Wakefield News

Published in the September 1, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Chief Michael Sullivan reports that the…

Published in the August 31, 2020 edition.

By DAN TOMASELLO and BOB BURGESS

WAKEFIELD — Let the 2020 election season begin!

Voters in all seven Wakefield precincts will head to the polls tomorrow at the Galvin Middle School gym for the state party primaries. The town’s single polling place will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m…

Published in the August 28, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Reports of vandalism, people hanging around on property they don’t own and continuing incidents of unemployment pay fraud were among those dealt with by police yesterday.

At 8:22 a.m. they were told by a Converse Street resident that his vehicle and his wife’s vehicle had been…

Published in the August 27, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — At their meeting this week, members of the School Committee voted to lay two special COVID-19-related policies on the table with the intention of discussing and voting on them at their next meeting on Sept. 8. The School Committee’s practice is to lay proposed…

Published August 26, 2020

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Further illumination was offered at last night’s School Committee meeting regarding school reopening plans. The committee also discussed the format of their own meetings.

Chair Aimee Purcell clarified that on Aug. 12 the School Committee voted to approve Superintendent Douglas Lyons’ recommendation for a phased-in, hybrid reopening…

Published in the August 26, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — The cleanup continues.

Not many…

Published in the August 24, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Yesterday’s storm knocked down trees and wires all over town, and caused a two-alarm fire at an Elm Street home. 

According to Fire Chief Michael Sullivan, when the wires came down onto Elm Street around 5:35 p.m., they energized the ground and apparently caused electricity to be conducted…

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