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Planners eye process for renaming a street

By NEIL ZOLOT

 

WAKEFIELD – The Planning Board is preparing a Proposed Street Name Change Bylaw for Town Meeting “to adopt a new Article V of Chapter 175 of the General Bylaws, to be entitled ‘Street Names and Numbers.’”

Why do this now?

“Someone approached Town Hall and asked if there was a process…

 

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WMGLD crew head down to Florida to join the restoration efforts

WMGLD LINEWORKERS Ralph Brown (center) and Nick DiPietro (second from right) and Superintendent Paul Redmond (right)  along with their counterparts from Peabody Light, Reading Municipal Light Department and Danvers Electric will join other NEPPA and APPA crews in Florida in the next few days. 

WAKEFIELD — American Public Power Association mutual aid crews from…

 

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Hazardous household waste collected Saturday

WAKEFIELD — On Saturday, October 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the towns of Wakefield and Reading will co-host a household hazardous waste collection. This event will be held in the front driveway of Wakefield Memorial High School at 60 Farm St.

This event is for residents of Reading and Wakefield; please bring proof of…

 

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Front Page: September 29, 2022

 

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Info on new WMHS plan presented at forum

AN ARTIST’S RENDERING of the planned new Wakefield Memorial High School viewed from Farm Street. The new school would be built on the current site of the Shaun F. Beasley Track & Field. The track and field would be re-built where the old high school currently sits.

 

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Last night’s…

 

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Front Page: September 28, 2022

 

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Plans for Water St. site discussed

PLANS TO redevelop this Water Street site were unveiled at a recent Zoning Board of Appeals hearing. The current use (top photo) would be replaced with a three-story, mixed-use residential/commercial building (bottom).

 

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The latest mixed-use project to be proposed in a business/industrial area calls for a contaminated site at…

 

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Downtown bank rehab plans tweaked

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Based on feedback at a previous Board of Appeals meeting, the new owner of the currently vacant former Santander Bank/Wakefield Trust Company building at 369 Main St. has modified his plans for a mixed-use development on the site.

William Thibeault recently purchased the property, including the building and the parking…

 

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Front Page: September 26, 2022

 

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SC okays new pact with Doug Lyons

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – The School Committee approved a new contract and raise for Superintendent Doug Lyons at their meeting Tuesday, September 20. He was given a new four-year contract that will start next July 1 and a raise from $188,752 to $202,500, effective this fiscal year, July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023…

 

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Front Page: September 23, 2022

 

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