When the Wilmington Memorial Public Safety Building was dedicated in October of 2001, it represented a more than two-hundred-and-fifty-year evolution in the design and concept of the police station. Upon the incorporation of Wilmington in 1730, the townsfolk appointed Giles
Read moreRetired Officer Paul Krzeminksi Receives Outstanding Firearms Instructor Award
Retired Wilmington Police Officer Paul Krzeminski was presented with the Outstanding Firearms Instructor Award today by the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor & Armorers Association. The award is presented annually to a Massachusetts law enforcement firearms instructor who has repeatedly displayed the
Read more150 Years of Stories: The WPD Ambulance Service
The Wilmington Police Department Ambulance Service operated from 1934 until 1956. Obtaining an ambulance was initially the endeavor of Chief Harry Ainsworth and several concerned townspeople whereas no such service had existed previously. In fact, the police department’s first patrol
Read moreWilmington Police To Host Citizen Academy
Chief Joseph Desmond is pleased to announce that the Wilmington Police Department is hosting a Citizen Police Academy on Monday evenings during the months of March and April. The 7 week program will give residents an opportunity to interact with
Read more150 Years of Stories: Rough on Rats – A Sinister Plot
The 1939 play Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring and the later film adaptation by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant, played out in real life in Wilmington more than a half century before. In the dark comedy, two
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