BOSTON – The town’s Beacon Hill delegation announced yesterday that over $680,000 has been appropriated for the coming fiscal year for Wakefield to use to fix its streets.
State Senator Jason Lewis and state Representatives Paul Brodeur and Donald Wong said that Wakefield has been appropriated $680,046 in Chapter 90 state transportation funds. The funds…
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School Department officials have acknowledged that their requested 11.4 percent budget increase for Fiscal Year 2016 is “a big ask.”
The largest piece of that increase is $1,176,875 (3.8 percent) for “contractual salary obligations.” Another $658,174 (2.1 percent) is for SPED tuitions and $628,218 (2 percent) goes to fund salaries related to the…
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AT last night’s school board meeting, Wakefield student Cole Kraus demonstrated how a robot designed by him and other robotics team members could solve a puzzle in two-and-a-half minutes. Kraus and Galvin Middle School students Sydney Yee and Calvin Yee and high school student Preston Yee will attend a FIRST Robotics Competition in St. Louis
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WAKEFIELD — Jenna Farber, a student in Estelle Burdick’s first grade class at the Woodville School, had an idea for helping those who might be a little down. That idea sparked an interest in others, including second graders, Woodville PTO members, and Principal Michelle Zottoli.
Jenna envisioned a “Buddy Bench” on the grounds of the…
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FALLON BRIGHT, a junior at Wakefield Memorial High School, showed a young girl how to make a vase using a pottery wheel during Visual Arts Night at the Americal Civic Center last night. The event drew hundreds of proud parents and art lovers. (Gail Lowe Photo)
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FOLLOWING release from under his silver 2003 Cadillac, an 82-year-old Reading man was med-flighted from Veterans’ Field to a Boston Hospital for treatment of injuries to his legs. (Gail Lowe Photo)
WAKEFIELD — A Reading man in his 80s got trapped under his silver 2003 Cadillac sedan while he was possibly checking a front tire…
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Editor’s note: The following was submitted by the Wakefield Center Neighborhood Association.
WAKEFIELD — When the Wakefield Center Neighborhood Association (WCNA) went looking for a new project, they didn’t have to look far. While putting up the lights up in the trees for the annual holiday light display, the members noticed the poor condition of…
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WEARING beautiful green “fan” dresses, the JIA Yun Dance Troupe performed Friday night in the auditorium of the Galvin Middle School for those who attended METCO International Night. (Janine Cook Photo)
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WAKEFIELD — Wakefield Educational Foundation (WEF) announces the 19th Annual Celebration of Learning Ceremony and Reception will be held on Thursday, April 16, at the Galvin Middle School Auditorium. Award presentations will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m., immediately followed by a reception serving light hors d’oeuvres and cake in the cafeteria.
Tickets are not necessary…
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WAKEFIELD — A fire that got its start in a clothes dryer Sunday morning caused a heavy smoke condition to a home in Greenwood, displacing four family members.
After the Fire Department received a 911 call at 9 a.m. Sunday about a heavy smoke condition inside a ranch home at 7 Kingmont…
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WAKEFIELD — Over the weekend, police responded to calls about tax fraud, erratic drivers and multiple car accidents.
One accident Friday night involved a downed Verizon utility pole on Forest Street in Greenwood and sprawled wires, some live, hanging from the pole created a hazardous condition for police officers when they tried to access the…
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