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Front Page: December 26, 2025

December 26, 2025

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Stopping by for a visit

December 26, 2025

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2026 Wakefield Town Election season begins next week

December 26, 2025

WAKEFIELD — Beginning next Friday, January 2, nomination papers will be available at the Town Clerk’s office for positions up for election in April.

The Annual Town Election will be held Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Registered voters will be selecting candidates to represent them in the following offices:

TOWN COUNCIL

Two positions, three year term…

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Front Page: December 24, 2025

December 24, 2025

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Visiting Santa

December 24, 2025

CAMERON, 2, and Connor, 4, joined Santa at his headquarters on the Common.

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

December 24, 2025

In 1897, Dr. Philip O’Hanlon, a coroner’s assistant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, was asked a question by his then 8-year-old daughter, Virginia, which many parents have been asked before: Whether Santa Claus really exists. O’Hanlon deferred. He suggested Virginia wrote asking the question to one of New York’s most prominent newspapers at the time,…

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It’s Christmastime at TSB

December 24, 2025

MUSICIANS FROM THE Wakefield Memorial High School Orchestra entertained customers and staff of The Savings Bank during the Bank’s annual Holiday Music Series at the Main Office in Wakefield. The 2025 series will continue this Saturday, December 20 with a performance by Wakefield Memorial High School music students.

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Front Page: December 23, 2025

December 23, 2025

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Representative Lipper-Garabedian honors WMHS golf, volleyball teams

December 23, 2025

ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D-Melrose) presented House citations to Wakefield Memorial High School athletes who achieved success during the fall 2025 season in recognition of their accomplishments and hard work. These teams were the boys’ golf and girls’ volleyball squads, both Middlesex League champions for fall 2025. Lipper-Garabedian is pictured with representatives

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WMGLD gets state grant for Energy Park

December 23, 2025

BOSTON – The Healey-Driscoll Administration last week announced more than $8 million in funding for eight projects that will strengthen Massachusetts’ electric grid, reduce costly outages, and better protect residents from the impacts of extreme weather. The awards, delivered through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s (MassCEC) Grants for Enhancing Grid Resilience and Reliability Program, will…