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By MARK SARDELLA 

WAKEFIELD – Crystal Lake’s days of providing drinking water for Wakefield may be coming to an end, thanks to new, more stringent federal water-quality regulations.        

New standards on acceptable levels of substances known as “PFAS” will likely force Wakefield to move entirely to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) and relegate Crystal Lake to an emergency water source only. 

DPW Director Joe Conway, Sewer and Water Division…

WAKEFIELD — The move to a later starting time at Wakefield Memorial High has been put on hold.

The issue has been on the School Committee’s plate for several years. Back in 2016, then-schools Superintendent Dr. Kim Smith, along with other Middlesex League superintendents, signed a letter of intent to explore the idea of a…

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – “We are in the throes of preparing our budget,” Superintendent Doug Lyons said at the School Committee meeting Tuesday, December 2 in reference to the Fiscal 2027 budget. “We’ll be looking at every position and working with our principals. It’s not a zero-based budget, but they’ll be looking at how…

BOSTON – A Wakefield man pleaded guilty yesterday to his role in a conspiracy to distribute crystal methamphetamine.

Daniel Loughman, a/k/a “Swiss,” 40, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams and more of methamphetamine and one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 50…