Wakefield News

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — The carnival held during April school vacation week raised approximately $8,000 that will help pay expenses for the 2015 Independence Day Parade, said Patrick Sullivan, chairman of the Independence Day Parade Committee.

“Attendance was comparable to last year,” said Sullivan. “There was no rain and we were open every day…

WAKEFIELD — Police in Wakefield, along with State Police, were called to Breakheart Reservation last night following a report that an 83-year-old man was missing.

According to State Police Lt. Dan Richard, a call came in at 7 p.m. from Park Rangers who reported that the elderly man was missing from his home. The man…

WAKEFIELD — Friends of Lake Quannapowitt (FOLQ) will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday May 20 at Bear Hill Golf Club, 2 North St., Stoneham.

Doug Heath, well known as a water scientist and as an historian of Lake Quannapowitt is slated to speak. He will review how this community has recognized Lake problems in…

WAKEFIELD — The Veterans Advisory Board is looking to fill two vacancies on its board for terms beginning June 1.

Interested persons should be committed to promoting council programs and veterans issues. Board members assist in assessing the needs of the veterans community as an advisory board.

Membership is open to all age groups with…

WAKEFIELD — The construction season is here for every community in the Commonwealth and after the winter we’ve had, there’s plenty of work to do.

In Wakefield, the DPW is in the first week of a significant upgrade of three of the four thoroughfares surrounding Lake Quannapowitt. On Sunday preliminary grinding work began on North…

WAKEFIELD — The 23rd annual National Letter Carrier Food Drive, Stamp Out Hunger, will take place tomorrow, Saturday, May 9.

Please leave non-perishable food donations at your mailbox — and the letter carriers will deliver the food to the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry. The Food Pantry relies on the Stamp Out Hungerdrive to help stock…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY and BOB BURGESS

LYNNFIELD — A wind-whipped, five-alarm brush fire over about 65 acres of Reedy Meadow yesterday afternoon brought crews from at least 11 departments, including Wakefield…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — As of Wednesday, July 1, the Walton School will have a new principal — Jeri Hammond. She replaces Margo Perriello, who now leads the Early Childhood Center at the Doyle School on Paul Avenue.

The announcement of Hammond’s placement came from Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stephen K. Zrike this week…

WAKEFIELD — On Tuesday, June 2, the Colonel James Hartshorne House Association will hold its Annual Breakfast at the West Side Social Club. A Wakefield tradition since 1939, the Breakfast is one of the most important annual fundraisers for the town’s oldest publicly owned building.

The Hartshorne House Breakfast features a delicious catered meal and…

Hear ye! Hear ye! Theatre To Go, Inc. is proud to present William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor on May 8, 9, 15-17. Join them as they journey back to Merrie Olde England and explore the antics of Falstaff and his friends in this farcical adventure.

The production is directed by Barbara Fulchino of…

By BOB BURGESS

WAKEFIELD — The town’s monetary overseers and some elected officials were jumping for joy last week, and with good reason: Standard & Poor’s gave great marks to Wakefield’s financial health by awarding municipal government a ‘AAA’ long-term credit rating, the highest possible.
The agency also assigned the town its ‘SP-1+’ short term…