Wakefield News

Published October 21, 2020

Published in the October 20, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield Public Schools Facilities Director Bob Schiaroli updated the School Committee last week on the state of the HVAC and ventilation systems in all of the schools in light of re-opening the buildings amid COVID-19. 

The School Committee also received an update last week on…

Published in the October 19, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Police, Fire and Cataldo Ambulance were dispatched to the scenes of several serious motor vehicle crashes over the weekend, including one fatality involving a pedestrian on Route 128. A 25-year-old man was struck and killed by a motor vehicle on the northbound side of the highway near Exit…

Published in the October 16, 2020 edition.

There have been a few developments since Wakefield jumped up two COVID-19 virus designations Wednesday, settling in the higher risk “red” category.

Town officials issued a statement yesterday, which reads in part that the “significant increase of positive cases in Wakefield was due, in large part, to a cluster of…

Published in the October 15, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Health Department was informed last night that the town has been moved from the lower risk “green” category on the state’s COVID-19 Metrics Map to the higher risk “red” designation.

At a meeting of the Board of Health last night, Health Director…

Published October 14, 2020

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — It appears that two zoning articles submitted for the November 7 Regular Town Meeting targeted at prohibiting residential development at 200 Quannapowitt Parkway will not go forward.

While the articles were turned in by the Friends of Lake Quannapowitt (FOLQ) before the closing date for the…