Wakefield News

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — A land swap that would resolve a decades-old title problem is a step closer to reality after Town Meeting approved warrant Article 6 Monday night. The Town Meeting action authorizes the Board of Selectmen to petition the legislature to enact special legislation permitting the town to exchange parcels of land…

By MARK SARDELLA

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By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Jeff Weiner, technology director for Wakefield’s schools, went before the School Committee last Tuesday to update members on technology issues, the challenges facing the School Department and what is being done to address them.

Three areas in Wakefield schools were recently monitored to determine what has been causing slowed speeds…

STONEHAM —Yesterday a 28-year-old Boston woman was arrested by police in the office building parking lot next to the 99 Restaurant off Route 28 and charged with cocaine trafficking.

Stoneham…

WAKEFIELD — For a person whose life has been touched by the Lake in some way, a custom engraved brick placed in the flagpole plaza at Col. Connelly Park may be perfect holiday gift. The Bricks by the Lake program has announced that donors who submit applications by Dec. 1 will be guaranteed a formal…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — It was a night to celebrate and on Saturday…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield-Lynnfield United Methodist Church on Vernon Street will finally get its cell tower housed within a new steeple, after a ZBA member at a meeting last week reversed his earlier vote, giving Bell Atlantic Mobile the fourth vote they needed to obtain a height variance for the planned 124-foot…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — The General Services Administration is currently performing a Phase 1 “environmental characterization” report for Tarrant Lane and is expected to be finished by February 2015. Environmental characterization encompasses the study of a land’s geology, soil and possible contaminants.

“We hope to begin marketing the property in the spring of 2015…

This is the second of two parts.

WAKEFIELD — John Rogers Galvin, mason’s son and retired four star U.S. Army General, will have the new middle…

WAKEFIELD — People planning to attend Saturday’s tours and/or rededication of the new Galvin Middle School are urged to either carpool with others or, if you live close enough, walk to the events.

The property is still a construction site and there are now about 50 fewer parking spaces than there will be when the…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Any form of anti-Semitism will not be tolerated in Wakefield schools, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stephen K. Zrike said at Wednesday’s school board meeting.

His pronouncement came on the heels of recent anti-Semitic incidents involving negative and hurtful comments made by grade 8 students and the display of swastikas in…