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By KRISTEN HENSHAW

APRIL 16, 1986

Forty years ago, April 16th was a Wednesday. There were thickening clouds with showers expected by mid-afternoon. Temperatures in the 50s made for a comfortable day until the rain arrived. The Item’s 20 pages cost 30 cents.

Disposal of burnt food, still flaming, in a plastic-lined trash can on a back…

BOSTON – State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D-Melrose) joined the Massachusetts House of Representatives last week to pass a bill requiring social media companies to implement age verification systems to prohibit users under the age of 14 and require parental consent from prospective social media users aged 14 and 15. Additionally, the bill will…

BOSTON – While endorsing the underlying policy goals of protecting children from online predators and minimizing distractions in the classroom, State Representative Donald Wong (R-Saugus) was recently compelled to oppose pending legislation that would limit or ban the use of social media by minors while also prohibiting students’ use of cell phones in…

(Please note: We will no longer include the lengthy Zoom URLs in our list of meetings. If you want to join a meeting remotely, go to the town’s new website — wakefieldma.gov)

TUESDAY, APRIL 21

Housing Trust, remote meeting, 5 p.m.

Human Rights Commission, remote meeting, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22

Housing Authority, Crystal View…

Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on Friday, April 17, 2026

Lawmakers should have spent a little more time at Stop & Shop. If they had, they would’ve learned quickly that the chain’s attempt to charge 10 cents for paper bags awhile back was a miserable failure.

A little more time in the supermarket…

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

The Arts Collaborative of Wakefield’s Past Tense Art Exhibit. This is a fundraiser and sale and will be open Fridays throughout April from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturdays April 4, April 11 and April 18 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Albion Cultural Exchange, 9 Albion St…

WAKEFIELD — A Malden man was cited following a motor vehicle crash at the corner of Main and Richardson streets early last night.

Police said the Malden man was coming out of Richardson Street when his 2024 Toyota Siena made contact with a 2016 Toyota Tundra driven northbound by a man from New Hampshire around…