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TM approves all business

November 11, 2025

FROM THE left are Town Administrator Denise Casey, Town Council Chair Mehreen Butt, Councilor Jonathan Chines and Councilor John Crisley. (Neil Zolot Photo)

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – It was the first Town Meeting for Denise Casey as the new Town Administrator and the first for former Town Administrator Steve Maio as a participating citizen…

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Warrior football falls to Canton in first round, 35-22

November 11, 2025

WESTIN MCNEILLY threw for 206 yards and 2 TD’s in Wakefield’s first round playoff matchup in Canton on Friday night. (Alicen Encarnacao Racca File Photo)

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

CANTON — The Wakefield High football team, ranked No. 14 in Div. 4, traveled to No. 3 Canton for a first round matchup on Friday night.

The…

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TM makes quick work of fall business

November 10, 2025

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – Town Meeting passed a series of articles amending the zoning bylaws in a short Fall Town Meeting Saturday morning, November 8 at…

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Wakefield girls’ XC takes 1st at Coaches invitational

November 10, 2025

WRENTHAM — The Wakefield High girls’ cross country team took the top spot at the Frank Mooney Coaches Invitational on Nov. 1 at the Wrentham Developmental Center.

The Warriors took 1st as a team with 78 points in the Junior/Senior Small School Division. Bromfield finished with the same number of points but were short of…

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Light and color

November 7, 2025

THE SUN illuminates the fall foliage behind the gates at Chestnut St. and Park Ave. (Mark Sardella Photo)

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Warrior football travels to Canton for first round matchup tonight

November 7, 2025

JUNIOR RB Jaden Fullerton has rushed for 844 yards and 15 TD’s while also playing as an inside linebacker for Wakefield this season. The Warriors travel to Canton for a D4 first round matchup tonight at 7 p.m. (Alicen Encarnacao Racca File Photo)

CANTON — The Wakefield High football team earned the No. 14 seed in…

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Wakefield High State Tournament update

November 6, 2025

Boys Soccer 2025 — THE WARRIOR boys’ soccer team left it all on the field in a D2 first round matchup in Longmeadow last night. The 35th-ranked Warriors fell 1-0 on a stoppage time goal in the second half to the No. 3 Lancers. Wakefield finished the season at 9-6-4 overall. (Alicen Encarnacao Racca Photo)

WAKEFIELD — Two Wakefield High…

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ZBA OK’s outdoor play area for daycare center

November 6, 2025

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — A daycare center on Del Carmine Street will be getting an outdoor play area pending approval by the Conservation Commission and sign-off by the chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals.

Attorney Brian McGrail presented the request at last week’s ZBA hearing on behalf of Three Ducklings Learning Center at…

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Multi-vehicle EV charging station floated in Montrose

November 5, 2025

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — If the Zoning Board of Appeals approves the necessary permitting, an electric vehicle charging station capable of handling 16 EVs at eight separate chargers will be coming to Salem Street in Montrose.

At last week’s…

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De Morais’s golden goal sends Warriors past Reading 1-0 in prelims

November 5, 2025

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

READING — A golden goal is better with a golden strike.

With Wakefield and Reading each mining for a…

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Heroism recognized during Sunday ceremony

November 4, 2025

DURING A CEREMONY Sunday afternoon, a horse named Wakefield Strong was donated in the names of Wakefield Police Detectives Jack Ryan and Chris Grace (left photo) by the Horses for Heroes Foundation. In the right photo are Wakefield Police Chief Steven Skory and Horses for Heroes’ Skylar Mullvaney, with Wakefield Strong, who will join a

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Wakefield volleyball tops Marshfield, set to host Canton in Sweet 16

November 4, 2025

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield volleyball announced their presence at the Div. 2 level on Saturday with a 3-1 home victory over Marshfield in the first round of the state tournament. Playing in their first D2 tournament after being bumped…

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