Local Headline News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home 2025 House committee rejects plastic bag ban Wakefield Community Calendar State panel has new high school grad requirements Fight at downtown business draws police Front Page published June 18, 2026 Lead sports page published June 18, 2026 North Reading Real Estate Transactions published June 18, 2026 North Reading Transcript: June 18, 2026 Mystic Runners to award scholarships this evening Go USA! Front Page: June 17, 2026 Sports: June 17, 2026 Historic Wakefield softball season ends in Final Four Make It Wakefield is live Lawmakers use Fair Share money to fund local projects Wakefield Daily Item, June 17, 2026 Lynnfield Villager 6.17.2026 Front Page: June 17, 2026 Sports: June 17, 2026 Lynnfield Real Estate Transactions Juneteenth commemorated with fifth annual Flag-Raising Ceremony LHS racist graffiti probe launched; walkout nixed Town holding 250th Celebration Friday through Sunday Remembering the 1976 Bicentennial Celebration Village Happenings Senior news and activities Pride Celebration draws hundreds to Town Common Larceny by check reported to police Three All-Stars named for LHS girls’ tennis team Driscoll, Powers named boys’ lax All-Stars Sherri Rubbico Harvey, 58 Suzanne DiPlacido, 80 Margaret Kerber, 94 Bishop Fenwick student Athlete of the Month Melrose Basketball Skills and Drills Friends of the Fells ‘PoopBlitz’ documents  over 100 pounds of dog waste in the Fells William & Mary dean’s list Friends of the Fells “PoopBlitz” documents 100+ pounds of dog waste in the Fells Torch passed to next generation at Northeast Metro Tech’s Future Teacher Signing Day Melrose Urban Garden Tour returns June 20 Netmen fall to Wayland in postseason action Looking Back in the pages of the Transcript Coming July 1: Trash and recycling changes RSVP for Historical Society’s annual meeting, members’ dinner Hit-and-run driver located in Melrose State Senate race heats up State looks for ‘happy medium’ on swipe fee reforms WCAT impacted by continued decline of cable subscribers Wakefield announces Bobby Liberge as new boys’ hockey coach