Wakefield News

WINCHESTER – Eighteen new correction officers formally joined the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office on Friday, May 22, following the completion of 13 weeks of training.

A ceremony honoring…

THURSDAY, JUNE 25

Beebe Board Game Club, Beebe Memorial Library, 8 a.m. Want to play board games with other adults? Learn a new game, or play an old favorite! Beebe librarian John Kronenberg will bring a selection of popular board games, including Codenames, Celestia, Dominion, Trekking National Parks, and Ticket to Ride. Patrons are welcome…

WAKEFIELD — It was relatively quiet weekend for local first responders, at least in terms of major incidents.

Just before midnight on Friday, a caller from Putnam Avenue reported hearing what she believed were six to eight gunshots, possibly coming from the Route 95 highway. Neighbors told responding officers that the noise was fireworks coming…

WAKEFIELD — The next meeting of the Retired Men and Women’s Club of Wakefield will be held on Wednesday, June 24 at 9:30 a.m., but people gather as early as 8 a.m. for socializing.

The scheduled speaker is Michael Powers. Michael is a drummer and singer who was raised and still lives in Wakefield.  Michael…

By COLIN A. YOUNG
State House News Service

BOSTON — It’s not just the enthusiastic Scotland supporters patronizing Bay State businesses who are contributing to the state’s fiscal health during the World Cup. Every player who takes the pitch in Foxborough will be doing their part, too.

In its newsletter Wednesday, the Department of Revenue…

WAKEFIELD — Tonight at 6:30, the Town Council will hold a hybrid meeting with members in the studio. Agenda items include, but are not…

This editorial was published in the June 22, 2026 edition of the Wakefield Daily Item

Ed Markey isn’t running from a fight anytime soon. The U.S. senator, who has been in Washington since the mid-1970s, is ready for this year’s reelection campaign and made it known to political analyst Jon Keller that he welcomes the…

By COLIN A. YOUNG

State House News Service

BOSTON — It’s not just the enthusiastic Scotland supporters patronizing Bay State businesses who are contributing to the state’s fiscal health during the World Cup. Every player who takes the pitch in Foxborough will be doing their part, too.

In its newsletter Wednesday, the Department of Revenue…

MONDAY, JUNE 22
“Boston, 1776” with author J.D. Dickey, an online Zoom presentation sponsored by the Beebe Library, 7 p.m. Author J. D. Dickey leads attendees through the turbulent streets, tub-thumping taverns, and radical strongholds of a town at war with an empire. Far from the powdered wigs and genteel debates of history textbooks, this…