Wakefield News

WAKEFIELD — The long-awaited rededication ceremony of the new Galvin Middle School will be held this Saturday, Nov. 15, beginning at 7 p.m. Prior to the festivities, however, students and school staff will lead guided tours of the sparkling facility, starting at 5 p.m.

The Galvin Middle School project will cost about $74.6 million when…

WAKEFIELD — A 15-year-old youth will be summonsed to court sometime this week on a charge of vandalizing town property in the Square.

Patrol Officer John Whaley was keeping an eye on the downtown area Saturday night at about 7:45 when he noticed a youth damaging holiday decorations, including small ornaments, on shrubs placed in…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Friends of Lake Quannapowitt will honor longtime Wakefield Town Engineer Michael Collins with its 2014 “Gertrude Spaulding Award” at the FOLQ Annual Breakfast on Sunday, Nov. 23 at the Bear Hill Country Club.

FOLQ board member Jim Scott was at last night’s Conservation Commission meeting to inform the commissioners…

WAKEFIELD — Police stopped a Billerica man at the intersection of Main and Church streets yesterday at about 4 p.m. on a red light violation and while speaking with the driver a small bag of what was believed to be heroin was located.

The street value of the drug was estimated at $40.

Police then…

A couple of quick notes about this weekend.

On Saturday the town will collect bagged leaves and yard waste from your curb. Take advantage of the program.

There is no limit to the number of bags you can put out but the public works department does have a couple of rules.

For example, all containers…

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By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Shelter Development last night presented modified architectural renderings and drawings in response to questions and comments from the Zoning Board of Appeals and the public regarding their proposed 137-unit Brightview Senior Living facility on Crescent Street.

Last night’s special ZBA meeting was devoted exclusively on Shelter’s proposal and the hearing…

By MARK SARDELLA

The tree removal company could only promise that they would be here before noon, so voting will have to wait until after they leave.

11 a.m. — The tree crew arrives. They work quickly and efficiently and within one hour a maple that was leaning on my roof and a sumac that…

With ‘Port’ at Salem State University

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield Memorial High School Class of 2012…

WAKEFIELD — Voters here backed Republican Charlie Baker over Democrat Martha Coakley for governor by a wider margin than he won statewide, went with Main Street’s Richard Tisei in a losing effort for Congress, backed casino gambling, rejected the state gas tax rising with inflation, overwhelmingly defeated an attempt to expand the bottle bill and…