Local Headline News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home 2025 Ellen Crawford receives 2026 Commonwealth Heroine Award Champs Of Fireworks and Founding Fathers: Many opportunities to celebrate our 250th! North Reading well-represented in Berry Pond Scramble Melrose Girls Basketball Youth Clinic Champs Council hears details of Route 99 land deal Wakefield will have Fourth events all day Throwback Thursday, 1940 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 RCB welcomes Kerri Borges as VP, Commercial Lender Many vendors remain open through Farmers Market’s holiday break Community Calendar Find Waldo in Reading! Beacon Hill Roll Call, July 2, 2025 Wakefield Daily Item 7.3.2026 WSSC honors memory of Bob Hubbard Saturday Village Happenings EDITORIAL: Have a great, and safe, Fourth Join the Wakefield boys’ soccer team for World Cup Final watch party Gerard Police, 58 Paul P. Clark Isabel Wilber, 96 Flags for the Fourth Melrose Americans on a hot streak as season gets into full swing Happy birthday, America! NRFD quickly knocks down fire Town opens cooling centers Community Calendar… Happy Independence Day! Sardella: Happy birthday America! Plant a Seed, Read! Flag Football, Rec Hoopz and Adult Cardio Tennis at P&R Flying High Frisbee Dogs at IRP July 8 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 Wakefield delegation backs early literacy law Commentary: America started as local news Rapid response averts catastrophic Greenwood fire Elwell helps lead Americans to strong start