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Town: Personnel prepared for tragedies

June 2, 2022

The following is a statement from the town regarding training preparedness for incidents like the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

The tragic event that occurred in Uvalde, Texas at the Robb Elementary School, as well as other mass shootings, have left people across the nation with questions regarding their own community’s safety. We’d like…

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PHOTO: Always remember

June 2, 2022

GRAVE SITES at the Lakeside Cemetery on Memorial Day 2022. (Photo by C.MacImages/Advanced Imaging)

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PHOTO: Green day

June 1, 2022

CYANOBACTERIA (aka blue-green algae) has turned Lake Quannapowitt a deep shade of green much earlier than usual this year, as this scene at the head of the Lake shows. (Mark Sardella Photo)

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Merry Eldridge reflects on 39 years as Hartshorne House director

June 1, 2022

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD—Wakefield resident Merry Eldridge recently stepped down from her role as a director of the Colonel James Hartshorne House on Church Street. She had served in this capacity for the past 39 years.

Merry took time away from her daily routine to reflect on the service she gave to town…

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Wakefield honors fallen heroes

May 31, 2022

JOHN PEACH (right) accepted the Medal of Liberty on behalf of his brother, Chester Peach, a Wakefield resident who was killed in action while serving on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Pacific during World War II. Presenting the medal is Wakefield Veterans Services Officer David Mangan. (Mark Sardella Photo)

BY MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield…

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Memorial Day events Monday

May 27, 2022

WAKEFIELD — Annual Memorial Day ceremonies begin Monday morning at Moulton Park, hosted by the West Side Social Club, and end following a 1 p.m. town observance at the Galvin Middle School.

At Moulton beginning promptly at 10 a.m., emcee William Bloom III will start the West Side’s annual remembrance of those neighborhood men and…

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PHOTO: Purple haze

May 27, 2022

A STUNNING RHODODENDRON grows on Salem Street. (Mark Sardella Photo)

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Two honored for work on fallen letter carrier

May 26, 2022

THE DPW’S Elton Sawyer (left) and John Couture.

DPW employees went into lifesaving mode

WAKEFIELD – Wakefield Department of Public Works employees John Couture and Elton Sawyer recently received the 2022 Public Works First Responder Award from New England APWA (American Public Works Association).