News Nearby: Stoneham Savings Bank Robbed in Malden

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MALDEN—Police have released stills from surveillance footage from a at the Stoneham Savings Bank on Charles St.

The lone gunman allegedly entered the bank and demanded cash from the teller. Det. Lt. Mark Gatcomb said that he suspect then brandished what appeared to be a semi-automatic handgun.

READING—The Reading Police Department, in conjunction with the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit and Reading Public Schools, conducted a lockdown and canine search of Reading Memorial High School on Dec. 16.

During the raid, the K-9 unit detected the odor of illegal substances in three separate places. Neither Doherty or Sergeant Detective Mark Segalla, of the Reading PD, would elaborate, due to the fact that minors were involved, and neither would say exactly what was found.

STONEHAM—The Board of Selectmen, acting as the Liquor License Authority, held a judicatory hearing, led by Town Counsel William Solomon concerning Stoneham resident Richard Moyette's liquor license.

Moyette was stripped of his liquor license after his Nov. 18 application was denied because he didn't hold a lease or viable location for a liquor store in town. Moyette listed 9 Central St., formerly McDonough's Liquors, as his location to use his license, but was denied a lease by owners Thomas and Jane Kayhill. This violation of the application ultimately cost him his license.

WAKEFIELD—If all goes according to plan, Wakefield will get a branch of the Boys and Girls Club of Stoneham here in town sometime in the next year. Volunteers in Wakefield began the process by speaking to members of the Wakefield community and the leadership of the Boys and Girls Club of Stoneham about the need for a Wakefield Club.

"We started with the Police Department, and even before we tried to make our case, they looked at us and said, 'Wakefield needs something where kids can just go to be kids,' said Anthony Guardia, a member of the Wakefield Committee for the Boys and Girls Club. "These kids aren't bad kids - they just have no where to go between the hours of 3 to 6 p.m. They're in front of our stores, they're on our steps, and a Boys and Girls Club would give them a place to go and help our town immensely."