Wakefield News

Published in the June 26, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Local restaurants now have the option to offer outdoor dining seven days a week. The Town Council voted this week to adopt Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio’s latest recommendation to help local businesses recover from the months-long COVID-19 shutdown.

Earlier this month, the Town…

Published in the June 25, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – The four proposed zoning changes on the 2020 Annual Town Meeting warrant met with mixed success. Two of the changes were approved and two others failed to garner the two-thirds majority needed to pass zoning changes.

Article 22 was sponsored by the property owners…

Published in the June 25, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

If you approached the 2020 Annual Town Meeting with a touch of trepidation, you certainly weren’t alone.

There were several articles on the warrant that had the potential to make Wakefield a less safe and more restrictive community.

Busybodies had placed articles on the warrant…

Published in the June 25, 2020 edition.

Published June 24, 2020

WAKEFIELD — Yesterday they finally held the 2020 municipal election, and about 5 percent of the town’s registered voters participated.

The polls at the Galvin Middle School were open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m…

Published in the June 23, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA 

WAKEFIELD — Voters approved the $104,695,276 FY 2021 town operating budget during a marathon Annual Town Meeting session on Saturday at the Wakefield Memorial High School Field House. Each broad section of the budget was taken up and voted separately as presented by Town Administrator Stephen…

Published in the June 22, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — For the second time in three years, Town Meeting voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to fund a rehab and expansion for the police side of the Public Safety Building.

The vote was 196-17 at the first Annual Town Meeting of the COVID-19 era, held…