Regional News Roundup: Stoneham Savings Bank Robbed in Malden

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.

MELROSE — As Melrose enters 2012, the search for a new school district leader is ramping up. On Tuesday night, the Melrose School Committee voted on several aspects of the search, including the advertised salary range for a new school superintendent and the documents required with the application, which will be available on a new website created for the search.

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.

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."