Wakefield News

Published in the January 29, 2019 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – Three appointments that in another time might have gone almost unnoticed became immersed a controversy over gender at last night’s Town Council meeting.

The Town Council had publicly sought applicants to fill three at-large public spots on the new 17-member Public Safety Building…

Published in the January 28, 2019 edition.

By COLIN A. YOUNG

State House News Service

As cities and towns look forward to springtime town meetings and the local budgeting process, the Department of Revenue last week provided its best estimates for amounts of local aid and school aid the state will provide in fiscal year…

Published in the January 25, 2019 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — A proposal to eliminate 9th grade honors English from the 2019-2020 Wakefield Memorial High School Program of Studies was discussed at length at this week’s School Committee meeting after a number of parents expressed concern over the change.

WMHS Principal Amy McLeod and Director…

Published in the January 24, 2019 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The hopes of one day making Blatz Field into a regulation high school softball field took a step forward at last night’s School Committee meeting, but it may not have been in the direction that everyone envisioned.

Bob Burnett of White Avenue and…

Published January 23, 2019

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — In spite of the brutally cold weather on Monday, Jan. 21, Wakefield’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration drew a respectable number of people to the Galvin Middle School auditorium to hear inspiring stories, applaud award recipients and pay tribute to the late Wakefield Human Rights…