Local Headline News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home 2025 Police handle crashes, fraud reports Note to readers POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Four House Dems back Moulton for Senate Looking Backward ‘Movies by the Lake’ this week at WCAT Mass Lottery Online launched today Community Calendar… EDITORIAL: Keep on the alert National blood crisis declared Community media centers can benefit from new public-funding models for news and civic information Sheriff applauds crypto machine ban Senators pad $575M economic development bill The week that was on Beacon Hill Vigil held for those killed by ICE Wakefield Warrior Club’s 21st annual golf tournament set for Aug. 3 Author Talk: Michael Blanding at the library Knock on Wood show to benefit Pantry of Hope Aug. 2 Fire Dept. quickly extinguishes house fire on Swan Pond Road Connor’s Kindness Project wins nationwide Community Impact Award Fire Department using Saugus’ Ladder 1 temporarily Library collecting back to school supplies for Citizens Inn Summertime and the living is easy Healey rolls out $75M loan funds for municipal infrastructure UPDATED: Route 62 / Elm Street Paving and Detour TODAY, TOMORROW, and MONDAY Baseball scholarship winners Lewis: Big social media firms target kids Heartbreaking loss for 12-year-old Williamsport All-Stars in D13 Finals Summer softball All-Stars Throwback Thursday, 1935 Derby winner Police Department welcomes new patrol officer Jack O’Leary North Reading 11-year-old All-Stars edged in district pool play The people who keep us safe ‘Concerts on the Common’ thru July 29 Little League 12-year-old All-Stars advance after clinching District 16 title Music in the Park Checkmate Town proclaims ‘Alex Carpenter Day’ Saturday Summer track stars Girl Scout Gold Award project celebrates Beaver Dam Brook Reservation Melrose 12-year-old All-Stars win District 12 title Little League 11-year-old All-Stars impressed at Sectionals LYSC holds successful World Cup-themed camp Sox rule The City Hall Update Be a sponsor of MAAV’s Walk coming in October Wakefield Daily Item 7.24.2026 Front Page: July 24, 2026 Great night on the plaza