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WAKEFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals is expected to decide at its Sept. 10 meeting if Robert Santonelli will be allowed to place a small directional sign on the Centre Street side of his building at 376-378 Main Street. 

Santonelli owns the building that is occupied by the Dollar Tree Store and a…

World Cup, tall ships converge to promise “unprecedented” summer of megatourism

By CHRIS LISINSKI

State House News Service

BOSTON — Take this…

By NEIL ZOLOT

 WAKEFIELD — The School Department will be using the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Educator Evaluation tool instead of a self-designed one. “There is an option to adopt their system or adapt it to a similar one we structures ourselves,” Superintendent Doug Lyons said at the School Committee…

WAKEFIELD — Public school students here head back to class Tuesday for the start of the 2025-26 academic year. The following message is from Superintendent of Schools Dr. Douglas Lyons and Assistant Superintendent of Schools Kara Mauro.

Good Afternoon,

We are so excited to welcome all of our students back for the start of a…

WAKEFIELD — The town announced yesterday that mosquitoes caught in local traps have tested positive for West Nile virus. Here’s the release:

Positive West Nile Virus (WNV) mosquito samples have been confirmed in Middlesex County…

WAKEFIELD — Patience, as they say, is a virtue. During the on-going trash strike, the stretched-out DPW is urging us to use as much of it as we can.

Friday, the town sent out an update on the state of trash and recycling collection as contractor Republic…