Wakefield News

By KATIE CASTELLANI
State House News Service

BOSTON — The Massachusetts unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a point to 4.5% in May, while employers reported 2,900 fewer jobs last month.

The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development on Monday also publicly adjusted its estimates of…

The following was submitted by Leila Migliorelli, candidate for State Representative, 32nd Middlesex District.

Massachusetts is an incredible place to live, raise a family, work, and retire. We are fortunate to have vibrant and engaged communities. Small businesses remain the backbone of our local economies. Despite the headwinds from the federal government, our universities, hospitals…

SALEM — Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) today announced that he has secured over $12.1 million for 16 community improvement projects in the initial mark-up of FY2027 Appropriations legislation.

Under guidelines issued by the House Appropriations Committee, each Representative is allowed to request funding for a limited number of projects in their districts. Projects…

WAKEFIELD — On Wednesday, June 17, the Mystic Runners awarded their annual scholarships to six graduating seniors from the surrounding community before the club’s weekly race around Lake Quannapowitt.

The Mystic Runners’ awarded local…

Today is the last one of the 2025-26 school year in Wakefield. Students and those who teach them have earned a great summer away from the classroom.

In a lot of those rooms in the local school system and in classes across the country are the unsung educational heroes known as paraprofessionals. These dedicated educators…

WAKEFIELD — Five graduates of Saint Joseph School received Special Appreciation Awards from the school:

The Saint Joseph School Art Award: Presented to an eighth grader…

WAKEFIELD — A representative of a New Salem Street business called police at about 5:15 p.m. yesterday to report a female acquaintance for trespassing and said that she had also used one of the business accounts to purchase tires. Police are investigating.

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Yesterday at about 4 p.m., a caller reported a possibly intoxicated man…