THIS HOUSE at the corner of Main Street and Wave Avenue was tastefully illuminated for the holidays back in 1947. At the time, it was owned by Albert Lane, a prominent local automobile dealer. Built about 1930, this lakeside colonial style home looks much the same today as it did when this photo was taken
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PICTURED FROM THE left: Wendy Maguire, Fire Chief Michael Sullivan, Frank Fiorentino, Barbara Worley, Paul Adams, Joie Gerrish, Suzanne Bowering, Jill McWilliam and Amy Luckiewicz.
WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Rotary Club recently announced the election of its new officers and directors at its Annual Meeting. The club elects new leadership each year in accordance with…
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Note: Gail Lowe, a reporter and columnist for our family of community newspapers, wrote a holiday story each year. This is her last one, written in the days before she passed away on December 7.
Before Elise Auclair sets out for the shores of Lake Quannapowitt on this late Sunday afternoon…
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THE “TOPPING OFF” ceremony for the new Wakefield Memorial High School building took place last Friday. The topping off ceremony is a tradition and a milestone in building construction projects that signifies the placement of the final structural beam and the completion of the building’s structural framework. The Bond Construction team invited students and…
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WAKEFIELD — The Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General has declined to review an Open Meeting Law complaint related to Town Meeting filed earlier this year by Scot McCauley of Walden Road.
Assistant Attorney General Carrie Benedon responded to McCauley’s complaint in a Dec. 17, 2024 letter.
In…
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WAKEFIELD — Solect Energy of Hopkinton has been awarded the contract to install solar panels and related equipment on the roof of the Galvin Middle School. The contract was approved unanimously by the Town Council this week.
The project consists of the installation of a 420kW photovoltaic (solar panel) system on the…
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THE WAKEFIELD GARDEN Club’s Civic Better Committee recently brought holiday cheer to the Welcome to Wakefield sign at the corner of Main, Salem and Church streets. Pictured from the left decorating the sign with symbols of the season are Nancy McCarthy, Diane Kelley, Amy Brennan and Ellen Hennessy.
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“THE GREATEST AND PRETTIEST Christmas illumination in the history of the town,” was how the Dec. 16, 1940 Daily Item described this downtown light display. Nineteen cables carrying 2,500 colored lights extended from Water Street to the Rockery. Five additional strands spanned Albion Street from Main Street to the Item Building, for a total of
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THE “TOPPING OFF” ceremony for the new Wakefield Memorial High School building took place last Friday. The topping off ceremony is a tradition and a milestone in building construction projects that signifies the placement of the final structural beam and the completion of the building’s structural framework. The Bond Construction team invited students and
