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Seniors to Seniors 2025

Seniors to Seniors seeks participants

Seniors to Seniors 2025
LAST YEAR’S PARTICIPANTS in the cross-generational Seniors to Seniors project. Seniors to Seniors 2025 kicks off on March 5 with an interview session from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wakefield Senior Center. Please sign up if interested.

WAKEFIELD — Seniors to Seniors is a cross-generational event that brings high school seniors and seniors in our community together…

 

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Front Page: February 7, 2025

 

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School progress

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THIS IS THE VIEW of the new Wakefield Memorial High School construction site as seen from behind the Woodville School. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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Should school start later?

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – Starting classes at the high school 45 to 60 minutes later than the current time of 7:30 a.m. will affect after school programs and activities in and out of the schools, according to a panel at the third community meeting on the matter convened by Superintendent Doug Lyons Wednesday, February…

 

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Front Page: February 6, 2025

 

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Throwback Thursday: Building a high school one century ago

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WHAT A DIFFERENCE a century makes. Compare the technology currently being used to construct the new high school on Farm Street to this photo from 1921 showing the ground being prepared for the new Wakefield High School on the Main Street site of the old Cyrus Wakefield estate. A steam shovel was used to fill

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Lawmakers: WFD getting safety equipment grant

BOSTON — State Senator Jason Lewis and State Representatives Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Donald Wong are pleased to announce that the Wakefield Fire Department will be receiving a $18,916 state grant to purchase new safety equipment to protect their firefighters through the Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program.

Fire departments across Massachusetts are able to utilize this…

 

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Front Page: February 5, 2025

 

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WMGLD Energy Park is on its way

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THE FUTURE HOME of the WMGLD Energy Park on Hemlock Rd.

WAKEFIELD — Work is progressing on the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (WMGLD) Energy Park on Hemlock Rd. with much of the land cleared, the retaining wall built and the cornerstone laid. The Energy Park which will be interconnected to the WMGLD electric…

 

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Public forums set for local ADU bylaw

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“Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Types” by Joiedevivre123321 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — As of this week, accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are allowed by right in single-family zoning districts across most of Massachusetts, under a law Gov. Maura Healey signed in August.

The Wakefield Planning Board and Senior Planner Samantha…

 

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Front Page: February 4, 2025

 

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Local man recognized for saving life at Logan Airport

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ROB LaVITA (second from right in front) with fellow CBP officers and Massport leadership (back L-R) Chief Security Officer Hank Shaw, Aviation Director Ed Freni, CEO Rich Davey, Fire Chief Joe DeGrace, Mass State Police Major (Troop F) Dante Demarco.

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) last Tuesday, January 28, awarded Wakefield resident Rob…

 

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