Wakefield News

Published in the April 30, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

The choice, apparently, is a binary one.

You can have economic devastation or death. You can have your livelihood or your life. There are no other options, so take your pick.

That’s the way it’s being framed by amateur epidemiologists on social media, who can…

Published in the April 30, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – The Health Department that serves Wakefield and Melrose has acquired another 50,000 masks for Wakefield and 60,000 for Melrose. The plan is to deliver five masks to every household in both communities next week, Health Director Ruth Clay announced at last night’s joint…

Published April 29, 2020

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Members of the town’s state legislative delegation offered their perspective on the COVID-19 emergency and the resulting economic shutdown during Monday’s Town Council meeting, which was held via Zoom teleconferencing and streamed live on WCAT’s Facebook page.

Senator Jason Lewis and Representatives Donald Wong and Kate Lipper-Garabedian…

Published April 29, 2020

Published in the April 28, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – There have been 209 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Wakefield as of yesterday, and a large proportion of those have been in congregate living settings like nursing homes, Health Director Ruth Clay told the Town Council last night.

Clay was one of several…

Published in the April 27, 2020 edition.

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Remember when aging in place meant not moving to an assisted living community or, God forbid, a nursing home?

Now, like it or not, we are all aging in place. Every single day we remain in lockdown adds another gray hair and wrinkle due…

Published in the April 27, 2020 edition.

Published in the April 24, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – Starting tomorrow, if you enter a store or restaurant (for takeout) in Wakefield or Melrose and you are not wearing a mask or some other form of face covering, you could be fined $50 for a first offense, and up to $300 for…