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News Nearby: Lightning Strikes Wakefield Home
Also in news from Melrose's neighbors: Republican Party disqualifies local reps for not pledging to support Romney; men face charges in connection to alleged beatings at a Medford construction company's office.
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WAKEFIELD--It happened so quickly, Cedar Street resident Elizabeth Sheeran said she didn't even have time to be afraid. With an ear-splitting boom, lightning from Monday morning's thunderstorm discharged from the clouds and hit a third-floor dormer on the Sheeran family's home. "It was so loud, my ears are still ringing," said Sheeran, who had been working downstairs on her computer during the 10:30 a.m. strike.
WAKEFIELD--The Massachusetts Republican Party has disqualified 17 Massachusetts Republicans from representing the state at the national convention for refusing to sign an affidavit pledging to support to Mitt Romney at the national convention. One of them is 18-year-old Wakefield resident Evan Kenney.
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MEDFORD--Three men face charges in connection to alleged beatings, threats and extortion attempts at a Medford construction company's office earlier this month. Timothy Hogan, 44 of Saugus and William Albright, 40, of Medford and James Morando, 52, of Swampscott all face charges stemming from the June 19 incident at NEQ Construction's office on Riverside Avenue. Witnesses who work at NEQ construction's office at 427 Riverside Ave. told police that the men entered the business Tuesday at about 5:30 p.m., shoved a man aside who tried to greet them, then punched and kicked two other men who worked there and demanded $10,000 in "commission fees."
