Wakefield News

By GAIL LOWE and BOB BURGESS

WAKEFIELD — Predictions of a low turnout in today’s annual municipal election seemed to be coming true at 10 a.m., with just 1.7 percent of the community’s 17,460 registered voters having participated in the first three hours.

At the West Side Social Club this morning, Precinct 6 Warden Kristen…

By BOB BURGESS

WAKEFIELD — The three people running for two School Committee seats up for election today raised a total of $10,665 in the period from Jan. 1 to April 20, and spent a combined $4,695 to get their messages out.

Incumbents Janine Iengo Cook and Kathryn Morgan, along with newcomer Rob Tiro, are…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield residents will soon have access to a mental health and wellness referral help line that will be able to match those in need of services with licensed mental health professionals from an extensive database.

Representatives of the Wakefield Health Department appeared before the Board of Selectmen last night to…

By BOB BURGESS

WAKEFIELD — The annual municipal election is tomorrow and with only two contested races on the ballot, turnout is expected to be thin.

While the three candidates for two seats on the School Committee — incumbents Janine Cook and Kate Morgan and challenger Rob Tiro — may have higher hopes, it is…

WAKEFIELD — The town is positioned in such a financial way that it can absorb the costs from a very severe winter, according to Wakefield’s top professional manager.

Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio was asked to comment on a report published in today’s Boston Globe in which Moody’s Investors Service explains that the federal government’s…

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WAKEFIELD — Police said they responded to a variety of calls over the weekend. One call concerned a traffic signal pole at the intersection of Main and Water streets that sustained $3,000 in damage when the driver of a tractor trailer truck reportedly hit it.

Firefighters from the Fire Department reported the incident just after…

By GAIL LOWE

WOBURN — Cases involving drunk driving arrests could be affected in Wakefield due to the discovery of a problem with the accuracy of some breath tests.

This week, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said that in mid-March her office was notified by the Office of Alcohol Testing that there was “an issue…

WAKEFIELD — A 33-year-old man from Wellesley who allegedly was heading north in a southbound lane on Rte. 128 near Exit 39 early this morning was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, resulting in serious bodily injury and negligent operation of a motor vehicle, said State Trooper Reid…

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WAKEFIELD — The Boys & Girls Club of Wakefield is hosting a “We Care Day” at the club on Saturday April 25, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Americal Civic Center lower level.

The club was awarded a mini-grant from the Wakefield Youth Action Team and will be conducting two events, which are community driven…