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By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – The School Committee met some new elementary school teachers, including two alumni of the school system, at their meeting Tuesday, September 12. 

“It’s always nice to hire alumni,” Superintendent Doug Lyons offered.

Both of the new teachers are at Woodville. New 3rd grade teacher Jessica Conley was a student…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD —— You may one day be looking at a man-made floating vegetated island in the middle of Lake Quannapowitt. This week, the Town Council authorized Conservation Agent Rebecca Davis to apply for a $50,000 grant to create the fabricated floater. 

Davis explained that the grant is part of the Metropolitan Area…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD —— The eight “NO IDLING” signs that were recently put up on Main Street along the Lake at the direction of Town Council Chairman Jonathan Chines will now be…

WAKEFIELD — Fire investigators looking into a two-alarm blaze in a vacant commercial building at 472 Main St. on September 1 have ruled out accidental causes.

There was no power in the building so any electrical-related cause was not possible, according to fire officials. Many people had reportedly been coming in and out of the…

WAKEFIELD — The MBTA/Keolis will be working on its commuter rail tracks, including portions of the rail that run through Wakefield, beginning Saturday, September 9.  

It is anticipated that the work will take place seven days a week, from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m. as crews progress along the line from Reading into Melrose…

WAKEFIELD — The town’s well-received and popular before and after school program called Wakefield Academy has an equally impressive summer relative known as WoW. As kids headed back to classes for the 2023-24 academic year today, Estelle Burdick, Wakefield Academy director, told…