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Relay goes on despite the weather

CANCER SURVIVORS and caregivers were not about to let Friday’s cold rain keep them from walking the Survivors’ Lap at Friday’s Relay For Life of Wakefield. More photos appear inside today’s paper. (Mark Sardella Photo)
CANCER SURVIVORS and caregivers were not about to let Friday’s cold rain keep them from walking the Survivors’ Lap at Friday’s Relay For Life of Wakefield. More photos appear inside today’s paper. (Mark Sardella Photo)

Published in the June 19, 2017 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The cold, driving rain may have kept attendance down but…

 

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Honoring the fallen

AMERICAN LEGION COMMANDER Tom Collins places a wreath in front of the newly refurbished World War I memorial on the Veterans Memorial Common during an annual Flag Day ceremony Wednesday. (Keith M. Curtis Photo)
AMERICAN LEGION COMMANDER Tom Collins places a wreath in front of the newly refurbished World War I memorial on the Veterans Memorial Common during an annual Flag Day ceremony Wednesday. (Keith M. Curtis Photo)

Published in the June 16, 2017 edition.

 

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Beebe’s Sharon Gilley is retiring June 30

Published in the June 16, 2017 edition.

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — For many people, finding a career path that suits their skills and talents doesn’t come easy. The perfect match can be hit or miss.

But Sharon Gilley did find it. But on Friday, June 30, her career as director of the Lucius Beebe…

 

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In honor of Old Glory

A MEMBER OF Boy Scout Troop 701 gives a Scout salute while retiring an old flag during a Flag Day ceremony hosted by the Corp. Harry E. Nelson American Legion post last night on the Veterans Memorial Common. (Colleen Riley Photo)
A MEMBER OF Boy Scout Troop 701 gives a Scout salute while retiring an old flag during a Flag Day ceremony hosted by the Corp. Harry E. Nelson American Legion post last night on the Veterans Memorial Common. (Colleen Riley Photo)

Published in the June 15, 2017 edition.

 

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Selectmen or ‘selectboard’?

Published in the June 15, 2017 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – What’s in a name? Well, if the name is “Board of Selectmen,” the word “men” is in the name and some feel that in 2017, that should not be the case.

The opening discussion of the issue took place among current members of…

 

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Name that board!

Published in the June 15, 2017 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

MARK SARDELLA
MARK SARDELLA

Right on the heels of the plastic bag crisis, the latest issue to hit the town is what name we should use for the town’s executive body. For the past 370 years, “Board of Selectmen” has done quite nicely, but no more. The…

 

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Move on to block promoting local access to MarketStreet

Published in the June 14, 2017 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — As part of an amendment to a 2008 agreement allowing sewage from Lynnfield’s MarketStreet development to come through Wakefield’s system, the town of Wakefield will seek to include a clause reaffirming an earlier zoning decision that MarketStreet will, in all of its marketing…

 

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Water, sewer rates going up

Published in the June 13, 2017 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Board of Selectmen last night set the water and sewer rates for FY 2018, approving the rates recommended by the June 1, 2017 vote of the Advisory Board of Public Works.

The new water rate will be $6.95 per 100 cubic feet of consumption…

 

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All things Victorian

THE MILLER FAMILY of Wakefield dressed in formal Victorian attire, including fancy hats, for the Hartshorne House’s Victorian party. From left: Carlana Miller, Ruby Grace Miller and Tom Miller. (Gail Lowe Photo)
THE MILLER FAMILY of Wakefield dressed in formal Victorian attire, including fancy hats, for the Hartshorne House’s Victorian party. From left: Carlana Miller, Ruby Grace Miller and Tom Miller. (Gail Lowe Photo)

 

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Elisa Preston Promoted to Senior Commercial Loan Assistant

Posted on: Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Elisa-Preston_webWakefield, MA – Leo Barrett, Jr., Senior Vice President and Chief Loan Officer at Wakefield Co-operative Bank, is pleased to announce the promotion of Elisa Preston to Senior Commercial Loan Assistant.

Ms. Preston joined the bank in August of last year as Residential & Commercial Loan Processor, and was…

 

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Festival draws hundreds to Lower Common

LITTLE ELLA KENT was in awe of Donna Carlstrom of Lynnfield as she spun sheep’s wool at Festival by the Lake on Saturday. Ella was accompanied by her father Jeff Kent of Wakefield. (Gail Lowe Photo)
LITTLE ELLA KENT was in awe of Donna Carlstrom of Lynnfield as she spun sheep’s wool at Festival by the Lake on Saturday. Ella was accompanied by her father Jeff Kent of Wakefield. (Gail Lowe Photo)

Published in the June 12, 2017 edition.

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Festival by the Lake, an annual event in Wakefield, drew…

 

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Marianne Cohen accomplished much for Chamber

Published in the June 9, 2017 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – Her time as Executive Director of the Wakefield Lynnfield Chamber of Commerce will come to an end next Friday, June 16, but Marianne Cohen is justifiably proud of all that she and the Chamber have accomplished during her three-year tenure.

“This job has…

 

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