FIREFIGHTERS open up the roof of a garage at 63 Oak St. yesterday morning. (Craig Mertens Photo)
WAKEFIELD — Wakefield firefighters under the command of Captain John Walsh responded to a reported garage fire at 63 Oak St. just before 10:30 yesterday morning.
Firefighters arrived to find moderate amounts of smoke coming from a detached…
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WAKEFIELD – The Town will pull out of the regional Veterans Service District that it is currently part of in favor of funding a full-time Veterans Service Officer dedicated to Wakefield. The move came last week as the Town Council approved five departmental budgets for FY2026.
Assistant Town Administrator/Chief Financial Officer Kevin…
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THE QUIET CEDAR COURT NEIGHBORHOOD came to life with high-energy music played by The Familiar Strangers during Porchfest 2024. (File Photograph)
With the exception of an isolated incident in Greenwood, last year’s Porchfest was a huge success. The late summer day was a perfect one for musicians from the area to play to appreciative crowds…
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WAKEFIELD — The Town Council this week approved six public works-related funding articles for the May 5 Annual Town Meeting.
A seventh article to fund the proposed $2,152,966 FY2026 capital budget was tabled until the April 14 Town Council meeting at the request of Capital Planning Committee Chairman Phil Renzi.
Renzi explained that…
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PICTURED FROM THE left 1st row: Samuel Dalby, Jacob Wagner and Matthew Meahl; pictured from the left 2nd row: Tommy LaSpina, June Paglierani, Avery Viscardi-Bankert, Quinn Kelley, Ellen McChalicher and Nolan Arnold; pictured from the left 3rd row: Jason Barry, Carter Butterworth, Colin Briggs and Cole Kittredge; pictured from the left 4th row: Noah Merawi,
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WAKEFIELD — Save the date! Wakefield Porchfest is returning for a second year on Saturday, September 6. Following 2024’s widely successful inaugural Porchfest event, the Wakefield Porchfest Committee is excited to bring back this town-wide celebration of live local music.
Wakefield Porchfest 2025 will take place on September 6 from 12 to 6 p.m. in…
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Wakefield School Committee Meeting, March 25, 2025 (WCAT Screenshot)
School start debate continues
By NEIL ZOLOT
WAKEFIELD – The School Committee approved its Fiscal 2026 budget ask for Town Meeting, but tabled action on changing school start times, at their meeting Tuesday.
The proposed budget request is $55,425,161, a 5.94 percent increase over the $52,319,699…
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Today’s “Women in Women” profile spotlights Ida Louise Farr Miller. Born in Littleton, NH in 1863, Ida Louise counted among her ancestors two different presidents of Harvard College. Since her father was a NH Congressman, she spent part of her childhood in Washington DC and…
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