WILMINGTON — The Wilmington Substance Abuse Coalition is hosting a dialogue called “Mari­jua­na, Vape, and You” at St. Thomas Church in Wil­mington on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. The event will feature a keynote speaker and a panel of professionals covering everything from legalization to th…

Hey, Pop, what’s that big thing out behind your corn field, flying saucer?

WILMINGTON — The Office of Town Clerk Chris­tine Touma-Conway has released information re­garding the 2020 Wilming­ton town elections. The election will be on Sat­urday, April 25, with voting locations at the Boutwell School, Wildwood Street School, and Town Hall.

(This article is based on information gathered by The Boston Pilot.)

WILMINGTON — On Wednesday, Dec. 18, the Wilmington School Committee welcomed Wilmington middle and high school students for school updates to begin their meeting.

He could have a student think he was excellent while he was, well, im­proving, said one parent, speaking of Dominic Di­Grazia.

WILMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen invited WHS a cappella group Soundscape to their most recent meeting to sing some Christmas songs. After their performance, Selectmen Chair Greg Ben­del presented each Soundscape member with a certificate.

“Contrary to opinion pre­vailing in some quarters, I am not a phenomenal walker, though walking itself is something of a phenomenon in our time,” wrote Willard de Lue.

WILMINGTON — This past Monday, Dec. 16, members of the Wil­mington Elederly Ser­vices Commission gave a presentation advocating for the construction of a new senior center at the Board of Sel­ect­men meeting.

WILMINGTON — On Monday Dec. 16, the Wilmington Elderly Ser­vices Commission will make their case for a new senior center at the Board of Selectmen meeting. The commission is likely to formally request an article be placed on the 2020 Town Meeting warrant to at least fund a feasibility study …

WILMINGTON — The Wilmington School Com­mittee met last Wednes­day, Dec. 4 to discuss a number of policies and up­dates. Their agenda in­cluded the Superinten­dent’s Report, the homework policy, the Walker Report, a school improvement plan from WMS, and an application for the Mas­sachusetts S…

WILMINGTON — Three Cadettes from Wilmington Girl Scout Troop 65083 were recognized in an award ceremony for their Girl Scout Silver Awards on Friday night at Wilmington United Methodist Church. The three recipients, Ra­chel George, Tanya Mollo, and Taylor Mills, are currently in the 9th grad…

Wilmington has never been the center of any box­ing mat­ches. In November 1887, though, an English lightweight boxing champion trained here for a week as he prepared to take on Am­erican champion Jack McAu­liffe.

WILMINGTON — At last night’s Planning Board meeting, the board reviewed a number of site plan reviews, subdivisions, and stormwater management permits for various plots in town.

WOBURN — Ending a five-month long administrative hearing, the Zon­ing Board of Appeals (ZBA) recently overturn­ed a cease-and-desist or­der by allowing a Con­necticut developer to fulfill crushed rock orders directly from the Ledges at Woburn site.

WILMINGTON — Last weekend, Danielle McCoy, a graphite pencil artist from Wilmington, won two awards at the Woburn Guild of Artists Fall Ex­hibition for her piece “Hol­ding My Mother’s Hand.”

The name Ames is very common in Massachu­setts. There were many prominent people and bus­inesses with that name. In Wilmington Square, there was Ames News, directly across the street from the railroad depot.

WILMINGTON — At a School Committee meeting on Nov. 13, Superin­tendent of Schools Dr. Glenn Brand gave an update on the district homework policy. The policy was originally approv­ed by the School Commit­tee on Sept. 12, 2018, and according to Brand, is still facing some growing pains.

WILMINGTON — Ear­lier this month, the Wil­mington Police De­part­ment warned residents about potential door-to-door scams against homeowners in this area. Deputy Chief Bri­an Pupa mentioned to the Town Crier that this region has recently seen an increase in the number of reported door-to-doo…

Thanksgiving always brings on some “turkey shoots,” usually held by sporting clubs. Nowa­days, the event is usually a session of target shooting, with frozen turkeys given as prizes.

