Wakefield News

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This is the second of two parts.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The second half of 2017 got underway as the Wakefield Independence Day Committee and the West Side Social Club teamed up once again to present the town’s traditional Fourth of July celebration. The day kicked off with morning children’s events on the Common…

Published in the December 28, 2017 edition

This is the first of two parts.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – January marks the beginning of the local election season, and if 2018 is anything like 2017, things could start getting interesting around here beginning next week.

Last Jan. 3, Selectman Phyllis Hull was at Town Hall…

Published in the December 21, 2017 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The municipal budget season won’t get underway in earnest until early next year, but the Board of Selectmen got a preview of  the town’s FY 2019 budget last week from Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio. By Maio’s admittedly conservative estimate, the town looks to…

Published in the December 21, 2017 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

It’s late December, and you know what that means.

Santa has made his list and checked it twice. But it no longer matters if you’ve been naughty or nice, because it’s 2017 and Santa doesn’t make moral judgments. Who is Santa to determine bad or…

Published in the December 20, 2017 edition

Published in the December 20, 2017 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – More than 50 parents and residents attended a forum at the Galvin Middle School last night. The focus of the meeting was the school’s response to three incidents of anti-Semitic, discriminatory graffiti found in Galvin bathrooms over the last three…

Published in the December 19, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — As educators and others prepared for a parent forum tonight aimed at dealing with discrimination and hatred, another depiction of anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered yesterday afternoon at the Galvin Middle School.

This is the third such finding in less than a month at the town’s most populous…

Published in the December 18, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — A pair of reports over the weekend involving threats of violence at Wakefield Memorial High School have the community on edge as we enter the final week before Christmas. Both threats have since been deemed unsubstantiated by school officials and Wakefield Police.

High School Principal Richard…

Published in the December 15, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Superintendent David DiBarri, Principal Carla Scuzzarella and School Committee Chair Deborah Davis announce that the Massachusetts School Building Authority approved Northeast Metro Tech’s proposal for a new building.

With this acceptance, the state will reimburse Northeast for 71.84 percent of costs associated with the new building.

The remainder…

Published in the December 14, 2017 edition.

Published in the December 14, 2017 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Any hopes for a new Wakefield Memorial High School will have to be pushed another year into the future, as Wakefield again did not make the cut this year in the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s competitive grant program for state assistance in addressing…