Wakefield News

Published in the August 3, 2015 edition

BOSTON – State Senator Jason Lewis (D-Winchester) announced Friday that gubernatorial vetoes of funding for numerous priorities that are important to the communities of the Fifth Middlesex District have been overridden in the Massachusetts legislature, ensuring that funds for these priorities will be included in the Fiscal Year…

Published in the August 3, 2015 edition

WAKEFIELD — The Hartshorne House Association will host an Ice Cream Social at the historic 41 Church St. home on Wednesday, Aug. 5, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Make your own sundae for $3. Bring the whole family to this tasty event, the proceeds of which will benefit…

Published in the July 31, 2015 edition

BOSTON — Officials with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) yesterday announced that they have raised the West Nile Virus (WNV) risk level to “moderate” in Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Newton, Revere, Somerville and Watertown.

This change is due to multiple WNV-positive mosquitos being found in a relatively small geographic…

Published in the July 30, 2015 edition

Published in the July 30, 2015 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — After 10 long months of public hearings, dozens of letters to the editor, lawsuits and even protests in Wakefield’s Square, the Zoning Board of Appeals last night approved three Special Permits that will allow Shelter Development to construct a 130-unit Brightview Senior Living…

Published in the July 30, 2015 edition

When the new World War II Monument was unveiled on Nov. 11, 2011, it was a proud moment for the entire community. The wood memorial that it replaced had suffered the ravages of time and could not be saved.

The old World War II Monument was…

Rotary hosts youths from Israel, Palestine

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Published in the July 28, 2015 edition

WAKEFIELD — The East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project will be controlling mosquitoes using truck mounted aerosol sprayers in Wakefield on Wednesday, July 29, and Thursday, July 30.

All spraying is done between dusk and 11:30 p.m.

On Wednesday, spraying is scheduled for areas near Hopkins Street, Parker Road…

Published in the July 28, 2015 edition

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — The world won’t be coming to Boston in nine years and a lot of people are happy about it.

Yesterday, the U.S. Olympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Scott Blackmun and Boston 2024 Chairman Steve Pagliuca issued a joint statement that officially ended the…

Published in the July 28, 2015 edition

Published in the July 27, 2015 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

SAUGUS — “Fly fishing never takes you to an ugly place,” says Wakefield’s…