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Scout builds community Food Pantry for Eagle project

September 12, 2025

ZACCHAEUS ZIVAN (left) with First Parish Congregational Church’s Jim Fosnock, who is in charge of the church’s food pantry. Zacchaeus of Troop 701 finished his Eagle Scout Project by building a little food pantry, which is in front of stone church on Church Street. (OY ZIVAN PHOTO)

WAKEFIELD — Zacchaeus Zivan of Troop 701 in…

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Improvements across the board in the first race for Warrior girls’ XC team

September 12, 2025

LIZA BANGTSON improved by over 2 minutes from her race at Lincoln Park in Lexington last year, finishing in 21:37 to take 5th overall and 1st for the Warriors in their meet against the Minutemen on Tuesday. (File Photo)

LEXINGTON — The Wakefield High girls’ cross country team kicked off their season on Tuesday at Lincoln…

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Principals getting into classrooms

September 11, 2025

THE TOWN’S elementary school principals are, from left, Erin Manzi (Doyle Early Childhood Center), Matt Carter (Woodville), Brian Schmitt (Walton), Tiffany Back (Greenwood) and TJ Liberti (Dolbeare). (Neil Zolot Photo)

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD — The School Department is calling them “curriculum visits.” They could also be called collaborating on teaching strategies, internal professional development…

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Girls’ soccer team shuts out Stoneham for first win

September 11, 2025

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High girls’ soccer team hosted Stoneham last night at Walton Field with both teams looking for their first victory of the 2025 season.

Wakefield’s terrific first half gave them a…

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Warrior golf team improves to 6-0 with trio of division wins

September 10, 2025

RYAN DODGE had big wins in all three matches last week against Stoneham, Northeast Metro Tech and Burlington. (Alicen Encarnacao Racca Photo)

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AG: Building Committee violated OML

September 10, 2025

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – Another town board has violated the Open Meeting Law. This time, it was the Permanent Building Committee (PBC) that ran afoul of the law when its three-member subcommittee or “Working Group,” designated to keep tabs on the new high school construction project, failed to post notices or create minutes of…

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Council plans vote on Casey contract

September 8, 2025

WAKEFIELD — The Town Council is expected to vote tonight on an employment agreement with Denise Y. Casey, the person they picked as the next town administrator.

The council meeting begins at the WCAT studio behind Wakefield Memorial High at 7 p.m.

Councilors selected Casey on August 18 to succeed Stephen P. Maio, who retired…

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Warrior boys’ soccer ties Melrose 1-1

September 5, 2025

MHAMED BOUKATAYA scored Wakefield’s goal in the second half of a 1-1 tie against Melrose under the lights last night. (Alicen Encarnacao Racca File Photo)

MELROSE — The Wakefield and Melrose High boys’ soccer teams met under the lights of Fred Green Field last night for a huge, early-season test between two of the best in…

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Warrior gridmen kick off season tomorrow night at home; schedule released

September 4, 2025

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High 2025 football season kicks off tomorrow night, 6 p.m. at Landrigan Field as the Warriors will host Greater Lawrence Tech.

Week 1 opponents every season since 2019, the Reggies broke Wakefield’s three-year winning streak last season, 29-22, after returning a…

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Wakefield volleyball starts season with a 3-0 win over Tewksbury

September 3, 2025

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High volleyball team kicked off their 2025 season with an impressive 3-0 victory over Tewksbury last night at the Charbonneau Field House.

The Warriors took two back-and-forth sets by identical 25-17 scores before finishing it up with a quick, 25-6 win in the third set.

Tewksbury held a slight advantage…