WAKEFIELD — Given the weather, School Committee member Kevin Piskadlo posed a sensible question at the meeting Tuesday, February 10.
“With what temperatures have been, how are we doing in terms of heating fuel and costs associated with that?” he asked Business Manager Christine Bufagna during her Budget Items report.
She answered…
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RECREATION DIRECTOR Dan McGrath presents his budget to the Town Council this week alongside Town Accountant Liz Rourke. (WCAT Screenshot)
BY MARK SARDELLA
WAKEFIELD — The municipal budget season is well underway as the Town Council this week approved 10 more FY2027 departmental budgets. All budgets are also scrutinized by the Finance Committee before the…
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WAKEFIELD — From a noisy discarded smoke alarm on Richardson Avenue to trespassing at an abandoned property on Jordan Avenue, police had plenty on their plate yesterday.
At about 9:35 a.m. a citizen reported suspicious activity at a vacant house on Jordan Avenue. Police found footprints in the snow and said someone appeared to have…
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FROM THE LEFT are Austin Prep students and members of The American Experience Project, Nick Capone, Joe Cruz, Lucas Lilley and Gabe Juliano.
By BRETT RUDY
READING — At Austin Prep, a history assignment isn’t always a paper. It’s often a film production. And for Wakefield sophomore Joe Cruz, that shift has changed the way…
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This is from the George Washington’s Mt. Vernon website.
George Washington was a humble man who did not enjoy flashy celebrations. During his lifetime, Washington paid little attention to his own birthday, and often “celebrated” it by responding to letters or attending to matters at Mount Vernon.
However, national celebration of his birthday began while he was alive…
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS at the West Side Social Club. Seated from the left are Chris DeFeo, Stephen Boudreau and Charles Rhuda. Standing from the left are Patrick Booth, Billy Hubbard, Nick Shreders, Richard Kelly, Ian Power and Ben Schools.
WAKEFIELD — The 91st Installation of Club Officers and Directors for the West Side Social…
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THE SNOW PILES in this week’s photo may look familiar to anyone who’s looked outside lately, but the image is from 86 years ago. The pictured scene shows Fred’s Super Service Sinclair Gasoline station at Main and West Water streets. The “Valentine Blizzard” of Feb. 14-15, 1940 dropped an appropriate 14 inches of snow on…
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WAKEFIELD — More of the town’s elementary school students scored at on or above grade level in middle of the year tests this year than last, as reported during an Elementary Curriculum and Instruction update given at the School Committee meeting Tuesday, February 10.
In the 2024-25 school year 65.9 percent of…
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THE SNOW PILES in this week’s photo may look familiar to anyone who’s looked outside lately, but the image is from 86 years ago. The pictured scene shows Fred’s Super Service Sinclair Gasoline station at Main and West Water streets. The “Valentine Blizzard” of Feb. 14-15, 1940 dropped an appropriate 14 inches of snow on
