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Water service shutdown and road closure

WAKEFIELD — To facilitate the water main replacement along Chestnut Street, the contractor will need to replace the water gates at the Tuttle Street intersection. Temporary shutdown of water at your home/business and a temporary shutdown of traffic at the intersection of Chestnut Street and Tuttle Street is scheduled for Monday, August 5, 2024 between…

 

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Take a bow!

THE CAST AND CREW OF Lynnfield Community Schools’ production of “Descendants: The Musical” worked incredibly hard to make the production a huge success last weekend. (Nukhet Malone Photo)

 

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Academic excellence recognized

EACH YEAR, the President’s Award for Educational Excellence is presented to fifth grade students who demonstrate excellence in their academics for their fourth and fifth grade school years. This year at the E. Ethel Little School, the award was presented to three fifth-graders who are shown with their teachers, from left to right: Mrs. Amy O’Brien,

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Town to share in $168,380 in cybersecurity grants

BOSTON – State and local officials are celebrating the awarding of nearly $7 million in public safety grants to assist communities, school districts and other state and local government agencies across Massachusetts with addressing their most pressing cybersecurity needs.

 House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North Reading) and Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester)…

 

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Curtis L. Britton, 44

Avid outdoorsman whose true happiness came from spending time with his wife and sons

NORTH READING — Curtis L. Britton, 44, of North Reading, passed away on July 28, 2024, after a short, but hard-fought battle with cancer. 

Born on October 9, 1979, in Manchester, New Hampshire, Curtis (Curt) was the son of Adele…

 

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Upcoming rail work at the Prospect Street crossing 8/2/2024

Upcoming rail work at the Prospect Street crossing

Upcoming rail work at the Prospect Street crossing 8/2/2024
WAKEFIELD — Wakefield’s Prospect Street railroad crossing will be closed from 3:30 p.m. on Friday, August 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 3 to accommodate rail work.
This will result in traffic detours, so please allow extra time to pass through the area. According to Keolis, the summer-long Haverhill line rail work will involve

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Front Page: August 1, 2024

 

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Sports: August 1, 2024

 

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Throwback Thursday 8-1-2024

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday 8-1-2024
WAKEFIELD’S LOWER COMMON about 1890. The view in this colorized photo is from Lake Avenue, looking across toward Main and Salem streets. The white building in the background just right of center is the old Town House. It was originally built in 1834 and stood on Church Street. Sometime after 1873, it was moved to

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Softball Fall 2024

Registration for Wakefield Youth Softball’s fall season is now open

Fall ball registration for Wakefield Youth Softball is now officially open. The fall season is for the 10U, 12U and 14U age divisions and runs from mid-September to the playoffs in late October. Games will take place as doubleheaders on Saturdays. To register, visit: wakefieldyouthsoftball.com and click on the registration tab. 

Softball Fall 2024
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Wakefield school days will be a little longer

By NEIL ZOLOT 

WAKEFIELD — School days will be five minutes longer in the upcoming 2024-24 year, at least through January. “We’ll give it a try and see if it works,” School Committee member Pete Davis said during their video-conference only meeting Tuesday, July 30.

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Susan Day, 73

Loved baking

WAKEFIELD — Susan Day, age 73 of Wakefield passed away on Monday, July 29 at the Artis Senior Living Center in Reading.

Born in Winchester on January 1, 1951 to the late Charles F. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Day. She was the cherished sister of Rosemary Morgan of Lynnfield and the late Mary Ann…

 

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