WAKEFIELD – Annual Town Meeting wrapped up business Thursday night as voters in attendance took two hours to handle the five articles left over from Monday’s opening session.
Article 19, the final article on the warrant, prompted the evening’s most contentious discussion over its aims to force Wakefield to boycott Israel and…
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WMHS STUDENTS WERE honored with WEF Excellence in Education awards on April 16. Pictured from left: WEF Co-Presidents Cary Mazzone and Melissa Holmes; WMHS Principal Amy McLeod; students Jhalak Patel, Anthony LaVita, Michael Vito Barry, Alice Getty, Janiesa Andrade, Samuel Alexander Sun-Ting Carpenter and Liam Mertens; with Superintendent Doug Lyons.
WAKEFIELD — Wakefield Memorial High…
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THE WARRIOR softball team, winners in nine of their last 10 games, is ranked No. 6 in Div. 2. (Alicen Encarnacao Racca Photo)
WAKEFIELD — The latest power rankings released by the MIAA on Tuesday had multiple Wakefield High teams near the top of their respective divisions. A new set of rankings were set to be…
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WAKEFIELD — Town Meeting resumes tonight at 7 p.m. in the Galvin Middle School auditorium with five articles remaining on the warrant. Monday’s opening session completed work on articles 1-14 before adjourning at about 10:30 p.m.
After approving the FY2026 town budget under Article 1, Monday’s Town Meeting session considered the…
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DAN ‘THE CLEAR MAN’ MCHUGH takes more slashes than a school budget but always accepts the challenge of helping the Warriors clear their zone. Wakefield hosts Lexington tonight, 6 p.m. at Landrigan Field. (Alicen Encarnacao Racca Photo)
WAKEFIELD — Reading and Winchester have set the standard in boys’ lacrosse in the Middlesex League for years.…
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THE WARRIORS celebrate their 4-1 win over Wilmington on April 30 at the Dobbins Courts. Wakefield will bring a 4-4 record and No. 20 D3 ranking into their tough matchups with Lexington, Reading and Melrose this week. (Courtesy Photo)
WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High boys’ tennis team picked up their 4th and 5th wins of the…
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WAKEFIELD — A request for $2.6 million to fund the construction of a new fueling facility on Nahant Street for all town-owned vehicles to replace the aging and outdated fuel island at the DPW yard on North Avenue was defeated at Monday’s Town Meeting session by a wide margin.
Article 11 called…
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JAMAURI BELMER had a personal best of 22’1” in the long jump to take 4th overall at the Twilight Invitational in Weston on Saturday. (Courtesy Photo)
EASTON — Saturday was a busy day for the Wakefield High boys’ track and field team with the Jim Hoar Freshman-Sophomore Invitational starting up early in Easton before the Twilight…
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LAST NIGHT’S opening season of the 2025 Annual Town Meeting was sparsely attended. (WCAT Screenshot)
By MARK SARDELLA
WAKEFIELD – With few in attendance and little discussion from the floor, Annual Town Meeting last night approved the $134,466,443 town operating budget for Fiscal Year 2026, which begins on July 1.
Before getting down to business,…
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WAKEFIELD — When Annual Spring Town Meeting convenes tonight in the Galvin Middle School auditorium, participants well begin work on 19 warrant articles, including several asking to raise and appropriate money to operate municipal government and town schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m.
Article 1 is the…
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