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Gourmet cheese shop coming to Water Street

THIS NEW mixed-use building at 184 Water St. is ready for occupancy. The first floor will be home to a business called “Life. Love. Cheese.” Seven residential units fill out the upper two floors. (Mark Sardella Photo)

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The town will soon have its first gourmet cheese shop since the 1970s…

 

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Honor a veteran with granite paver

WAKEFIELD – A granite paver on the Veterans’ Walk of Remembrance on Wakefield’s Veterans’ Memorial Common is a unique way to honor or memorialize a veteran or active service member this holiday season. 

The Veterans’ Walk of Remembrance around the World War II memorial honors and recognizes the service of all veterans. A granite…

 

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No Item tomorrow or Friday

WAKEFIELD — Tomorrow we celebrate Thanksgiving, a federal holiday. A lot of us who normally work will have the day off to enjoy ourselves.

There will be no trash or recycling pick up on Thanksgiving.

Town Hall and the Beebe Library will be closed.

Schools began their Thanksgiving break today.

Federal offices and courts will…

 

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Front Page: November 26, 2024

 

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SDOI 2024

A virtual trip to ‘bella Napoli’

SDOI 2024
THE LODGE DELIVERED a donation to the Holiday Shop. (Courtesy Photo)

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Sons & Daughters of Italy learned about the finer points of Naples from “The Traveling Librarian” Jeff Klapes. 

 At their November meeting, Jeff Klapes shared his recent experience traveling solo around Naples, Italy. He provided photos, stories and recommendations…

 

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Public Safety News 2024

Pleasant St. family displaced after house fire

Public Safety News 2024
FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED a two-alarm fire at the corner of Lowell and Pleasant streets late yesterday morning. All residents were safely evacuated but will be displaced as a result of fire and water damage to the home. (Victor Silvestri Photo)

WAKEFIELD — Quick action by a member of the Wakefield Fire Department who happened to be…

 

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Front Page: November 25, 2024

 

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January 30, 2024 Front Page Story Also ZBA story July 2, 2024

Clock ticking for Nahant Street 40B plan

January 30, 2024 Front Page Story Also ZBA story July 2, 2024
Proposed site of a 40B (File Photo)

By MARK SARDELLA 

WAKEFIELD – Size matters, especially when it comes to the 40B affordable housing project planned at 119 Nahant St., the former site of Precision Honing. 

Time is also a factor, with the ZBA facing a Dec. 31 deadline to wrap up hearings on the project. …

 

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Molise Main Street 2024

Town Council irked with slow pace of rehab project

Molise Main Street 2024
THE TOWN COUNCIL is frustrated with the slow pace of the redevelopment of this property at 460-472 Main St. (Mark Sardella Photo)

BY MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Town Council is frustrated with what they see as a lack of progress in redeveloping 460-466 and 472 Main St, the former site of Ristorante Molise.

The…

 

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Front Page: November 21, 2024

 

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Council spars over flag requests

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Requests to fly flags from the second flagpole at the American Civic Center continue to spark controversy as tensions flared again over the issue at this week’s Town Council meeting.

In accordance with the Town Council’s Policy on the use of flagpoles on town property, Councilor Robert Vincent presented several…

 

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Throwback Thursday

THE HIBERNIAN BUILDING on the east corner of Albion and Foster streets (shown in 1931 and today) may look nondescript, but it has a long and storied history. 

It was was originally part of the Samuel Wiley homestead, built around 1795 at the south corner of Main and Albion streets. The altered and expanded…

 

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