Wakefield News

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Police yesterday responded to a report of an unresponsive man on Bartley Street and when they arrived at his home, they could not rouse him. Officers found a hypodermic needle lying under his arm.

The man, age 23, was taken to Melrose-Wakefield Hospital for treatment. Today his condition is not…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Bugs, mice and mold in the apartments, plus…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Heroin and opioid-related deaths have surged across Massachusetts in recent weeks. So far this month, there have been 58 suspicious deaths statewide, according to State Police.

But in Wakefield the trend has slowed since last spring, said Wakefield’s Police Chief Rick Smith.

“There have not been as many fatalities in…

WAKEFIELD — A woman from Main Street went to the Police Station last night to report that someone used her credit card recently without her authorization to make food and other purchases at four Stop & Shop grocery stores. The loss to the credit card company was estimated to be about $1,300.

Purchases were made…

WAKEFIELD — Michael Collins, Wakefield’s Town Engineer, has been awarded 2014 Gertrude Spaulding Award.

The presentation occurred during the FOLQ Fall Breakfast on Nov. 23.

The prestigious award is given out annually to an individual…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield police are urging residents to take special care this holiday season when packages ordered online or over the phone are delivered by services like UPS, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service.

On Friday, a Salem Street woman called police in the afternoon when she thought a package she was…

WINCHESTER — Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced a new county-wide Safe Sleep Awareness Campaign to reduce Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) at Winchester Hospital on Thursday.

In attendance were nearly 100 community partners from the fields of law enforcement, healthcare, social services and child welfare. Joining District Attorney Ryan at the event were State…

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