Wakefield News

Published in the July 10, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan has announced that as a result of a joint investigation conducted by the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and the United States Department of Homeland Security, three men have been arrested in connection with…

Published in the July 9, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield Police assisted detectives from the Massachusetts State Police yesterday with the arrest and booking of three New York men after they allegedly picked up a package containing drugs that had been shipped to the UPS Store on Lincoln Street.

When the arrests were made shortly after noon…

Published in the July 9, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

When is a firecracker just a firecracker?

If you were in Wakefield — or anywhere else in the country — on July 4 weekend, you probably noticed a dramatic uptick in the volume of amateur fireworks compared to other years. You were not alone. “Fireworks complaint”  was…

Published July 8, 2020

BY MARK SARDELLA and GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — After today, a long-vacant West Side mansion that has for years…

Published in the July 7, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Since Massachusetts schools closed due to the coronavirus in mid-March, the Wakefield Public Schools have quietly provided over 10,000 free meals to families with children under age 21, and that program will continue through August.

According Wakefield Schools Food Service Director Danielle Collins…

Published in the July 6, 2020 edition.

Published in the July 6, 2020 edition.

ByMARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — After the June 20 Annual Town Meeting overwhelmingly approved a $9.6 million plan to expand and rehab the police side of the Public Safety Building, opponents have filed in court an effort to derail the project. A complaint has been filed in Middlesex Superior…