The following was submitted by the Office of the Middlesex County Sheriff:

Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian and several members of the department spent Independence Day in a trio of local communities participating in holiday parades.  Sheriff Koutoujian was joined by members of the department’s Honor Guard at parades in Natick, Burlington and Wakefield.  The Sheriff also made a stop at Logan International Airport where members of the U.S. Navy’s elite Blue Angels were preparing to participate in Navy Week festivities.