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TM starts tonight

May 5, 2025

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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Front Page: May 2, 2025

May 2, 2025

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Walk this way

May 2, 2025

THE FLORAL WAY on Church St. shows its colors. (Mark Sardella Photo)

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WMHS has accreditation renewed

May 2, 2025

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – The New England Association of Schools and Colleges has renewed accreditation for Wakefield Memorial High School. “It speaks to the work everyone has done to get us to this point,” high school Principal Amy McLeod said at the School Committee meeting Tuesday, April 29. “It was a lot of work over the last two years,” a reference to…

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WMHS students get on-the-job opportunities

May 2, 2025

Ben Hickey is interning at the Wakefield Daily Item.

By BEN HICKEY

WAKEFIELD — The future is now at Wakefield Memorial High School.

In the fall of 2024, all seniors attending WMHS were sent an email by the head of the guidance department, David Robinson, regarding the senior internship program. The idea was that any…

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May 1, 2025

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Throwback Thursday 1941

May 1, 2025

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Council race takes shape

May 1, 2025

WAKEFIELD — The race apparently is on for an open seat on the Town Council.

Yesterday, Fox Road’s Gerard Leeman took out nomination papers for the position vacated when Ed Dombroski was elected Town Treasurer on April 22. Samuel Hockenbury of Emerson Street took out nomination papers Tuesday.

The Town Council voted Monday to hold…

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Front Page: April 30, 2025

April 30, 2025

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MBTA celebrates Autism Acceptance month

April 30, 2025

MBTA 2025 — YOUTH ACROSS MA help the MBTA share announcements as part of the Autism Transit Project. (Courtesy photograph, MBTA)

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is taking part in the Autism Transit Project for the second year. The Project is an initiative that empowers children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to create public service…