Wakefield News

Published in the January 26, 2021 edition.

Published in the January 26, 2021 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Eligible individuals in the state’s COVID vaccination distribution plan will have several regional clinics at which to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations, including one in Wakefield on Feb. 1.

The cities of Melrose, Malden and Medford will also host clinics as part of the Mystic Valley Public…

Published in the January 25, 2021 edition.

WAKEFIELD — After much thought and with deep sadness, the West Side Social Club Fourth of July Committee announces it has canceled the annual July 4 festivities in 2021.

The WSSC is known for providing a full day of family fun, beginning with the early-morning Children’s Events…

Published in the January 22, 2021 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield’s COVID numbers are “not good and are not getting better,” Health Director Ruth Clay told the Board of health at their Zoom meeting this week.

According to numbers posted yesterday on the town’s COVID-19 Dashboard, a total of 1,651 cases have been…

Published in the January 21, 2021 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Timothy Martin, 23, of Manchester, New Hampshire, has been placed under arrest and charged with murder and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the apparent homicide of his mother, Pamela Wood, 61 of Wakefield, and the assault on three police officers…

Published January 20, 2021

Pamela Wood was a popular Greenwood School speech therapist

WAKEFIELD – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Wakefield Chief of Police Steven Skory confirmed that yesterday morning’s incident at a home on Otis Street is being investigated as a homicide.

At approximately 9:55 a.m. yesterday, Wakefield police responded to a home…