Wakefield News

Published in the January 27, 2016 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Tuition rates for the Doyle Preschool will be going up for the September 2016 – June 2017 school year after the School Committee voted last night to approve the tuition hikes. But the vote was not unanimous, with members Evan Kenney and Rob…

Published in the January 27, 2016 edition

Published in the January 26, 2016 edition.

Maio to ‘set the tone for better communication’

Published in the January 26, 2016 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio last night addressed allegations that downtown businesses have suffered due to disruption caused by utility work in the area. He told the Board of Selectmen that while the town’s involvement in such…

Published in the January 26, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — A 23-year-old Reading woman was injured yesterday morning in a two-car crash at about 10:40 on North Avenue near the Lakeside Office Park.

Police said that a 2012 Chevrolet driven by a 31-year-old Salem, N.H. man was traveling south on North Avenue when a 2005 BMW…

Published in the January 25, 2016 edition.

Published in the January 25, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry is off to a good start in 2016 with two unexpected windfalls.

The first windfall came from a student at the Dolbeare Elementary School who turned nine years old on Jan. 8. He asked his friends to make donations to the…

Published in the January 22, 2016 edition.

Published in the January 22, 2016 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — About 50 local residents took advantage of the public’s first opportunity to hear about the existing conditions at Wakefield Memorial High School and the options for addressing the building’s deficiencies at a meeting last night in The Savings Bank Theatre at the High…

Published in the January 22, 2016 edition.

By GAIL LOWE

It’s been a long while since I wrote my last Lowe Zone. For those of you who don’t know, I underwent emergency surgery last Aug. 8 and spent the next 48 days at Mass. General recovering. This was followed by another three weeks at a…

WAKEFIELD — The total number of young men who are willing to make some money clearing walks and driveways this winter continues to grow.

Fifteen-year-old Kevin Corso can work in the Friend Street, Parker Road, Eustis Avenue, Outlook Road and Prospect Street areas. Kevin can be reached at 781-454-5539.

He joins the following young entrepreneurs…

Published in the January 21, 2016 edition.