Wakefield News

Published in the February 16, 2018 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Local educators welcomed students to school yesterday with heavy hearts but with the continued determination to keep them safe, according to Supt. Dr. Kim Smith.

The day after 17 students and faculty were murdered at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida — one…

Published in the February 16, 2018 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Chief Richard Smith is pleased to announce the Wakefield Police Department will be expanding its services to victims of intimate partner and family violence.

Through a grant from the Violence Against Women Act, Victoria Helberg, a high risk program specialist from RESPOND, is now working with…

Published in the February 15, 2018 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – The Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) yesterday issued its Tentative Decision approving the 345kV Woburn to Wakefield underground transmission line project proposed jointly by National Grid and Eversource.

The EFSB decision includes approval of the 8.5-mile “preferred route,” which will run from…

Published in the February 15, 2018 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

I’m glad the town didn’t shell out the $20,000 it cost for the expert consultant to tell us that power lines don’t cause cancer. To their credit, the selectmen stuck National Grid with the bill for Dr. Robert Kavet’s report.

At a well-attended public hearing…

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Published in the February 14, 2018 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — In an effort to meet the expectation that it limit its FY 2019 budget increase to 4 percent or less, the School Department appears poised to ask the town to fund a significant portion of the Special Education Budget outside of the regular School Department…

Published in the February 13, 2018 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Little new ground was covered at last night’s public hearing on National Grid’s proposal to run to run 3.5 miles of underground transmission line through Wakefield as part of a larger joint National Grid/Eversource Woburn to Wakefield line.

Dr. Robert Kavet, the consultant…