Wakefield News

Published in the March 27, 2020 edition.

Posted on: Friday, March 27, 2020

By MATT MURPHY
State House News Service

BOSTON — The April 15 deadline for filing state income tax returns will be postponed until July 15 under a deal announced Friday between Gov. Charlie Baker and legislative leaders.

The change, which requires legislation, means the state tax deadline will now…

Published in the March 26, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — In spite of dire warnings from the chairman of the Finance Committee regarding the size of the School Department’s FY 2021 budget, the School Committee went ahead and unanimously approved Superintendent Doug Lyons’ recommended $47,976,659 FY 2021 School Department budget. The proposal includes a $2,045,611…

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Published in the March 26, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Health Department has been informed of additional cases of COVID-19 among Wakefield residents, bringing the current total to seven. The number of COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts also continues to rise. As of March 25, the state total was 1838. This is an increase of…

Posted on: Wednesday, March 25, 2020

• Governor Baker extends the closure of schools until May 4, 2020.  Wakefield Public Schools will be closed until that date.

Posted on: Monday, March 17, 2020

• MIAA updates the spring sports season start date to Monday, April 27, 2020.

• Temple Emmanuel cancels all religious, educational, and…

Published March 25, 2020

Published March 25, 2020

Published March 25, 2020

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Despite limitations imposed by social distancing due to COVID-19, the town is doing its best to conduct business and that means moving the the FY 2021 budget process along.

With Chairman Edward Dombroski and Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio in the WCAT cable studio and four…

Published March 25, 2020

WAKEFIELD — If all went as planned, residents in Precincts 4, 5 and 6 now officially have a voice in the state House of Representatives.

Kate Lipper-Garabedian was set to be sworn into office at 12:30 p.m. today on the Grand Staircase at the Statehouse as representative of the 32nd Middlesex…