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Civil War Flag to be exhibited during Rededication Day

April 7, 2025

WAKEFIELD — A Civil War era American flag, picked up at the retreat from the second Battle of Bull Run will be exhibited at the Wakefield History Museum in a new exhibit opening…

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Opening Day flyover in Wakefield

April 7, 2025

THOMAS DePRIZIO TOOK this photo Friday at Lake Quannapowitt as a pair of F-35A Lightning II jets from the 134th Fighter Squadron of the Vermont Air National Guard and a KC-46A Pegasus Aerial Refueler from Pease Air National Guard Base in Portsmouth, NH prepare to fly over Fenway Park at the end of the National

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Front Page: April 4, 2025

April 4, 2025

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New business coming to downtown

April 4, 2025

GONG CHA TEA is slated to move into this space next to Charm in the Square. (Mark Sardella Photo)

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — A long-vacant downtown storefront will soon be filled by a popular, internationally-known franchise after the Zoning board of Appeals approved the necessary permits to allow Gong Cha Tea, Inc. to operate…

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Front Page: April 3, 2025

April 3, 2025

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Throwback Thursday, then and now

April 3, 2025

LONG BEFORE The Farmland, Shaw’s or any other local supermarkets, Reid’s Market at 73 Albion Street (shown above in a 1940 photo) served the town’s grocery needs. When it closed its doors for good on May 14, 1960, it was the second-oldest business in Wakefield, after Hartshorne Insurance. Reid’s Market was established in 1875 by…

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Learn about town’s housing goals April 9

April 3, 2025

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield has been developing an updated Housing Production Plan (HPP) Plan. An HPP in Massachusetts is a plan that helps municipalities better understand local housing needs and demand, development constraints and opportunities and a vision for the future preservation of housing and the creation of new housing opportunities. During Advisory Committee meetings and…

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Front Page: April 2, 2025

April 2, 2025

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Local firefighters in 2025 Fight for Air Climb

April 2, 2025

This was submitted by Lt. Sean Curran, captain of the WFD Stairclimb Team

WAKEFIELD — On Saturday, March 29 the Wakefield Fire Department Stairclimb Team participated in the 2025 American Lung Association’s Fight for Air Climb-Boston. The team last participated in 2019. This was the team’s first time back at the event since it was…

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Big step for Rail Trail project

April 2, 2025

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – One of the most frequently asked questions around town in recent years has been, “What’s going on with the Rail Trail?”

That question was answered in part at last week’s Town Council meeting, as the board authorized Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio to sign a long-awaited “Alternative Transportation Corridor Lease…