Wakefield News

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The sewer flat rate may generate some discussion when the Board of Selectmen sets the water and sewer rates next month.

Selectman Phyllis Hull said that she was contacted by a resident who gets her water from a well. Hull said that the resident was asking why her sewer bill…

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The Col. James Hartshorne House Association will hold its annual breakfast on Tuesday at the West Side Social Club, June 2 from 7 to 10 a.m. A $12 donation is suggested.

A Wakefield tradition since 1939, the breakfast is one of the most important annual fundraisers for the town’s oldest publicly owned building.

The breakfast…

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WAKEFIELD — A one-time Richardson Street resident who acted as the lookout during a jewelry heist at the Kohl’s department store in Woburn that resulted in the shooting death of a veteran police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder.

Scott Hanright, now 23, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole…

Greetings parents, guardians, students, staff and other stakeholders.

On behalf of this professional learning community and its educators, it is a pleasure to welcome you to today’s commencement exercises. I am pleased that you were able to leverage your resources in such a way as to join us today.

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By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals was expecting to have an in-depth discussion of Shelter Development’s construction schedule — assuming its proposal to build a 130-unit Brightview Senior Living complex on Crescent Street receives approval.

But it quickly became apparent last night that while Shelter representatives were ready to discuss construction…

LYNNFIELD — The DPW advises commuters that on Thursday, May 28 and Friday, May 29, beginning at 7 a.m., the town of Lynnfield has scheduled grinding and paving of patches on Walnut Street between Route 128 and Summer Street, weather permitting.

Please expect delays between 7 a.m. and 4 or 5 p.m. on Thursday and…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — A new preliminary subdivision plan for the properties at 338 Main St., and 11, 15, 17, 19, 21 and 25 Crescent St. was submitted to the Planning Board last night by attorney Brian McGrail.

With the exception of 25 Crescent St., the properties are currently owned by the Fraen Corporation…

WAKEFIELD — Two people injured in a head-on crash yesterday afternoon in front of 96 Main St. (near Lowell Street) were taken to Boston and local hospitals for treatment of injuries, said Fire Chief Michael Sullivan today.

Police and firefighters rushed to the scene at about 3:45 p.m. and found both people outside their vehicles…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The fair skies that greeted…