Local Headline News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home 2025 PIONEER SPORTS UPDATES post publication 5/13 Baseball team overpowers Woburn in 11-4 victory Milestone reached Melrose tennis girls inching closer to league title Shoplifters, bank intruder among police business Friedman re-elected chairman of SC 18 graduate from NRPD’s 2nd annual Citizens Police Academy Two couples named honorary Parade Marshals Wallner elected Select Board chair Register for ‘Save a Life Week’ events Mary M. Sexton, 84 Barbara J. Scott, 80 ‘Soul Supper’ to discuss philosophies on war, peace Dennis Harris Thomas E. Smith Sr., 82 Melanie Jo Hamilton Seeking volunteers: Historic grave marker cleaning UPDATE: Laxmen fall to Ipswich following Senior Night win over Triton Carol Angelo, 90 Jerome T. McCullough Jr., 73 Netmen beat Lynnfield for first time since 2014 Girls’ lacrosse team earns three straight wins over Essex Tech, Wakefield and Triton Girls’ tennis earns key victories over Methuen, Pentucket Hornet baseball pushes winning streak to four games UPDATE: Laxmen fall short to Ipswich after beating Triton on Senior Night HORNET SPORTS UPDATES post publication 5/7 Pick up free tomato plants Saturday; pre-register by May 14 Looking Back in the pages of the Transcript Our Place on the Hill: Three ‘Save A Life Week’ events open to community at Senior Center UPDATE: Softball team falls short to rival North Reading UPDATE: Laxmen fall to Pentucket after tough losses to Generals and Tigers UPDATE: Girls’ lacrosse team tops Pentucket after falling to Hamilton-Wenham UPDATE: Melrose girls’ track finishes undefeated season beating Burlington to win Middlesex League Championship UPDATE: Lacrosse boys earn win over Arlington after falling short to Shawsheen Tech MHS SPORTS UPDATES post publication 5/8 UPDATE: Softball team falls to Burlington on Senior Night Knights of Columbus honors the fallen Trooper dies stopping wrong-way driver on Route 1 UPDATE: Fourth straight shutout sends girls’ tennis team to 11-2 UPDATE: Baseball team (8-8) gets back into win column with shutout victory over Rockport PIONEER SPORTS UPDATES post publication 5/6 UPDATE: Baseball has tough loss to Burlington following win over Tanners UPDATE: Softball team earns season sweep over rival Lynnfield UPDATE: Lacrosse girls get back into win column beating Arlington North Reading Police Department Blotter: Local woman summonsed after crash For Jennifer Fare-thee-well Hornets of the Week featured May 14, 2026 Memorable Veterans Dept. field trip to USS Constitution