Wakefield News

WAKEFIELD — Early this morning, a…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — All of New England will celebrate the arrival of spring tomorrow.

After a difficult winter that included 114 inches of…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Capital Planning Committee (CPC) last night voted unanimously to recommend $1,999,967 in capital spending for FY 2016. That is the amount that will go before Annual Town Meeting, which opens on May 5.

Another $150,925 in capital investment was recommended for new Information Technology leases town-wide but the first…

Local high school students will be calling Wakefield residents on Saturday, March 21 between noon and 4 p.m. as part of The Scholarship Foundation (TSF) of…

WAKEFIELD — Max Plansky, like the rest of his family, is passionate about basketball. He is in Pittsburgh today as a member of the Northeastern Huskies, who are preparing to play a first round game against Notre Dame tomorrow afternoon in the NCAA tournament known as March Madness.
Max’ beaming smile will be seen from…

WAKEFIELD — Thieves continue to rob people in Wakefield of their identity as scammers find ways to steal their money and purchase products in their names.
Yesterday, another case was reported just before 5:30 p.m. when a man from Greenwood notified police about a letter he received from a collection agency stating that he owed…

WAKEFIELD — The going may be a little slow tomorrow on Route 128 in Wakefield and Lynnfield.

According to the Mass. Department of Transportation, two lanes will be closed on I-95 northbound and southbound in Lynnfield and Wakefield between Exit 43 (Walnut Street) and Exit 38 (Route 28) between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m…

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Independence Day Parade Committee will hold a fundraiser to benefit this year’s parade on Tuesday, March 24, at the Dockside Restaurant.

Those who go to the restaurant on Main Street in Greenwood that day will see 10 percent of their bill donated to the Fourth of July Parade.

While you’re there…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The area of the watershed believed to be contributing to the loading of phosphorus into Lake Quannapowitt has been downsized based on updated information that suggests that much of the area west and northwest of the Lake actually runs off to Walkers Brook in Reading.

Town Engineer Michael Collins told…