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Healey signs $63.4B budget with no vetoes
GOV. MAURA HEALEY signs fiscal year 2027 budget (File Photograph SHNS) By ALISON KUZNITZ State House News Service BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey signed the $63.4 billion annual budget Thursday, coming nine days into the new fiscal year that’s poised to inflict major financial turmoil as a federal law reshapes public benefit programs. The signed……
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Lewis, colleagues work to lower costs while protecting climate goals
BOSTON — State Senator Jason Lewis joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts Senate to pass new energy affordability legislation that is projected to deliver billions in savings to ratepayers across the Commonwealth while keeping Massachusetts on track to meet its climate goals. An Act to save people money, repair the climate, and grow the economy……
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A little off the top
A RIDING LAWNMOWER is used to trim the grass on the Lower Common. (Mark Sardella Photo) We have switched to a subscription model for online access. Please purchase an Online Subscription in order to view this content.Subscribe Now!
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Editorial: In support of sports betting awareness
Baishampayan Ghose, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons A recent survey of 11- to 17-year-old boys by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that offers resources for families navigating online media, found that around a third gambled in the last year. In 2023, sports betting became legal in the commonwealth. It is now one of 39 states……
Sports
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Sports: July 10, 2026
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Burns earns second consecutive softball All-Scholastic honors
MOLLY BURNS was recently named to the Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic softball teams. (File Photos) WAKEFIELD — Wakefield High’s Molly Burns was recently selected to the Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic softball teams. This is the second consecutive season that Burns has earned All-Scholastic honors. The junior shortstop also earned Middlesex League Freedom……
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Sports: July 9, 2026
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Six All-Stars named for Warrior girls’ lacrosse team
WAKEFIELD’S LAX ALL-STARS. Clockwise: Rory McNeill, Keira O’Brien, Alla Othman, Emma Ickes, Teaghan Johnson and Cara Carangelo. (File Photographs). WAKEFIELD — The Middlesex League’s girls’ lacrosse coaches met at the end of the season to vote on All-Stars for the 2026 campaign. The Freedom Division champion Warriors led the way with six All-Stars selected: seniors……
Obituaries
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Tina Cresta, 64
Her colorful personality was a staple around town WAKEFIELD — Tina Ann (Fotino) Cresta, 64, of Wakefield canceled the Fourth of July fireworks and then proceeded to pass away without our permission on Saturday July 4, at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. Born in Lynn, MA on March 25, 1962, she was the daughter of the late Franklin……
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Stewart Gibson III, 78
Fenway icon and a pioneer in living with cerebral palsy WAKEFIELD — Stewart Knowlton Gibson III — known affectionately as “Stew” and “Stewie” — passed away on June 4, 2026, at the Winchester Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Winchester, MA, from pneumonia, shortly after celebrating his 78th birthday. Stewart was born in Boston on May……
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Gerard Police, 58
Great cook, party host who loved the outdoors Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on July 3, 2026 WAKEFIELD — Gerard Police, age 58 of Wakefield, passed away on Wednesday, July 1 at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. He was born in Norwood Hospital on June 3, 1968 and was the son of Catherine “Kitty”(Luczki) Police and……