Wakefield News

Published in the January 17, 2020 edition.

BY DAVID WATTS, JR. …

Published in the January 16, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — When the Wakefield Warrior varsity softball team opens its 2020 season, it will not only have a new field, but also a brand-new digital scoreboard, thanks to the Meghan Burnett Foundation.

After a presentation by Bob Burnett, Meghan’s father, the Town Council voted…

Published in the January 16, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — A 2018 Wakefield Memorial High graduate is on the roster of the 2019-20 College of the Holy Cross rowing team that lost a star athlete in a tragic motor vehicle accident yesterday morning in Florida.

Julia Covelle, a sophomore at Holy Cross and a Morningside Road…

Published in the January 16, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

Coming on the heels of the great news that the Greenwood School would at long last be getting a new roof came the even better news that the 123-year-old structure would not support solar panels on the new roof.

There goes the planet.…

Published January 15, 2020

Published January 15, 2020

WAKEFIELD — While some educators stand near town schools holding signs that say they don’t have a contract and that they deserve respect, one School Committee member last night answered back.

Following is a statement read by Tom Markham, chair of the School Committee’s Labor Relations Subcommittee, at the school board’s…

Published in the January 14, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Chairman Edward Dombroski brought some exciting news to last night’s Town Council meeting regarding the planned “Envision Wakefield” downtown revitalization and infrastructure upgrade.

Dombroski said last night that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has performed an initial evaluation of community-input concept plans and has approved…

Published in the January 14, 2020 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield Fire Chief Michael Sullivan is proud to announce the appointment of two new firefighters to the Wakefield Fire Department: Michael R. Scheri of Methuen, formerly 6 Minot Street in Wakefield and Michael…

Published in the January 13, 2020 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA 

WAKEFIELD — You would have been hard-pressed to find much disagreement among the three Democratic candidates running for State Representative as they outlined their positions during a forum hosted by the Wakefield Democratic Town Committee last Wednesday night at Brightview Senior Living in Wakefield.

Mat…