Wakefield News

Published in the November 5, 2015 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — A bipartisan state commission’s call this week for an increase of hundreds of millions of dollars annually in state funding for K-12 education found some support among local educators.

“I agree with the Commission’s findings that the formula for the foundation budget, adopted…

Published in the November 5, 2015 edition.

BOSTON – Lenders filed 1,179 foreclosure petitions in Massachusetts in September, a 60.6 percent increase compared with the 734 filed in September 2014, according to a new report from The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman.

In Wakefield, foreclosure petitions were up a staggering 133 percent from…

Published in the November 5, 2015 edition.

Next Wednesday is Veterans’ Day.

It’s one of the few holidays left that hasn’t been consigned to the nearest Monday in order to create another long weekend for those who have the day off.

If you’re not a public employee, chances are you have to work…

Marching band’s season of excellence continues

Published in the November 4, 2015 edition

LAWRENCE — This past Sunday, the Wakefield Warrior Marching…

Published in the November 4, 2015 edition

WAKEFIELD — On Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Americal Civic Center, the Wakefield Unified Prevention Coalition (WAKE UP) and the Wakefield Police/Elliot Community Human Services CIT program will be hosting an important event.
The event will feature a panel with local and regional…

Published in the November 3, 2015 edition.

By BOB BURGESS

WAKEFIELD — The memories came flooding back. They were of a simpler time, a cooler time, a time of youthful zeal. Steve Ulwick sat in the…

Published in the November 3, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD — The Public Works Department will collect leaves and yardwaste from the curb this Saturday, Nov. 7, and again on Saturday, Nov. 21.

All containers must be at curbside by 7 a.m. All leaves and grass must be placed in biodegradable paper bags or barrels and all…

Published in the November 2, 2015 edition.

Published in the November 2, 2015 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

It’s not exactly the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist but it appears that Wakefield may be dealing with an art theft mystery of its own.

In the past year, a combined total of three paintings have gone missing from two of the town’s oldest institutions…

Published in the November 2, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Veterans Services Officer Alicia Reddin and the town’s Veterans Advisory Board have extended an invitation to all veterans to attend various Veterans’ Day events next Wednesday, Nov. 11.

Women veterans will be highlighted this year.

The first event is the annual Veterans’ Day Ceremony beginning promptly…

Published in the October 30, 2015 edition.

Hundreds of young ghosts, goblins, spooks and costumed cuties headed downtown yesterday for the annual Fright Night…

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