Wakefield News

Published in the December 27, 2018 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

It’s time for our weekly vocabulary test. Today’s words are “clothing” and “shoes.”

Let’s start by using both words on in a sentence.

“A recliner is not clothing, and mattresses are not shoes.”

Congratulations! You’re smarter than a fourth-grader! You’ve also been eliminated…

Published in the December 27, 2018 edition.

The following information was submitted by Melinda Parry, Church Moderator of the First Baptist Church.

WAKEFIELD – Debris removal has begun at the First Baptist Church site. At about noon on December 26, the bell was found. It is broken and cracked and won’t toll again. Congregants are…

Published in the December 21, 2018 edition.

WAKEFIELD — The wait for the rubble from the First Baptist Church fire to be removed is almost over. The debris is now slated to be removed beginning on December 26 or 27. The entire process will reportedly take about four weeks.

The delay is related in part to the…

Published in the December 20, 2018 edition.

WAKEFIELD — The discovery of a body in Lake Quannapowitt yesterday morning led to public concern after an area near the head of the Lake was blocked off by police for a time yesterday morning.

Police said that a passerby called police after discovering a body at the water’s edge…

Published in the December 20, 2018 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

It’s Christmastime and, if I may so boldly observe, it’s cold outside.

Meanwhile, Rudolph has contacted the Reindeer Rights Commission to report bullying and harassment. Climate change has claimed the life of Frosty the Snowman and gender fluid Santa Claus is coming to…

Published December 19, 2018

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — A space in the Wakefield Memorial High School Library will be named for Meghan Burnett, who passed away last June just days after graduating from WMHS. 

The School Committee last week approved the dedication of the “makerspace” in the high school library in honor of Meghan after…