Regional News Roundup: Wakefield Man Allegedly Involved in Ponzi Scheme; Stanley Cup Visits Medford

Medford:   Dale Hamilton-Powers is loyal to the Bruins, having worked for the franchise for 42 years, she proved equally loyal to her Medford roots by bringing the Stanley Cup to LoConte Rink Thursday. The Bruins Director of Administration, Hamilton-Powers grew up in the Hillside and stayed in Medford until moving to Falmouth in 1989. When it came time to plan out her day with the Cup, there was never any question it would spend some time in Medford, she said. "I grew up in Medford," she said. "It was just a given I would bring it back here."

Melrose: : The Melrose YMCA and Greater Lynn YMCA are merging into a single organization after more than a year of working together under formal management agreement. Bruce Macdonald, CEO of the Greater Lynn Y—which includes the Lynn Y, Saugus Family Y and Torgian Family Y in Peabody—said that each Y's board of directors voted unanimously last week in approving the merger. The next step is filing a petition with the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Office and a pile of paperwork, with the goal of making the merger complete by the first of the year.

Reading: : While none of the officials who spoke at Tuesday’s community discussion claimed that Reading does not have a drug issue, two suggested that Reading’s issue may not be the drugs themselves. The town's students are under a lot of pressure to succeed, according to the superintendent, and seek some kind of release—which can be drugs or alcohol.

Wakefield:: A Wakefield man is facing up to 20 years in jail after an indictment by the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly defrauding about 150 people out of more than $350k in a fake fee-collecting scheme. Federal investigators say that Jamon Caswell, 33, of Wakefield, Lawrence Amirto, 58, of Boca Raton, Fla., and William Totaro, 60, of Pompano Beach, Fla., were indicted on charges of conspiracy and mail fraud related to an advanced fee scheme for a non-existant credit repair service.