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23rd Annual Walk of Hope is September 7

Lake Quannapowitt event benefits ALS research

WAKEFIELD — Walkers are signing up for the 23rd annual Walk of Hope for ALS, a 3.5-mile walk around Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield to benefit The Angel Fund for ALS Research, on Saturday, September 7. 

The walk begins with registration at 9 a.m. followed by the start of…

 

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ACE seeks artists, works for October show and fundraiser

LOGO ACE WAKEFIELDWAKEFIELD — The Arts Collaborative of Wakefield is seeking artists to be part of their October art event “Elements – Earth, Water, Air, Fire,” an art exhibit and the 5×7 Small Works Fundraiser.

The theme of the exhibit is open to interpretation by the artist and purposely open-ended allowing the artistic freedom to express unique perspectives…

 

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Monuments 2024

Soldiers and Sailors Monument reinstallation work continues

Monuments 2024
RESTORING THE SOLDIERS and Sailors Monument from the Upper Common. The reinstallation process has begun.

WAKEFIELD — Community members have likely noticed that the figures from the Upper Common’s Soldiers and Sailors Monument have been missing since the restoration project began last fall. Over the last year, teams from Daedalus Inc. have been meticulously restoring

 

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Backpack stuffing

A HUGE THANK you to everyone from Melrose Affordable Initiative for your incredible help at this year’s Housing Families Backpack Stuffing event. Everyone did a fantastic job. To stay updated on what Melrose Affordable Initiative is up to, visit melroseaffordableinitiative.org and join our mailing list.

 

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What a sight

BEAUTIFUL COTTON CANDY sunrise this morning over Moulton Park. (Kim Giddinge Photo)

 

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Creativity in a bottle

RECREATION STATION camper Brody Merrill proudly displays decorative sand art he made earlier this summer. (Courtesy Photo)

 

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Purr-fect pairing

LOLLIE LOVES to curl up with the Transcript when it arrives at her home in Sumter, South Carolina! Former North Reading resident and Transcript fan Michael Naylor writes: “She’s a great cat! My daughter Lily found her and took her in.” It looks like Lollie is the queen of her adopted palace to us! (Courtesy

 

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Keeping our parks safe

A MEMBER OF the Mass. Park Ranger Mounted United was at this year’s National Night Out event held at the Cabbage Patch in front of the Veterans Memorial Middle School. (Courtesy Photo)

 

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Sign of activity

A WORKER kneels under the sign for the new Wakefield Memorial High School construction site. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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Off to Fort Sill

MARK LETCHFORD shipped out yesterday to Fort Sill, Oklahoma to begin Basic Combat Training with the U.S. Army. After BCT he will train as a Cannon Crewmember in Artillery and will be stationed to Europe (around the end of the year). Mark graduated from Wakefield Memorial High this summer, played linebacker for the undefeated 13-0

 

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Birds’ eye view

DPW STAFF took these incredible drone photos of the old Hart’s Hill water tank demo and the new water tank midway through construction. The old, bolted-steel tank was installed in 1927. At 47 feet wide and 49 feet tall, the old tank had a storage capacity of 640,000 gallons. The new tank is made of…

 

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Climb every mountain

LOCAL BUSINESSMAN Bob Sardella has been training since March for tomorrow’s 51st Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb. This photo was taken atop Mt. Ascutney in Vermont after his final training ride earlier this week. At age 70, this will be Sardella’s third Mt. Washington event, having completed the Hillclimb previously at age 50 and

 

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