Wakefield News

Published in the July 17, 2019 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Got an idea for improving MBTA bus or commuter rail service to Wakefield? Now may be your chance to relay your thoughts through the town to the MBTA.

The town has received a letter from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation outlining a process…

Published in the July 16, 2019 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — With Festival Italia just over a month away, the elements of 10th annual summer celebration are falling into place. Festival Italia is scheduled to take place on Aug. 24 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. (Rain date Aug. 31.)

The event is billed…

Published in the July 15, 2019 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Melrose Wakefield Hospital, Wakefield Fire Department, Wakefield Police Department, Action Ambulance Service Inc. will host a summer safety night at the Lower Common of Lake Quannapowitt to provide summer safety resources and other important information to visitors.

Attendants will also…

Published in the July 12, 2019 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — A proposal to convert one of the Harvard Mills buildings into a 184-unit residential complex appears to be heading into the home stretch as the Zoning Board of Appeals and the developer, NRP Group, worked through some of the remaining issues at a…

Published in the July 12, 2019 edition.

WAKEFIELD — The Friends of Lake Quannapowitt, celebrating 28 years of lake advocacy (1991-2019), are honored to share their plans for their gift to the town of Wakefield for the purpose of lakeside park improvements. The organization recently asked the town to accept a gift of $152,000 (plus a…

Published in the July 12, 2019 edition.

WAKEFIELD — A 70-year-old Reading man will be summonsed to court for leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury after his car hit a youth in a crosswalk at North Avenue and Main Street at about 4 p.m. yesterday.

According to police, a boy on a scooter…

Published in the July 11, 2019 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — With the hearings winding down, a Zoning Board of Appeals decision on the proposed 173-unit 40B housing complex on Tarrant Lane could come as soon as the board’s Aug. 14 meeting.

The proposed project would be built on property off Hopkins Street near…