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Wakefield Little League’s Jimmy Fund teams shine during 2023 season

THE WAKEFIELD Little League 9/10-year-old Camps-Campins Jimmy Fund team won the division championship on Saturday, 11-10 over Reading. Pictured in the first row from left to right is Jacob Myers, John Cogavin, Jameson Lynch, Isaiah Carteiro, Varun Harish, Jack Reynolds and Micha Stahl. In the second row from left is Erik Kruszewski, Leo Cossette, Frankie…

 

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Schools to return surplus funds to town

By NEIL ZOLOT  

WAKEFIELD – The School Department will end Fiscal 2023 with a $400,635 surplus, with plans to return that money to the town. “This is what we told the town we’d do,” School Business Administrator Christine Bufagna said at the School Committee meeting Tuesday, Aug. 8.

     End of the year figures…

 

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Wakefield’s Gagnon helps Crystal Blades take silver at US National Theatre on Ice

THE NORTH SHORE Skating Club Crystal Blades Theatre on Ice team, which includes Wakefield resident Hailey Gagnon, won a silver medal at the US Figure Skating National Theatre on Ice competition in Fraser, Michigan on June 28. Pictured in the front row from left to right is Jasmin Mittelman of North Andover, Hailey Gagnon of

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Road work

Detours this week on Salem St.

Salem Street, between Sullivan Playground and Lowell Street, will be closed to through traffic and detoured along Wharton Park and Lowell Street during four days of grading, compacting, and paving.

WAKEFIELD — The town’s road contractor, Aggregate Industries/Holcim Inc., is scheduled to reclaim the roadway between the Sullivan Playground access road (270 Salem St.) and…

 

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Wakefield High fall sports tryout information

Swim Team Tryouts 2023
THE WAKEFIELD High girls’ swim team will begin their season with practices at the Bear Hill Golf Club Pool before moving to Malden High for the regular season. All fall teams at Wakefield High besides the football team will start their seasons with tryouts on Aug. 21. (File Photo)

 

WAKEFIELD — The fall sports…

 

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Northeast Baseball League - Wakefield

Wakefield Townies complete perfect season with Championship series sweep

Northeast Baseball League - Wakefield
THE WAKEFIELD TOWNIES completed a perfect season on Monday at Alumni Field with an 11-1 victory in game two of the championship series against Lowell. The Townies went 9-0 in the regular season and 3-0 in the playoffs for a perfect 12-0 season. Pictured in the front row from left to right is manager Mike

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Purple Heart Day is August 7

PURPLE LIGHTS will be placed on the Veterans Memorial Common to honor those who were either wounded or killed in battle while serving America in the milit

WAKEFIELD — The town carries the designation Purple Heart Community, which means that it will always work to recognize those who were wounded or died in the service…

 

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ConCom gets into the weeds of 40B plan

“Expansion of Japanese Knotweed” by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Northeast Region is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.

By MARK SARDELLA 

WAKEFIELD – The Conservation Commission wants more details on the plans to eradicate Japanese knotweed from the area of 572-596 North Ave., just to the north of the Knights of Columbus building. The site…

 

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Loafers, Highlife play to epic 5-5 tie as Twi League rolls towards the postseason

OWEN RIDDELL settled in to shut the Loaf down in the 3rd and 4th innings, allowing the Life to mount a comeback. (Dan Pawlowski Photo)

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

WAKEFIELD — Naturally, it was a throwback, Twi League slugfest that helped clear up the playoff picture last night. 

The Loafers and Highlife met for the second…

 

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Fall Sports Registration

Register now for Wakefield High fall sports

Fall Sports Registration
REGISTRATION for all fall sports at Wakefield High is still open. The reigning Div. 3 Super Bowl champion Wakefield High football team starts their season on Aug. 18. (File Photo)

WAKEFIELD — Registration remains open for the fall sports season at Wakefield High. Fall sports in Wakefield include football, girls’ and boys’ soccer, field hockey, girls…

 

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Town priorities funded by state

Local legislators secure much-needed dollars for priorities. The Beebe Library will receive $75,000 for a new roof, (Photo Creative Commons – “Beebe Library” by Lucius Beebe Memorial Library is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. August 2 on web 2023)

BOSTON — State Senator Jason Lewis and State Representatives Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Donald…

 

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Twi League: Brewers move to 10-1 with 7-4 win over Slappers

BRENDAN CASEY follows through on his 2-run homer in the 4th inning of last night’s 7-4 Brewers win over the Slappers at Moulton Field. Casey also had a 2-RBI double in the 1st. (Dan Pawlowski Photo)

 

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

WAKEFIELD — Last night’s Twi League game meant more to the Slappers but…

 

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