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Northeast, WMHS win state financial ed. grants

February 4, 2026

BOSTON – Wakefield Memorial High School and Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School will received Financial Education Innovation Fund grants from the State Treasurer’s Office of Economic Empowerment (OEE), in partnership with the Division of Banks (DOB) and the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR).

Following a competitive application process that concluded in November…

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Front Page: February 3, 2026

February 3, 2026

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Nikitin named to veterans’ board

February 3, 2026

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – Retired United States Navy Commander and Wakefield native Shelby M. Nikitin will continue to serve her country, her town and its veterans as a member of the Wakefield Veterans Advisory Board.

Commander Nikitin was appointed to the board last week by the Town Council.

A decorated Naval officer, Nikitin is a 2000 graduate of Wakefield Memorial High School. She graduated from the College of the…

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Overnight snow removal planned

February 3, 2026

WAKEFIELD — Public Works crews continue to clean up after Wakefield received almost two feet of snow during our recent storm. To improve roadway conditions and clear more parking areas, overnight snow removal operations will take place from 10 p.m. on Tuesday, February 3, through 6 a.m. on Wednesday, February 4. Crews will be working…

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Be still

February 3, 2026

GEORGIA STANDS FOR A MINUTE on her running track leading to the family wood pile. (Lucia Jenkins Photo)

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Front Page: February 2, 2026

February 2, 2026

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Lipper-Garabedian backs bill to require apprenticeships in public construction

February 2, 2026

BOSTON — State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian joined the Massachusetts House of Representatives yesterday to pass legislation that seeks to increase the state’s trades’ workforce by requiring the hiring of apprentices for all contracts awarded for public works projects over $10 million. Effective a year after signed into law, this bill would require projects…

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Symbol of winter’s peak

February 2, 2026

THE RADIANT snow moon is visible through the glistening icicles suspended from a local roof. (Kim Malonson Photo)

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Front Page: January 30, 2026

January 30, 2026

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First FY2027 town budgets approved

January 30, 2026

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The municipal budget season has arrived as the Town Council reviewed and approved the first seven departmental budgets for FY2027 at this week’s meeting. Budgets are also scrutinized by the Finance Committee before going before the voters at Town Meeting in April.

Town Administrator Dee Casey presented the budgets along…

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Rotary welcomes new member Dee Casey

January 30, 2026

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Rotary Club is pleased to announce its newest member Denise “Dee” Casey who was installed into the club earlier this month by Wakefield Rotary Past President Amy Luckiewicz and her sponsor, past President Barbara Woley.

Casey…

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Mass. Teamsters endorse Seth Moulton for U.S. Senate

January 30, 2026

BOSTON — Citing his unwavering support for working families and his record of fighting for fair wages, safe working conditions, and strong labor protections, Massachusetts Teamsters unanimously endorsed U.S. Representative Seth Moulton’s candidacy for the United States Senate.

Teamster unions across Massachusetts, representing 20,000 union members and their families, praised Moulton for walking the picket lines and standing…

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