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Starting the school year off right

The students at the Walton School started their day off as they always do, saying the Pledge of Allegiance, led by Mrs. Kristin Liberti and Principal Elaina Byrne.
The students at the Walton School started their day off as they always do, saying the Pledge of Allegiance, led by Mrs. Kristin Liberti and Principal Elaina Byrne.

Published in the September 7, 2017 edition.

 

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T to suspend weekend train service

Published in the September 7, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Beginning Saturday, Sept. 23 and continuing through Saturday, Dec. 2, there we be no train service on weekends in Wakefield while the MBTA installs a new train safety control system on the Haverhill commuter rail line.

This is a federally-mandated upgrade that will prevent human error…

 

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Local Boys & Girls Club meets AARP’s Community Challenge

Published in the September 7, 2017 edition.

BOSTON — AARP Massachusetts announces two winners of the AARP Community Challenge, a grant program designed to fund projects that spark change and improve the quality of life at the local community level.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham and Wakefield received funding for the creation of…

 

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Moulton hits DACA decision

Published in the September 6, 2017 edition

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Seth Moulton yesterday slammed President Donald Trump’s decision to begin dismantling a government program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought in the country illegally as children.
New applications will be halted for former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood…

 

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PHOTO: Fall comes to Pleasant Street

THE SEASONS WILL soon change, and this home will be ready. (Keith M. Curtis Photo)
THE SEASONS WILL soon change, and this home will be ready. (Keith M. Curtis Photo)

Published in the September 6, 2017 edition

 

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Life lost in apartment fire

THIS SIX-UNIT residential building at the corner of Water Street and Columbia Road was the scene of a fatal fire overnight.  (Keith M. Curtis Photo)
THIS SIX-UNIT residential building at the corner of Water Street and Columbia Road was the scene of a fatal fire overnight. (Keith M. Curtis Photo)

Published in the September 5, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — A 71-year-old woman lost her life in a late night, two-alarm fire Monday at the corner of Water Street and Columbia…

 

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Walton project start date moved up

Published in the September 1, 2017 edition.

 By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – To increase the chances that the Walton School project will be completed by the September start of the 2018-19 school year, the Permanent Building Committee plans to push the project start date a little ahead, beginning around Thanksgiving 2017. Previously, the plan had been to…

 

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Mastering a watercraft

KAYAKERS ARE PUT through their paces during a lesson on Lake Quannapowitt.  (Donna Larsson Photo)
KAYAKERS ARE PUT through their paces during a lesson on Lake Quannapowitt. (Donna Larsson Photo)

Published in the September 1, 2017 edition.

 

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It’s a wild, wild life

FLAMINGOES recently had a staff meeting at the Stone Zoo. (Miriam Morales Photo)
FLAMINGOES recently had a staff meeting at the Stone Zoo. (Miriam Morales Photo)

Published in the August 31, 2017 edition.

 

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Contradicting consistency

Published in the August 31, 2017 edition.

MARK SARDELLA
MARK SARDELLA

Sometimes, the people in charge of things just can’t win, especially in the age of social media, where everybody’s a pundit.

Recently, town officials announced several more initiatives to try to revitalize the downtown. Of course, it’s never enough. Or is it too much? Either way…

 

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New Methodist Church steeple coming

Published in the August 30, 2017 edition

Preparation is underway for the new Methodist Church steeple. (Mark Sardella Photo)
Preparation is underway for the new Methodist Church steeple. (Mark Sardella Photo)

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – It’s finally happening.
After several years and a few attempts that didn’t pan out, the Wakefield-Lynnfield United Methodist Church is finally getting its new steeple/cellular communications tower. Scaffolding currently surrounds the…

 

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Town makes merchants a sign offer

Published in the August 29, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — The town is cracking down this week on illegal A-frame, free-standing signs in front of establishments throughout Wakefield’s business districts. But it is also offering merchants a different way to advertise.

In a letter last week, Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio wrote to business owners about…

 

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