Local Headline News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home 2025 Champs Go, Longhorns Wakefield will have Fourth events all day Summer Swap Day a big success Happy Independence Day! North Reading well-represented in Berry Pond Scramble Laxmen celebrate strong season at banquet Triple digits! Village Happenings Looking Back in the pages of the Villager Opening night music Ellen Crawford receives 2026 Commonwealth Heroine Award Champs Of Fireworks and Founding Fathers: Many opportunities to celebrate our 250th! Melrose Girls Basketball Youth Clinic Council hears details of Route 99 land deal Throwback Thursday, 1940 Wakefield Daily Item 7.3.2026 Front Page: July 3, 2026 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 Plant a Seed, Read! 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 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 Flag Football, Rec Hoopz and Adult Cardio Tennis at P&R Flags for the Fourth Happy birthday, America! NRFD quickly knocks down fire Steak tips or hamburgers? Town opens cooling centers Lynnfield softball celebrates strong season Boys’ lacrosse coaches hand out awards at annual banquet Riding into summer 181 eighth graders move on from LMS  Flying High Frisbee Dogs at IRP July 8 Melrose Americans on a hot streak as season gets into full swing