WILMINGTON — Wil­mington’s iPods for Woun­ded Veterans received a philanthropy gift of $10,000 from 100 Women Who Care Boston North. The organization chose IFWV through a nomination process that started with iPods’ Social Media Di­rector Cindy Wurdeman. Wurdeman has been volunteering with iP…

WILMINGTON — Par­king signage is about to change at the Wilmington MBTA station, based on a discussion at a Nov. 12 Board of Selectmen meeting.

WILMINGTON — Town Manager Jeff Hull shar­ed a free cash update with the Board of Select­men at a meeting on Nov. 12.

The Town Crier in the distant past had a story about a man named Car­ter who burned down his barn, threatening to shoot firemen who came to put out the fire. This was in Burlington, not far from the Wilmington town line.

WILMINGTON — On Friday, Oct. 25, the Wil­mington High School band played its last high school football game of the season, led by band teacher Barbara Mette in the last game of her career. To celebrate, Me­tte’s adopted daughter and WHS alumnus Julie Kelley invited band alum­ni from the past…

WILMINGTON — Wil­mington School Com­mit­tee member MJ Byrnes has received recognition from the Massachusetts Associa­tion of School Commit­tees, being invited into their All-State School Committee. Byrnes is the honoree for all of division one of the MASC, one out of nine school committee me…

A Wilmington shoemaker had brief service in the Civil War as a musician. The position of musician in an infantry company might seem trivial, but in an era with no radios, it was an important position, transmitting orders in the field and setting the spirit and rhythm for marching.

WILMINGTON — On the 11th day of the 11th month of the year, at 11 a.m., Wilmington continues its yearly tradition of honoring veterans for the Veterans Day ceremonies. Veter­ans Day celebrates the armistice of World War I, which took place on Nov. 11 1918 and was first celebrated exactly 100…

WILMINGTON — Last week, Wilmington Middle School eighth grader So­fia Pitzen was selected to be this year’s Project 351 Ambassador for the Town of Wilmington.

WILMINGTON — Many in the community have ex­pressed a need for a town ice rink in Wilmington, in­cluding the Wilmington school department.

Some police officials re­ferred to George E. Swain as a monomaniac, ob­ses­sed with one thing. In his lifetime, he stole more than 1000 horses.

WILMINGTON — The Town of Wilmington will soon be the home of a new community garden, thanks to Girl Scout Troop 62457.

WILMINGTON — Wil­mington High School senior and President of the Local Heroes Club Cassi­dy Ross will lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the “Salute to Veterans Ceremony” this Friday at the State House.

WILMINGTON — Edu­cators in Wilmington are currently pursuing several professional development opportunities.

WOBURN — The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) late last week posted a draft decision that attaches about a dozen conditions to Woburn 38 Devel­opment's plan to fulfill crushed rock orders di­rectly from the Ledges at Woburn construction site.

WOBURN — The proposed removal of crushed stone by third-party buyers would not constitute a substantial change in ap­proved construction operations on the Ledges at Woburn site, the city's Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) recently declared.

The advent of Prohibi­tion, nearly 100 years ago, put Walter A. Hill in a tough position. He had been Wilmington’s chief of police for eight years.

WILMINGTON — At a Board of Selectmen meeting on Oct. 15, Town Ma­nager Jeff Hull announ­ced that Bill Cavanaugh will be the town’s new fire chief. Cavanaugh will take over the role upon the re­tirement of current Chief Joe McMahon.

WILMINGTON — Read­­ing Municipal Light De­partment is asking the Town of Wilmington to con­sider building a new power substation on Route 125 in the northern part of town.

You could call it the case of the crippled cruisers. In March 1969, Wilming­ton Town Meeting voted zero money for new police cruisers. Chief Paul Lynch had asked for four vehicles, a station wagon to re­place the K-9 car, an un­marked cruiser and two cruisers, to replace cars 31 and 32. The …

WILMINGTON — Su­perintendent of Schools Glenn Brand has announ­ced the members of the new School Start Time Committee.

WOBURN — The city’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) intends to review a proposed truck circulation and rock and gra­vel loading plan this week as the local officials resume deliberations over extraordinary activity from the active construction site.