Wakefield News

Published in the March 30, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — It’s that time of year, according to Town Clerk Betsy Sheeran, for dog owners to register their dogs with the Town.

The period for registering dogs is from Monday, April 3, to Wednesday, May 31.

Massachusetts General Law mandates that all dogs, six months or older…

Published in the March 30, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — The Dockside Restaurant in Wakefield is hosting Michele McPhee, Wakefield native and author of Maximum Harm, on Sunday, April 16, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The Dockside is located at 1099 Main Street in Wakefield. Stop by the restaurant and meet Michele and learn more…

Published in the March 30, 2017 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Article 28 on this year’s Annual Town Meeting warrant will ask voters to ban “thin-film” plastic bags from being offered at any retail or grocery store within the town. The article was placed on the warrant as the result of a citizen petition…

Published in the March 29, 2017 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The town has reached collective bargaining agreements with both unions representing the Wakefield Police Officers. The Wakefield Police Officers Association and the Wakefield Superior Officers Association have agreed to contracts that will run through June 30, 2020.
Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio told…

Published in the March 29, 2017 edition

Published in the March 28, 2017 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — DPW Director Richard Stinson was at last night’s Board of Selectmen meeting to present the $5,785,419 tax-supported Public Works Department budget for FY 2018, including $750,000 for Snow and Ice removal. He also presented the self-supporting Water and Sewer enterprise department budgets.

Stinson explained that…

Published in the March 28, 2017 edition

Published in the March 27, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — A melee at a Lafayette Street group home last night resulted in the arrest of three female juveniles on various charges including assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest. Two of the girls were 15 years old and one was 13.

Police were…

Published in the March 27, 2017 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

READING — In their current production, “The Lion in Winter,” Quannapowitt Players have resurrected James Goldman’s highly acclaimed 1966 play, which chronicles the dysfunctional (but frequently amusing) skullduggery within the family of King Henry II of England. The Broadway play was so successful that it was adapted…

Published in the March 27, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — The 2017 Sweetser Lecture Series gets underway on Wednesday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m., with Larry Tye speaking on “Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal.”

The program will be at The Savings Bank Theater at Wakefield Memorial High School, 60 Farm St., Wakefield.

The venue…

Published in the March 24, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Clean laundry that somehow ignited on a stovetop is being cited as the cause of a two alarm house fire on Stark Avenue last…

Published in the March 24, 2017 edition.

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — Some Lynnfield residents are more than ready to take the next step in creating a miles-long recreational area that would begin across the street from the Galvin Middle School in Wakefield.

A citizens’ petition offered by the Friends of the Lynnfield Rail Trail…