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Tax increase on tap 

DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENTS VICTOR SANTANIELLO

By MARK SARDELLA 

WAKEFIELD – Your property taxes are going up, in part because this year (FY2026) is the first year that the borrowing for the new high school will significantly impact local taxes.

Director of Assessments Victor Santaniello appeared before the Town Council last night as the board held its tax classification hearing for FY2026.…

 

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Front Page: October 20, 2025

 

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Photo 2025 Fall

Somber beauty 

Photo 2025 Fall
THE TREES in Lakeside Cemetery display their fall foliage. (Mark Sardella)

 

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LOGO WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS

School district goals outlined

By NEIL ZOLOT 

WAKEFIELD – Superintendent Doug Lyons outlined goals for the district and himself at last week’s School Committee meeting.  

“We’re trying to make the goals align with our intentions for what it takes for students to perform at a high level,” he said. “It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish,” which related to a slide…

 

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Front Page: October 17, 2025

 

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Thomas Purcell named temporary Fire Chief

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — With Fire Chief Michael Sullivan out on extended leave, Town Administrator Denise Casey made several temporary Civil Service appointments this week that will allow the Fire Department to continue functioning at maximum efficiency. On Wednesday, the Town Council confirmed Casey’s appointments, which avoids a waiting period and allows the appointments…

 

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The Worshipful John Brown

CAPTAIN JOHN Brown’s gravestone is in fact about 50% wider; at least three feet of it is buried underground. His long inscription is quite eloquent and ends with “Witty, yet wise, grave, good, among the best Was he,—the memory of the just is blest.”

Wakefield’s Old Burying Ground is like an outdoor museum, filled with…

 

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Anthem Ride to affect weekend traffic

WAKEFIELD — On Saturday, Oct. 18, a charity motorcycle ride will impact traffic as it passes through Wakefield. 

The Todd Angilly Anthem Ride, which benefits the Navy SEAL Foundation, the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts Foundation, the Thomas E. Smith Foundation and the Bourque Family Foundation, will be in Wakefield from approximately 11:15 to…

 

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Front Page: October 16, 2025

 

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Student survey tracks risky behavior

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – Examples of risky behavior by Middle and High School students are fairly stable despite some small upward trends, according to the 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey presented to the School Committee at their meeting Tuesday, Oct. 14. 

“There are different things we have to keep up with,” Middle School…

 

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Throwback Thursday, 1930

Todays’s photo shows the Taylor Building and the George H. Taylor Co. at the north corner of Main and Lincoln streets, in 1930. The building, which stands to this day, is the last survivor of three major buildings constructed just after the Civil War. The other two were the old Town Hall (on the Main

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Moulton to take on Markey for Senate seat

By COLIN A. YOUNG
State House News Service

BOSTON — For the second election cycle in a row, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey will face a challenge from a younger Democrat in the state’s Congressional delegation.

Congressman Seth Moulton of Salem announced Wednesday morning that he will run for U.S. Senate next year, arguing that Massachusetts…

 

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