)

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield High’s Molly Burns was recently selected to the Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic softball teams. This is the second consecutive season that Burns has earned All-Scholastic honors.

The junior shortstop also earned Middlesex League Freedom…

 

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Fall Town Meeting to decide new wetlands rules

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD — The Conservation Commission will be sponsoring a warrant article at the Fall Town Meeting for a new Wetlands Bylaw “to protect the wetlands, water resources, and contiguous land areas of Wakefield by controlling activities deemed to have a significant effect upon wetland values, including but not limited to public or…

 

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Six All-Stars named for Warrior girls’ lacrosse team

WAKEFIELD’S LAX ALL-STARS. Clockwise: Rory McNeill, Keira O’Brien, Alla Othman, Emma Ickes, Teaghan Johnson and Cara Carangelo. (File Photographs).

WAKEFIELD — The Middlesex League’s girls’ lacrosse coaches met at the end of the season to vote on All-Stars for the 2026 campaign. The Freedom Division champion Warriors led the way with six All-Stars selected: seniors…

 

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Everything’s in this bill: House passes $561M spending measure

By SAM DRYSDALE and KATIE CASTELLANI

State House News Service

BOSTON — After disposing of nearly 700 amendments and adding about $136 million to the bottom line, the House passed a $561 million, policy-heavy catch-all economic development bill Wednesday night.

An economic development bill the Legislature generally takes up every other July tends to become a…

 

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Wakefield Little League Jimmy Fund teams in full swing

WAKEFIELD — The Jimmy Fund Little League season is underway in Wakefield.

Wakefield Little League has 10 Jimmy Fund teams participating this year, ages varying from 7 to 12-years-old.

The Jimmy Fund Little League is celebrating its 41st season this summer. The goal is to extend the Little League season for all players while most…

 

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Political Notebook: An endorsement, poll results and more as campaigns heat up

The following releases were submitted by either the candidates, their offices or groups supporting them.

Reproductive rights group backs Lipper-Garabedian for State Senate

MELROSE – Reproductive Equity Now has endorsed Kate Lipper-Garabedian in the Democratic primary for the 5th Middlesex District State Senate seat. The organization, which advocates for reproductive freedom and healthcare access, cited…

 

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Wakefield Summer Band presents: Fridays at the Bandstand

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THE WAKEFIELD SUMMER BAND and its audience have a great time together at the Bandstand. (File photo)

WAKEFIELD — This Friday, July 10, at 7 p.m., the Wakefield Summer Band presents its second concert in its series of free Common concerts for the community. Come on down to the bandstand, cool off and celebrate summer…

 

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