Wakefield News

Published in the August 31, 2016 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — An…

Published in the August 30, 2016 edition

 By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — If you…

Published in the August 30, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — The DPW has announced that the portion of North Avenue between Armory Street and Broadway will be closed to through traffic on Thursday, Sept. 1 for roadway improvements. The work will take place between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Workers will be repairing damage to the…

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Published in the August 26, 2016 edition.

Published in the August 26, 2016 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – The Zoning Board of Appeals this week approved a number of “minor modifications” requested by Shelter Development to the architectural plans for the Brightview Senior Living facility currently under construction at 21 Crescent St.

Shelter Development and Brightview Senior Living are sister companies…

Published in the August 25, 2016 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Sometime this fall, the School Department will be initiating a “community conversation” about the idea of a later start time for Wakefield Memorial High School.

Superintendent Dr. Kim Smith reminded the School Committee this week of a joint resolution created last year by…

Published in the August 25, 2016 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

To paraphrase the late, great Dan Hicks, “How can we miss them when they won’t go away?”

Just when you thought it was safe to go to the Post Office on Saturday morning, they’re back like a bad penny – or three or four of…

Published in the August 25, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD – Students at Galvin Middle School and Woodville Elementary School put their green thumbs to use this summer planting vegetables and herbs as part of Wakefield Co-operative Bank’s ‘Teaching Kids to Grow’ initiative.

The program teaches children how to cultivate crops and give back to their community…

Published in the August 24, 2016 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – The Wakefield Public Schools are just about ready for the start of the 2016-2017 school year, Superintendent Dr. Kim Smith told the School Committee last night.

Faculty and staff report for their first full day on Sept. 1, with students returning on Sept…

Published in the August 24, 2016 edition

By GAIL LOWE

There’s a woman in Billerica who owns a Cape Cod home with a beautifully landscaped acre of land. So dedicated is she to keeping it in tiptop shape that she contacted a well digging company with the idea that if a well were…