The Town Beach at Silver Lake will open for the 2022 season on June 11th and will probably do so without much fanfare. Although, one…
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Dime store novels and newsstand crime magazines often featured the lurid and bawdy stories that were taboo to the respectable daily and Sunday broadsheets. Crimes…
On Wednesday, March 12, 1958, the Wilmington Crusader proclaimed across its front page in a bold headline “Police Station Gets O.K.” It was the culmination…
As part of our 150th anniversary celebration, the Wilmington Police Department will be hosting a Peace Officers Memorial Day Observance on May 12, 2022. Peace…
One hundred years ago, Chief Walter Hill and his police officers found themselves in the grips of a crime wave that was running rampant over…
It was difficult to find a long-lasting, permanent home for the police officers of the town. Between 1939 and 1961 they would assume residence in…
We interrupt our series on the police station to bring you a story in keeping with coming of St. Patrick’s Day this week. The influence…
After two centuries of being shuffled about the private residences of the constables and chiefs and sharing space with other town departments, the Wilmington Police…
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…
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…