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MBTA Zoning 2023

Working Group backs larger multi-family zoning plan

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – Despite acknowledging that most of the residents they heard from opposed it, the MBTA Communities Working Group will recommend a by-right multifamily zoning district that significantly exceeds what is required by the state in terms of both size and residential density allowed. 

At last week’s meeting, Planning Board member…

 

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Foggy night

AFTER AN unseasonably warm Christmas Day, street lamps and colored bulbs on the Rockery tree shone through the dense gray fog that swallowed Main Street. (John Leone Photo)

 

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Front Page: December 22, 2023

 

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Decking the house with lights

EACH YEAR GLENN Sletterink takes a week off of work to decorate his Wakefield home in Christmas lights making it look better than the last year. Swing by Brook Ave., off of Water St. and check out the awesome house in lights.

 

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ZBA not happy with Nahant Street plan 

By MARK SARDELLA 

WAKEFIELD – A proposal to build a five story, 100-unit 40B affordable housing project on Nahant Street got a chilly reception from the Zoning Board of Appeals at its most recent meeting.

Attorney Jason Panos represented “The Residences at Nahant LLC,” a proposed 40B project on a 1.72-acre parcel that encompasses properties numbered 0…

 

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Local officials press for more tax relief

By ALISON KUZNITZ

State House News Service

BOSTON — Decrying the state’s waning economic competitiveness and impacts of a voter-approved surtax on wealthy households, municipal officials pleaded with Beacon Hill lawmakers Thursday to pursue broader tax cuts in the new year.

Broad-based tax cuts and municipal reimbursements that could help lower property taxes were among…

 

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Front Page: December 21, 2023

 

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Snow Plow Naming Contest 2023

The arrival of Queen Elsa

Snow Plow Naming Contest 2023
L-R: DENNIS DWYER, Highway Division Foreman; Paul Lord, Highway Division Heavy Equipment Operator; Kris Ahern, Highway Division Foreman; Ada Vedral, winner of contest; Joe Conway, Public Works Director; and Lou Perriello, Highway Division Supervisor

WAKEFIELD — Preschooler Ada Vedral had quite a delivery to her home on Wednesday. Ada is the winner of Wakefield’s first

 

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MBTA Zoning 2023

Many down on T zoning mandate

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Planning Board’s third and final public forum on the town’s plan to comply with the state’s mandated multi-family zoning district drew more criticism along with some support from local residents.

In 2020, the Massachusetts Zoning Act (Section 3A of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40A) was amended to promote the production…

 

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Wakefield Chamber of Commerce holds a networking social

THE WAKEFIELD AREA Chamber of Commerce recently held a networking social at Rada Boutique’s Wakefield located at 394 Main St. hosted by owner Rada Frohlichstein, 3rd from left. Many Chamber Directors, members and customers attended the networking as Rada celebrated her 19th year in business. 

 

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Front Page: December 20, 2023

 

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WMHS project on schedule

By NEIL ZOLOT
WAKEFIELD –  The project for the new High School is proceeding on time and on budget, SMMA architect Brian Black told the School Committee at their meeting Tuesday, Dec. 12. “There’s a lot of pressure to get things open on time, but there’s a lot of people working very hard on it,” he

 

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