Wakefield News

Published in the November 24, 2015 edition

Published in the November 24, 2015 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The average residential property tax bill will be going up $333 this year after the Board of Selectmen once again shifted as much of the tax burden as allowable onto the commercial/industrial class of properties. The vote came at the annual tax classification…

Published in the November 24, 2015 edition

WAKEFIELD — The town’s Beacon Hill delegation urged MBTA officials at a meeting yesterday to suspend implementation of a new commuter rail schedule that eliminates Wakefield as a stop on the outbound 5:15 p.m. train from North Station.
State Sen. Jason Lewis, State Rep. Paul Brodeur, State Rep…

Published in the November 23, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD – The Galvin Middle School faculty proved too much for eighth grade…

Published in the November 23, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD — The stage has been set for the 2015 “Tis the Season” Holiday Stroll scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5, in downtown Wakefield. Albion Street and a portion of Main Street will be closed to traffic from 1 to 7:15 p.m.

Between 1 and 3 p.m. you can…

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Published in the November 20, 2015 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Town Meeting wrapped up business last night but it took nearly four hours to get through the four remaining articles on the warrant.

Despite an impassioned plea by DPW Director Richard Stinson, there will be no return to Wakefield’s previous winter-long parking ban…

Published in the November 20, 2015 edition.

BOSTON – Joined by a number of legislative colleagues, state Senator Jason Lewis submitted a letter to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and Keolis Commuter Services, the private operator contracted to operate the commuter rail lines, expressing serious concerns over announced service cuts, made without meaningful public…

Published in the November 19, 2015 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals got its first look last night at plans for a three-story, 24-unit apartment building proposed on the present sites of 598 and 602 North Ave., directly across from the Lakeside Office Park.

The applicants are asking for Special…

Published in the November 19, 2015 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

The irony of the moment was not lost on acting Planning Board Chairman Bill Spaulding.

“I do find it interesting that you’re questioning the parking – the amount of it,” Spaulding told Bronwyn Della-Volpe at hearing last week on Town Meeting Article 12…

Published in the Novermber 18, 2015 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Town Meeting will resume on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Veterans Memorial Auditorium in the Galvin Middle School with Article 10. The article is a citizens’ petition initiated by Charles McCauley of Lawrence Street that would reinstitute the winter-long overnight parking ban on…