Wakefield News

Published in the February 21, 2017 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — With the larger departments still pending, the Board of Selectmen dealt with nine more of the smaller FY 2018 departmental budgets last week. Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio said that the budgets that have been presented through last week had come in collectively at about…

Published in the February 20, 2017 edition.

Published in the February 20, 2017 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – Hardly a negative word was spoken during the School Committee’s annual performance review of School Superintendent Dr. Kim Sm Smith, with members rating her job performance as “proficient” or “exemplary” across the board. The review took place in public session during the school…

Published in the February 20, 2017 edition.

By DAN TOMASELLO

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio has aired concerns in a letter about a proposed “major modification” to the Planned Village Development District (PVDD) agreement for MarketStreet Lynnfield.

During last week’s Planning Board meeting in Lynnfield, National Development Managing Partner Ted Tye unveiled…

Published in the February 20, 2017 edition.

WAKEFIELD — The Bricks by the Lake program announced that March 1 is the deadline for ordering bricks for the 2017 installment in the flagpole plaza at Colonel Connelly Park.

Order forms may be obtained online at folq.org and at the Clerk’s Office in Wakefield Town Hall.

Bricks…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — There will soon be another committee formed to look at parking in the downtown. This one comes at the request of the Chamber of Commerce and the committee will consist of as yet unnamed local merchants.

Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio brought the idea to the Board of Selectmen at their meeting…

Published in the February 16, 2017 edition.

Published in the February 16, 2017 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The School Committee will fast-track its approval of a plan to address the space needs at the Walton School in hopes of getting the $5.5 million project on the May 1 Annual Town Meeting warrant. The Finance and Facilities Subcommittee will discuss the…

Published in the February 16, 2017 edition.

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo… it doesn’t matter to Howard Hart of Wakefield which opera star is singing. He loves them all.

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Published in the February 16, 2017 edition.

Folding school activity user fees into the town’s regular budget rather than having parents pay separately for their kids participating in sports and clubs makes sense to us.

On Tuesday, the School Committee batted the issue around and the consensus was to either reduce or eliminate user fees…

Published in the February 15, 2017 edition

WAKEFIELD — A 30-year-old Wakefield woman will be summonsed to court on multiple motor vehicle charges after an accident in the Square last night…

Published in the February 14, 2017 edition.