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BOSTON—State Senator Jason Lewis and State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian joined their colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature to pass a $1.56 billion supplemental budget primarily using Fair Share revenue from the state’s…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – The town is now a member of “The Metro North Regional Housing Services Office” (MNRHSO), after the Town Council last week agreed to an intermunicipal agreement and the associated $15,000 annual membership fee.

The MNRHSO also includes the towns of Reading, North Reading, Wilmington, Saugus, and the City of Woburn.…

By NEIL ZOLOT

 WAKEFIELD — Principals briefed the School Committee on their progress in meeting goals in their acronym-loaded School Improvement Plans at a meeting Tuesday, June 9. “We focus on access points for all students and how we can use these things to benefit all students,” Greenwood Elementary School Principal Tiffany Back said during a joint…

Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on June 12, 2026

That the flag of the United States shall be of thirteen stripes of alternate red and white, with a union of thirteen stars of white in a blue field, representing the new constellation.

— Resolution adopted by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777.

Sunday…

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD — One hundred twenty four out of 265 7th graders entered the Math 7 Extended (M7E…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The ongoing review of Town Council policies continued this week as the board looked at its Bench and Structure Policy, Public Participation Policy and its policy governing the use of the Common and other areas around the Lake for celebrations, fundraisers and other organized events or gatherings.

The purpose of…