Wakefield News

Published in the April 20, 2021 edition.

WAKEFIELD — To help inform voters ahead of the April 27 Town Election, the Daily Item posed two questions to the candidates running for Town Council and two questions to those running for School Committee. We will be running their responses in four installments this week.

We begin…

Published in the April 19, 2021 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Rosemarie Galvin will be the new Director of Special Education for the Wakefield Public Schools. The School Committee last week approved Superintendent Douglas Lyons recommendation that Galvin be appointed to fill the position.

Lyons said that Galvin is currently Director of Special Education…

Published in the April 16, 2021 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Town Council this week made a number of appointments and re-appointments to various town boards.

Christopher M. Tarr was re-appointed to the Advisory Board of Public Works.

Christopher J. Carino, Kathy Frey and Douglas Henning were re-appointed to the Albion Cultural Exchange Committee. Annmarie Gallivan…

Published in the April 15, 2021 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield’s legislative delegation visited the Town Council Monday night to provide some updates on recent developments on Beacon Hill. State Sen. Jason Lewis, Rep. Donald Wong and Rep. Kate Lipper-Grabedian appeared at the meeting via Zoom.

Lewis led off and did most of…

Published April 14, 2021

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — In response to an incident on Sunday involving an outside group displaying a “White Lives Matter” banner on Main Street near the Common, the Town Council on Monday issued a proclamation condemning “all incidents of hate speech and racially motivated violence both in Wakefield and across…

Published in the April 13, 2021 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Town Engineer Bill Renault expressed cautious hope that the Broadway commuter rail crossing could be re-opened soon, while at the same time acknowledging that previous optimism has not produced the desired speedy result.

He reminded the Town Council last night that he has…