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Front Page: January 19, 2026

January 19, 2026

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Teen Center opens new STEM lab

January 19, 2026

WAKEFIELD — The Boys & Girls Club of Metro North celebrated the grand opening of its new STEM Lab at the Wakefield Teen Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, January 14, marking an important milestone in the Club’s ongoing commitment to expanding educational opportunities for youth in the community.

The new STEM Lab in…

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Town updates kiosk policy

January 19, 2026

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The town has revised its policy with respect to town-owned informational kiosks. Communications Director Jennifer McDonald appeared before the Town Council last week to propose several changes to the policy.

She reminded the board that four informational kiosks were donated to the town by the Wakefield Main Streets organization in 2018. The kiosks are located at…

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Front Page: January 16, 2026

January 16, 2026

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Town Council updated on ARPA spending

January 16, 2026

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Town Council this week received an update on the status of funds that the town received under the COVID-era American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Wakefield received over $8 million in ARPA funds, all of which must be spent by Dec. 31 of this year.

Town Administrator Dee Casey presented…

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TSB sponsors Trivia Team Challenge

January 16, 2026

PICTURED FROM THE left: Kelley Chapman, Craig MacKenzie and Tricia Desrocher.

WAKEFIELD — The Savings Bank is a generous event sponsor of The Scholarship Foundation (TSF) 2026 Trivia Team Challenge being held on January 31.

TSF Trivia Team Challenge Chairperson Kelley Chapman and Tricia Desrocher accepted a donation recently from Executive Vice President and…

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More incumbents eye reelection

January 16, 2026

WAKEFIELD — More incumbents have expressed interest in staying in office as the 2026 Town Election field grows.

On Wednesday, Library Trustees Laura Cutone Godwin of 298 Main St. and Susan Marie Wetmore of 12 Sunset Dr. took out nomination papers for reelection to three-year terms.

Thursday morning, incumbent Theodore H. Noell of 8 Fernwood…

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Front Page: January 15, 2026

January 15, 2026

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School nursing levels critically low

January 15, 2026

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – Flanked by her colleagues, school nurse coordinator and Galvin Middle School nurse Keri Melanson told the School Committee about shortages in staffing at their meeting Tuesday, January 13.

“We, the school nurses of the Wakefield Public Schools, are here to share our concerns regarding two critical gaps in our…

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Throwback Thursday, 1962

January 15, 2026

THIS WEEK’S photo is probably one of the last images of the old Greenwood Hose House on Oak Street before it was torn down in 1962 to make room for the new Greenwood Fire Station. The photo was taken by then Wakefield Memorial High School student Bruce Whittemore, who would later become a Wakefield firefighter…