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Car crashes top police news

December 5, 2024

WAKEFIELD — No injuries were reported but one vehicle had to be towed after a Wakefield woman veered off Old Nahant Road and crashed her 1996 Toyota Corolla into a utility pole at about 7:45 yesterday morning. The Light Department was called to check on the pole.

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At around 9:45 a.m. yesterday, a caller…

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Front Page: December 4, 2024

December 4, 2024

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HRC: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Service 2025 Award nomination deadline

December 4, 2024

THIS PHOTO of Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is courtesy of WBUR.

WAKEFIELD — We invite you to take this opportunity to recognize those in our community who have made significant, tangible and meaningful contributions that promote civil and human rights in Wakefield or anywhere in the world.

The Dr…

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Common lighting Friday

December 4, 2024

XMAS Tree 2024 — FROSTY THE SNOWMAN and friends. Wakefield’s traditional lighting of the Christmas lights on the Common is scheduled for Friday, December 6 at 7 p.m. with Christmas music to begin at 6:30 p.m. The annual event is sponsored by Wakefield Center Neighborhood Association.

WAKEFIELD — Mark Friday evening on your calendars! Wakefield’s traditional lighting of the…

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Front Page: December 3, 2024

December 3, 2024

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O Christmas Tree!

December 3, 2024

A SURE SIGN that the holidays are here is the installation of the town Christmas tree at The Rockery. DPW employees were making final adjustments after lowering the tree into place yesterday. The blue spruce came from Mark Matuszewski on Davey Lane. It was decorated with lights this morning. In a related note, the Wakefield Center…

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Midnight visit draws police attention

December 3, 2024

WAKEFIELD – Police are investigating after a Richardson Street man called at about 11:45 last night to report that a teenage boy had attempted to enter his daughter’s bedroom window.

According to police, when confronted by the father, the youth said that he knew the daughter and then left the area…

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Front Page, December 2, 2024

December 2, 2024

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Middlesex Concert Band’s Holiday Concert set for Dec. 15

December 2, 2024

Middlesex Concert 2024

WAKEFIELD — Join the Middlesex Concert Band for its annual Holiday Concert which will take place Sunday, Dec. 15 at 3 p.m. at Galvin Middle School Auditorium, 525 Main St. The concert is free and open to the public.

The band will perform many memorable pieces, such as “The Night Before Christmas…

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School Committee gets a SEPAC update

December 2, 2024

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – In an emotional statement of gratitude, School Committee member Eileen Colleran thanked the Special Education Parents Advisory Council (SEPAC) for support after her daughter was diagnosed on the autism spectrum, at the School Committee meeting Tuesday, November 26.

“Ever since then I’ve felt a connection with the SEPAC,” she…