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Front Page: October 29, 2024

 

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News 2024

Watch out for smoky conditions

News 2024
SMOKE FILLED THE AIR during this drive down New Salem Street this morning. (Mark Sardella Photo)

WAKEFIELD — As Wakefield firefighters helped with a brush fire at Cedar Glen Golf Course off Water Street in Saugus yesterday, the town reminded people to heed warnings issued because of extremely dry conditions. 

Brush fires along the…

 

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Photo 2024

Quite revealing

Photo 2024
LAKE QUANNAPOWITT’S RECEDING water line due to the lack of rain during the short-term drought in August/September. (Robert Pushkar Photo).

 

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Front Page: October 28, 2024

 

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Communities Act MBTA 2024

Delegation secures road safety grant

Crosswalk (Item File Photograph)

BOSTON — State Senator Jason Lewis and State Representatives Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Donald Wong announce that the Wakefield Police Department received a $39,536 Municipal Road Safety grant administered by the state’s Executive Office of Grants and Research with funding awarded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 

This grant will be…

 

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Photo Halloween 2024

Carriage for two

Photo Halloween 2024
ONE OF THE carved pumpkins on display in front of the library last Thursday depicted a romantic scene. The Wakefield Memorial High School Visual Arts Department annually presents Pumpkins on the Plaza on the steps of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library. (Paola Contini Photo)

 

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Front Page: October 25, 2024

 

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Marching Band 2024

Welcome marching bands to Wakefield for a NESBA Competition!

Marching Band 2024
WAKEFIELD MARCHING BAND (Laura DeGiacomo Photo)

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield is set to host the biggest event of the season for the New England Scholastic Band Association  (NESBA) by welcoming marching bands from across the region to compete this Saturday at Landrigan Field. The day-long event will start with Division I performances at 3:30 p.m…

 

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Nahant Street 2024

ZBA hears changes to Nahant St. 40B plans

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — A controversial 40B project proposed for 119 Nahant St. has been reduced from 100 units to 80 units and the developer has made some other changes to the site plan in an effort to gain approval from the Zoning Boar of Appeals. 

The applicant’s attorney was not at this…

 

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Front Page: October 24, 2024

 

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Throwback Thursday 2024 and 1930

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday 2024 and 1930
A YOUNG BOY stands on the Upper Common (now Veterans Memorial Common) in 1930. Nearby is the Soldiers and Sailors Monument and the two cannons. In the background is the First Parish Congregational Church.

 

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Wakefield Town Hall 2023 November

Planning for future town leadership

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — A succession plan for two senior members of the Town Hall administrative team continues to be an active topic of discussion by the Town Council.

Town Accountant Kevin Gill has said that he plans to retire no later than June 2026. Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio’s current contract expires at…

 

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