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Order your engraved Lake Quannapowitt brick today

WAKEFIELD — Sunday, March 1 is the cut-off date for ordering an engraved brick to be installed in the 2026 installation at the Colonel Connelly flagpole plaza at the head of the Lake.

Order forms may be obtained at the Friends of Lake Quannapowitt website at folq.org.

Bricks by the Lake is a community heritage…

 

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January home sales in Wakefield down, but median price is up

WAKEFIELD — The first month of the new year saw a significant drop in single-family home buying in town, according to the latest report from The Warren Group, a leading provider of national real estate and transaction data.

In January, 10 single-families sold in Wakefield, compared to 17 sold in January 2025. This represents a…

 

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Front Page: February 17, 2026

 

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Celebrating Black History Month: Sailor gave his life to save others

CHARLES WALTER DAVID JR.

WAKEFIELD — The town’s director of Veteran Services, David Mangan, sent us this piece after a ceremony was held at Temple Emmanuel to honor the Four Chaplains. Dave felt it appropriate to remember sailor Charles Walter David Jr. during Black History Month. Although not clergy, his actions were certainly ministered…

 

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Front Page: February 16, 2026

 

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No, George Washington didn’t have wooden teeth and …

…Yes, he led the Siege of Boston

By MICHAEL CASEY

Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — More than a decade before he became the country’s first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution. The Siege of Boston was his first campaign as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army…

 

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NMYO chamber music concert March 8

NMYO
SERENA LOH of Wakefield

IPSWICH — Northeast Massachusetts Youth Orchestras (NMYO) present a chamber music concert on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3 p.m. at Shore Country Day School, 545 Cabot St, Beverly.

This concert features NMYO’s Symphony Orchestra and Select Intermezzo Orchestra and Wind Ensemble musicians. It is the culmination of an eight-week rehearsal…

 

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Front Page: February 13, 2026

 

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Winter impacting schools’ budget

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD — Given the weather, School Committee member Kevin Piskadlo posed a sensible question at the meeting Tuesday, February 10.

“With what temperatures have been, how are we doing in terms of heating fuel and costs associated with that?” he asked Business Manager Christine Bufagna during her Budget Items report.

She answered…

 

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Town Council OKs 10 more budgets

RECREATION DIRECTOR Dan McGrath presents his budget to the Town Council this week alongside Town Accountant Liz Rourke. (WCAT Screenshot)

BY MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The municipal budget season is well underway as the Town Council this week approved 10 more FY2027 departmental budgets. All budgets are also scrutinized by the Finance Committee before the…

 

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What’s closed Monday

Presidents’ Day, recognized Monday, is a federal holiday. Many town, state and federal offices will not be open.

Town Hall will be closed, and kids will start their February school vacation week.

There will be no trash pickup Monday; collection will be delayed one day all week.

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Police told of Jordan Ave. trespassing

WAKEFIELD — From a noisy discarded smoke alarm on Richardson Avenue to trespassing at an abandoned property on Jordan Avenue, police had plenty on their plate yesterday.

At about 9:35 a.m. a citizen reported suspicious activity at a vacant house on Jordan Avenue. Police found footprints in the snow and said someone appeared to have…

 

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