Wakefield News

More PSB money OK’d

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Regular Town Meeting overwhelmingly approved an additional $2.5 million for the expansion and renovation of the Public Safety building, but not before some questions were raised and some token opposition was mounted at Saturday morning’s session.

The additional funds will supplement the $9.6 million approved at the June 2020 Annual…

 

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PHOTO: November color

ON A BRIGHT and crisp autumn afternoon, Lake Quannapowitt’s calm water reflects blue-sky wispy clouds and trees not quite ready to surrender their leaves to the fall. (Photo by John Leone)

 

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TM tomorrow at 8 a.m.

By MARK SARDELLA

 

WAKEFIELD — Voters will be facing just nine articles when Regular Town Meeting convenes at 8 a.m. tomorrow in the Wakefield Memorial High School field house at 60 Farm St.

In addition to socially distant indoor seating, voters can also take advantage of outdoor seating with audio and visual feed. Masks…

 

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Yard waste pickup tomorrow

WAKEFIELD — The second of three 2021 curbside yard waste collection events sponsored by the DPW will be tomorrow, November 6.

Yard waste must be curbside before 7 a.m. in biodegradable paper bags or barrels. No plastic bags will be collected.

Residents are urged to cut branches into 3-foot lengths or less and tie them…

 

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Front Page: November 5, 2021

 

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PHOTO: Time of the season

TREES IN LAKESIDE CEMETERY show off their autumn color. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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Front Page: November 4, 2021

 

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Honorable mention

It leapt out at me as I drove past the marquee sign in front of the high school.

NO SCHOOL

NOV 11

I wasn’t annoyed so much as bemused. I took a picture and posted it on Facebook with the light-hearted comment, “Did they run out of letters?”

The responses from the local “Kindness is…

 

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GBSC’s ‘Misgivings’ a perfect antidote for pandemic malaise

FATHER PATRICK ALOYSIUS MISGIVINGS is played by stand-up comic and radio talk show host David Kane. (Courtesy Photo)

 

By GAIL LOWE

STONEHAM—For 90 minutes last Saturday night, laughter bounced off Greater Boston Stage Company’s walls when stand-up comic Dave Kane took on the persona of old Irish Catholic priest Father Patrick Aloysius Misgivings.

The…

 

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Front Page: November 3, 2021

 

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State reps. on ARPA funds and Wakefield

BOSTON — Representatives Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D-Melrose) and Donald Wong (R-Saugus) joined their colleagues in the state House of Representatives on Friday, October 29, to pass a $3.82 billion dollar spending package that would make critical investments with money received from the federal government’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and state surplus revenue.

During deliberations on the bill…

 

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PHOTO: Live from the Artisan Affair

GREGORY HILLER of Hiller’s Silver Studio plays folk tunes on his guitar in between talking with customers about how he creates his hand-crafted jewelry during last month’s Artisan Affair and Marketplace held in the Wakefield Item press room. (Maureen Doherty Photo)

 

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