Local Headline News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home 2025 Wakefield Daily Item 7.3.2026 Front Page: July 3, 2026 Community Calendar… Sports: July 3, 2026 Three cheers for the red, white and blue Let’s get the 250th celebration underway! Commander Shelby Nikitin will lead Independence Day Parade Hit-and-run driver charged Looking Backward RCB welcomes Kerri Borges as VP, Commercial Lender Many vendors remain open through Farmers Market’s holiday break Community Calendar EDITORIAL: Have a great, and safe, Fourth Beacon Hill Roll Call, July 2, 2025 Find Waldo in Reading! Wakefield delegation backs early literacy law Elwell helps lead Americans to strong start Join the Wakefield boys’ soccer team for World Cup Final watch party Gerard Police, 58 Paul P. Clark Isabel Wilber, 96 Plant a Seed, Read! Flag Football, Rec Hoopz and Adult Cardio Tennis at P&R Flying High Frisbee Dogs at IRP July 8 WSSC honors memory of Bob Hubbard Saturday Sardella: Happy birthday America! Melrose Americans on a hot streak as season gets into full swing Happy birthday, America! Champs Town opens cooling centers Of Fireworks and Founding Fathers: Many opportunities to celebrate our 250th! Lynnfield softball celebrates strong season Boys’ lacrosse coaches hand out awards at annual banquet Riding into summer 181 eighth graders move on from LMS  Editorial: In praise of the ‘blue envelope’ program Flags for the Fourth Commentary: America started as local news Rapid response averts catastrophic Greenwood fire Healey-Driscoll Administration awards $7.6M in trail grants Lewis, state Senate make it easier to see a primary care doctor Melrose Commission on Disability holding 2026 Disability Pride events Melrose Girls Basketball Youth Clinic Sheriff’s Office welcomes 18 new correction officers FUN-damental Basketball Camp Council hears details of Route 99 land deal Incarnation Champions Georges, Robins awarded LAG scholarships NRFD quickly knocks down fire