Wakefield News

Town Council notebook

By MARK SARDELLA 

WAKEFIELD — The long-awaited rehabilitation of the former Ristorante Molise building at 460 Main St. is apparently moving forward, as the owners have hired local zoning and land-use attorney Brian McGrail and a development team has been assembled, including an architect and an engineer.

Town Administrator Stephen P.…

WAKEFIELD — On December 15, the community is invited to take tours of Wakefield Memorial High School and attend an info session on the school’s building project. The conversation will dive deeper into the budget and the scope of the project. Residents will hear from members of the school administration, the Permanent Building Committee, the…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — A proposed policy aimed at addressing how the local tax levy is set is under consideration by the Town Council.

Councilor Jonathan Chines, who drafted the policy along with Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio, said this week that the purpose of the policy was to create guidance for current and future…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The town of Stoneham has joined Wakefield and Melrose in the intermunicipal agreement under which all three communities will now share certain services and costs associated with a common Health and Human Services Department. Wakefield and the city of Melrose have shared health department services for a number of years…