Wakefield News

WAKEFIELD — The following young people have offered their snow shoveling services for those who need help this winter:

• Kevin Doherty, 11, is able to shovel snow in the upper Elm Street/Parker Road area. Contact Kevin’s mother at 617-365-7202.

• Meghan and Ryan Pescatore, 16 and 12 years old respectively, are interested in shoveling…

WOBURN – A Connecticut man will be spending at least six years in state prison after a judge sentenced him last week in the brutal attack of a Wakefield resident at the Woburn Showcase Cinema in September 2011.

Middlesex Superior Court Judge Thomas Billings sentenced Chantha Chau, 23, of New London, Conn., to 6-8 years…

WAKEFIELD — A 40-year-old woman from Wakefield escaped serious injury yesterday when the driver of a small dump truck reportedly forced her into a snowbank as she walked near the intersection of Water and Vernon streets and ran over her right foot.

Patrol Office Meaghan Leary responded to the scene at about 2:20 p.m. and…

BOSTON — Wakefield Republican Richard Tisei has joined Boston firm Preti Strategies as a Senior Policy Advisor.

Tisei joins the expanded team of the former Preti Minahan Strategies and will work closely with founder Al Minahan and other professionals on public policy and communications strategy projects for clients across industries. Preti Minahan Strategies has become…

By BOB BURGESS

WAKEFIELD — There’s a chance the April 28 town election could actually see a contested race for School Committee after College of the Holy Cross senior Robert Tiro of Collette Road pulled nomination papers this week for one of two three-year terms to be decided this spring.

Tiro joins incumbents Janine Iengo-Cook…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The management company for Heron Pond Condominium Trust has retained an environmental consulting firm from Woburn to conduct soil testing on the lawns at the 410 Salem St. condo complex. The tests will determine what levels of common fertilizer chemicals are present in the soils.

The tests are in response…

By GAIL…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — It was a close call for a business and a homeowner Wednesday when fires broke out in their buildings.

Fire Chief Michael Sullivan said that fire coming from a gas heating unit on the roof at Brother’s Restaurant and Deli, 404 Main St., caused smoke and water damage to the…

Normally, I give topics like Global Warming and Climate Change a good leaving alone. It’s a slippery slope that can quickly trigger an avalanche of supercilious lectures from the Reality-Based Community.

But in my reality I have eight feet of snow in my front yard and if the AccuWeather Boston forecast holds…