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A new school year begins Sept. 1

THE SCHOOL SYSTEM’S 14 new educators attended the New Teacher Orientation Program at the Central Office on Tuesday, Aug. 24. (Dan Tomasello Photo)

 

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The clock is ticking until summer vacation ends and a new school year begins.

Students in preschool through grade 12 will be returning to the classroom…

 

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Summer Street principal headed to Uxbridge

By DAN TOMASELLO

DR. KAREN DWYER Summer Street School principal

LYNNFIELD — Summer Street School Principal Dr. Karen Dwyer is leaving the school system at the end of the week.

The Uxbridge School Committee voted during an Aug. 20 meeting to appoint Dwyer as that district’s interim assistant superintendent, and her last day on the…

 

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EDITORIAL: The right decision

We would like to commend the Board of Health, School Committee and Select Board for voting to implement a mask mandate in all municipal buildings during a contentious and chaotic meeting last week.

The regulation went into effect on Monday, Aug. 23. The order stipulates that people age 3 and older are required to wear…

 

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Revised Tree Bylaw headed to Fall TM

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — A revised version of the Tree Preservation Bylaw is headed to Fall Town Meeting.

Planning Board Chairman Brian Charville said during last week’s Select Board meeting that the board has been working on the Tree Preservation Bylaw for nearly two years. He recalled that the Planning Board requested last October’s…

 

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Front Page: August 24, 2021

 

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More PSB project funds needed

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Public Safety Building expansion and renovation project is over budget and the Permanent Building Committee expects to go back to Town Meeting in November to ask for an additional $2.3 million for the PSB project.

The Permanent Building Committee (PBC) learned at a recent meeting that cost estimates done for…

 

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Trachtenberg family increases commitment to Boys & Girls Clubs

THE TRACHTENBERG FAMILY’S gift will provide a range of services to families in need including stabilization services and childcare to recently homeless families. It will also provide the Clubs with an upgraded computer system. To celebrate the gift, Marc Trachtenberg invited over 20 local children and Club staff to his private suite at Fenway…

 

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Front Page: August 23, 2021

 

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Sports Page: August 23, 2021

 

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WMHS project designer picked

WAKEFIELD — The firm of Symmes, Maini & McKee Associates, Inc. (SMMA) of Boston has been selected as the designer for the new Wakefield Memorial High School Building Project.

The Designer Selection Panel of the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) made the selection last week from a group of three finalists. Earlier this month, the MSBA Designer…

 

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Acrobatic snack

A GOLDFINCH hangs upside down to extract a seed from a sunflower. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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Chaos erupts after mask mandate OK’d

A STANDING-ROOM ONLY crowd attended the joint Board of Health, School Committee and Select Board meeting on Aug. 18. The three boards voted to implement a mask mandate for municipal buildings. (Dan Tomasello Photo)

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Tensions ran incredibly high after the Board of Health, School Committee and Select Board unanimously approved…

 

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