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Residents weigh in at final Master Plan forum

THE HURD SCHOOL

By Neil Zolot

WAKEFIELD – Over forty people tuned into the fourth and final Master Plan video-conference public forum on Wednesday, Feb. 1, sponsored by the Planning Board and Office of Community and Economic Development. 

The forums, dating back to April, were conducted by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) and designed…

 

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Good morning

THIS MORNING’S SUNRISE on Water Street. (Frank Conte Photo)

 

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Meeting expectations 

By MARK SARDELLA

There were few surprises at last Saturday’s Special Town Meeting, other than the fact that the start was delayed 45 minutes to allow several hundred people to stroll in fashionably late. 

Who could have known that this much-anticipated and highly promoted Special Town Meeting would attract such a crowd? And you can hardly…

 

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Special Election on new high school set for March 11 

WAKEFIELD — In a two-minute special meeting held via Zoom at 9 a.m. today, the Town Council voted unanimously to schedule a Special Election on March 11 for citizens to vote on the proposal to build a new Wakefield Memorial High School at a cost of $273.7 million. 

The election will take place at the…

 

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Front Page: February 2, 2023

 

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Downtown flags

THE FLAGS at the Post office and Beebe Library wave in the bright afternoon sun. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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Decision on North Ave. 40B expected Feb. 8

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals is expected to render a decision at its Feb. 8 meeting on the planned 40B affordable housing project at 596 North Ave. The 36-unit residential dwelling would be located at 596 North Ave., just north of the Knights of Columbus building.

At recent meetings, the board…

 

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Front Page: February 1, 2023

 

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Winter in Wakefield

LENNIE MALVONE recently took this photo of the snow in Wakefield.

 

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Plans for bank site tweaked 

A RESTAURANT is planned for the lower level of the former bank building at 369 Main St., with five residential units above. Part of the same project is a new, three story, 15-unit residential building in the rear, as seen in this artist’s rendering showing a view from Chestnut Street.

 

By MARK SARDELLA 

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Front Page: January 31, 2023

 

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New High School Plan passes Town Meeting

A CROWD of 1,325 people attended Saturday’s Special Town Meeting. (Mark Sardella Photo)

By MARK SARDELLA 

 WAKEFIELD — The proposed plan to build a new Wakefield Memorial High School at a cost of $273.5 million will now go to a Special Election on March 11 after 1,231 pro-high school voters packed Saturday’s Special Town Meeting…

 

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