Wakefield News

Published in the March 11, 2021 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The School Department is requesting a $45,703,200 budget  for Fiscal Year 2022, which begins on July 1. The budget represents an increase of $2,126,541 (4.88 percent) over the current year.

School Superintendent Douglas Lyons and his administrative team presented their proposed budget to School…

Published March 10, 2021

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — After a recent decline, Wakefield’s COVID numbers are “creeping back up,” according to Health Director Ruth Clay.

She said there were 48 new cases last week, compared to 44 the previous week and 38 the week before that. The local numbers are “trending in the wrong…

Published March 10, 2021

Published in the March 9, 2021 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Another major FY 2022 budget was approved last night as the Town Council gave its blessing to the DPW’s request for $6,506,335 to fund the Public Works Department next year. Also approved last night were several public works-related Town Meeting warrant articles.

Town…

Published in the March 8, 2021 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The old tennis courts near Veterans Field and the Hartshorne House will be getting a long-awaited expansion and upgrade this spring and summer to include pickleball courts. As part of that project, the DPW will also upgrade the path the runs from Church…

Published in the March 5, 2021 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Today is the last day for anyone interested in running for local elected office to get the paperwork necessary to run in the April 27 Town Election, and several races are shaping up for key positions.

Yesterday morning, Ami Ruehrwein Wall of 206 Pleasant St. pulled nomination papers…

Published March 4, 2021

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals last week approved an eight-unit apartment building  at 404 Lowell St. The project was initially approved under a different owner in 2016. But that project never got any further than demolishing an old structure on the site.

The property now has…