Wakefield News

Published in the February 28, 2019 edition.

Published February 27, 2019

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The School Department is requesting a 4.75 percent increase in its FY 2020 budget. School Superintendent Doug Lyons’ recommended budget is $41,931,048, representing an increase of $1,902,724, or 4.75 percent, over FY 2019.

Lyons unveiled his recommended budget at last night’s School Committee meeting. The budget includes a…

Published in the February 26, 2019 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – March is “White Ribbon Month,” and Wakefield men are being challenged to take an online pledge to fight gender-based violence and domestic violence.

Representatives of the Wakefield Alliance Against Violence (WAAV) were at last night’s Town Council meeting to talk about this year’s…

Published in the February 25, 2019 edition.

WAKEFIELD — A 30-year-old Pitman Avenue resident was arrested for drunk driving following a hit-and-run crash on Main Street in Greenwood Friday night.

Officer Ryan Doren was dispatched to the area of 1053 Main St. at about 7 p.m. after police received a report that a green Ford…

Published in the February 25, 2019 edition.

WAKEFIELD – Chief Richard E. Smith and the Wakefield Police Department would like to offer a few tips on how to best keep your personal information safe during the tax season, which can be a time of increased “targets of opportunity” for online hackers.

• In recent years…

Published in the February 22, 2019 edition.

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — It’s finally happening.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will be holding a public hearing on the proposed 25 percent design of the Wakefield-Lynnfield Rail Trail on Tuesday, March 19, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Lynnfield Middle School auditorium.

“The meeting will…

Published in the February 21, 2019 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

It was heartening to see the Wakefield Town Council take an action recently that will benefit those who drive automobiles, because the trend across the Commonwealth and the nation in recent years has been to treat motorists as the scum of the earth…