Wakefield News

First responders in Wakefield, as well as crews from the Municipal Gas and Light Department, spent the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday handling several calls for service as a dangerous winter storm brought significant snowfall, strong thunderstorms and blustery winds to the northeastern U.S.

While the precipitation this morning in Wakefield was rain — and a…

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Fire Department announced today that the annual open burning season started on Saturday, January 15, 2022 and will continue until Sunday, May 1, 2022. Open burning is allowed each year by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and supervised by the local municipal fire departments.

In order to burn in…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The School Committee this week got a look at a dozen different options for the Wakefield Memorial High School building project, ranging from renovation of the current building to new construction.

In December of 2020, the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) invited Wakefield to collaborate in conducting a feasibility study…

Having endured two previous School Department “forums” on the Warrior logo, my expectations were not high for last week’s “Warrior Logo Community Forum.”

Somehow, it still managed to disappoint.

For one thing, it was held via Zoom, which hinders participation by the less technically adept while favoring a demographic more comfortable with technology. If you…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Town Council voted this week to approve Wakefield’s “Vision 2030 Statement,” but there was dissent on some of the statement’s particulars.

“Vision 2030” was a community visioning-for-planning process that the town of Wakefield embarked on to provide an opportunity for community input into developing and prioritizing community goals. Communities…