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Front Page: December 5, 2025

 

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Season of creativity

ART STUDENTS FROM Wakefield Memorial High School recently painted a holiday mural on the front entrance window of the Wakefield Daily Item building on Albion Street. The 10th grade students are (from left) Jayla Conley, Adrianna Chesna and Emily King. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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Tree lighting, Santa tour this weekend

WAKEFIELD — Over the next couple of weekends, the community will have a great chance to get in a festive holiday mood.

Tonight beginning at 6 p.m., the First Parish Congregational Church will have a Pie Social on Church Street. At 6:30 p.m., the Wakefield Center Neighborhood Association will welcome Frosty the Snowman to the…

 

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WMHS Band honors keep coming

MEMBERS OF THE award-winning Warrior Marching Band pose with a commendation from the state Legislature at this week’s School Committee meeting. (Doug Lyons Photo)

WAKEFIELD — At Tuesday night’s School Committee meeting, the Wakefield Warrior Marching Band and Visual and Performing Arts Director Tom Bankert were presented with citations from both the Massachusetts House of…

 

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Front Page: December 4, 2025

 

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LOGO WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The schools’ budget season is here

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – “We are in the throes of preparing our budget,” Superintendent Doug Lyons said at the School Committee meeting Tuesday, December 2 in reference to the Fiscal 2027 budget. “We’ll be looking at every position and working with our principals. It’s not a zero-based budget, but they’ll be looking at how

 

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The making of Union Street: Throwback Thursday, 1948

 

IN THE LATE 1940’s, the A&P Supermarket anchored the north end of this block on the east side of Main Street in Wakefield Square. Nagle’s Drug Store was on the corner of Main and Centre streets, next door to Friend’s Bakery. On the other side of the A&P was Russell Electrical Company, which sold…

 

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Front Page: December 3, 2025

 

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Local man guilty of trafficking meth

BOSTON – A Wakefield man pleaded guilty yesterday to his role in a conspiracy to distribute crystal methamphetamine.

Daniel Loughman, a/k/a “Swiss,” 40, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams and more of methamphetamine and one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 50…

 

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Wet but not white! A reminder that winter’s coming

IT WAS FREEZING in Wakefield when the rain started falling yesterday, but the temperature rose throughout the day, sparing the town any significant snowfall. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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Front Page: December 2, 2025

 

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Local woman convicted of laundering money

BOSTON – A Wakefield woman was convicted of money laundering conspiracy on Nov. 24, following a six-day jury trial.

Christiane Fischer, 42, was convicted of one count of money laundering conspiracy. U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley scheduled sentencing for March 5, 2026. Fischer was indicted by a federal grand jury in November 2022.

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