Wakefield News

Published in the September 18, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD – Congressman Seth Moulton, the Salem Democrat, announced new federal funding to prevent and reduce substance abuse among young people in northeast Massachusetts. In total, the Office of National Drug Control Policy released $725,000 in Drug Free Communities funding to five local, community-based organizations, including the Healthy…

Published in the September 18, 2015 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Details emerged this week regarding Hallmark Health’s plans for a property in Wakefield that it purchased on Aug. 21 for $3.12 million. The property at 888 Main St. in Greenwood was once home to the Wakefield Subaru automobile dealership.

Hallmark plans to construct…

Published in the September 18, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD – The Cruiser Club Boston and Honey Dew Donuts are sponsoring a fundraiser to benefit PAWS homeless animals on Sunday, September 20 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. PAWS Wakefield volunteers and Cruiser Club members will be on hand in the Honey Dew parking lot at 142 Lowell…

Published in the September 17, 2015 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 was a day that no current Wakefield Memorial High School student…

Published in the September 17, 2015 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The next prong in the town’s effort to rid itself of massage parlors functioning as prostitution operations is in the works as the Health Department expects to hold a public hearing on new draft regulations in October and the Board of Health could…

Despite the insistence of the local online Fellowship of the Miserable that the revitalization of downtown Wakefield should happen overnight, in the real world things don’t happen that fast.

But in the past week alone, we saw several hopeful signs that things may be heading in the right direction. Dare we say the…

Published in the September 16, 2015 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Although it appears that two new restaurants want to move into the downtown area, Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio still believes that there is more that the town can do to spur economic revitalization on Main Street by working with downtown commercial property…

Published in the September 15, 2015 edition.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Town Hall has been hearing from citizens who are concerned with the number of homes in some residential neighborhoods that are being used as short-term and long term lodging houses.

Maio said that there are homeowners in town who are advertising rooms in their homes for short term stays under…

Published in the September 15, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield Memorial High School has been selected as one of the few sites in the state to be visited by Medal of Honor recipients as they gather for their annual convention in Boston this week.

Many of the nation’s 78 living Medal of Honor recipients will…

Published in the September 14, 2015 edition.

Published in the September 14, 2015 edition.

WAKEFIELD — The Health Department has released its schedule of flu clinics for the fall of 2015.

The first will be held Tuesday, Sept. 29, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Americal Civic Center, 467 Main St., Wakefield.

The second will be Wednesday, Oct. 7, from…