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Sports: January 15, 2025

January 15, 2025

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Wakefield 90s cover band, DadBand to play at Waves to support Wakefield Music Boosters

January 15, 2025

WAKEFIELD — DadBand, the 90s rock cover band made up of four Wakefield residents will play at Waves Restaurant & Bar on Saturday, January 18 from 8 to 11 p.m. to raise funds for the Wakefield Music Boosters, a nonprofit organization of volunteers that supports the performing arts in Wakefield at all grade levels through…

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Chiefs critical of bike lane, flex posts

January 15, 2025

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – The town’s foremost experts on public safety, Police Chief Steven Skory and Fire Chief Michael Sullivan, both have fundamental problems with the bike lane flex posts on North Avenue and the narrowed vehicle travel lanes that resulted from the creation of the new northbound bicycle lane.

The two chiefs were…

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Warrior wrestlers beat Watertown to stay undefeated in dual meets

January 15, 2025

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High wrestling team stayed undefeated in Middlesex League dual meets on Jan. 9, beating Watertown 53-22 at the Charbonneau Field House.

The Warriors were victorious in 9 of the 14 bouts against the…

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‘The voters of the town have spoken’

January 15, 2025

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The town will be using existing funding sources to make repairs to the Lynnfield Public Library and the roadway network forward moving, Select Board Chair Dick Dalton said during Monday’s meeting.

Voters rejected Question 1, which pertained to the $18.3 million Lynnfield Public Library renovation project, 835 votes against to…

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Making an impact through music

January 15, 2025

A GROUP OF Lynnfield music students performed and entertained for Sunrise Assisted Living residents last week. (Courtesy Photo)

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Library Trustees eye addressing building repairs

January 15, 2025

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Board of Library Trustees had a preliminary discussion about addressing the building’s deferred maintenance issues during a Jan. 7 meeting.

Voters rejected the proposed $18.3 million Lynnfield Public Library renovation project 835 votes against to 540 in favor during the Special Town Election on Jan. 6. In the wake…

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Schools impacted by widespread data breach

January 15, 2025

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Department’s system provider for local students’ and staff members’ information, PowerSchool, was targeted in a cybersecurity data breach last month.

PowerSchool Chief Executive Officer Hardeep Gulati and Chief Customer Officer Paul Brook stated in a letter sent to school districts including Lynnfield Public Schools and Wakefield Public Schools…

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Two incumbents, newcomer pull nomination papers

January 15, 2025

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Two incumbents and a political newcomer pulled nomination papers for the April Town Election last week.

Center Village resident Karin Round took out papers for a three-year term on the Board of Library Trustees on Thursday, Jan. 9.

“When I learned that there would be a vacancy on the Board,…

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Department heads give SC a math lesson

January 15, 2025

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — An overview of the secondary schools’ math curriculum was given during a recent School Committee meeting.

Lynnfield Middle School STEM Director Katie Ambrose said the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) developed the Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum Framework for grades K-12 statewide.

“It is a set of guidelines that describe…