Local Headline News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home 2025 Melrose Weekly News 5.8.2026 Trooper dies stopping wrong-way driver on Route 1 What’s the Buzz? Front Page: May 7, 2026 Sports: May 7, 2026 Wakefield TM deals with dogs, Greenwood School Warrior boys’ track takes 3rd at state relay meet Front Page: May 8, 2026 Sports: May 8, 2026 Throwback Thursday, 1912 Wakefield Daily Item, May 7, 2026 New book on Middlesex Fells coming soon Lewis backs environmental bond bill Between the Lines at the Flint Memorial Library Free Memorial Hall concert May 11 HEAD-ON COLLISION Cryptocurrency machine ban OK’d A record-breaking day for outdoor track girls Thomas E. Smith Sr., 82 Melrose Jazz Fest a resounding success Child dies in playground tragedy May is Mental Health Month Open Studios and Artist Pop Ups on May 9 EDITORIAL: Helping the trades Help The Bread Shop return to baking Police stop and cite several drivers Lacrosse boys topple Watertown in league clash Tennis boys are making a racket in Freedom League Baseball prevails over Arlington, 10-9, in comeback thriller Salmon W. Putnam V, 74 Florence Lundstrom, 104 HORNET SPORTS UPDATES post publication 5/7 HORNET SPORTS UPDATES post publication 4/30 Select Board grapples with FY27 budget North Reading Middle School third quarter honor roll Art Grossman to sing at Aldersgate’s Free-for-All Breakfast For the love of the game! Two NRFD firefighters graduate from Mass. Fire Academy Singers achieve best-ever ranking Adult Pickleball plus summer clinics in basketball and volleyball with Parks & Rec Charles Tyler wins Select Board seat 50th Annual Crafts in the Park May 9 Beacon Hill Roll Call Warren K. Taylor Jr., 88 Girls’ track teams earns 10th consecutive state relay title Third-place finish for boys’ track team at state relays Local nine officially punches ticket to tournament with 8-2 win over Amesbury Girls’ tennis team blanks Rockport, falls to Newburyport twice UPDATE: Girls’ lacrosse beats Essex Tech following Pentucket loss in OT