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PHOTO: Celebrating a tradition’s return

AFTER A YEAR OFF because of the COVID pandemic, the Chamber of Commerce’s two-day Home for the Holidays celebration came back in a big way December 3 and 4. Here, residents gather downtown Friday night to show how much a time-honored tradition means to the community. (Photo by [email protected])

 

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PHOTO: Festival of Light!

HANUKKAH was celebrated on the town common last Saturday by members of the newly formed Jewish Families of North Reading Facebook page. Meeting at sunset at the menorah, members of the Rogers, Brooks, Spetter, Packin, Kastner/Sharp, Davis and Davis/Wallner families were among those who gathered to share doughnuts and hot chocolate during the group’s first

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Front Page: December 9, 2021

 

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Two relay teams, two individuals are All Stars for Wakefield swim

THE CAPTAINS of the 2021 Wakefield High girls’ swim team are pictured here at the team’s banquet with next season’s captains. Pictured from left to right are 2021 captains Abby Lane and Katie Patt, 2022 captains Mackenzie Grace, Grace McHugh and Sophie Seidman. (Courtesy Photo)

 

Patt, Cook on All-Conference team

 

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Next year’s town budget previewed

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — With next fiscal year’s budget process about to get underway, the Town Council got a preview of the FY 2023 budget at their meeting this week.

“It’s nice to know where we are before we start,” Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio said before launching into a PowerPoint presentation.

He began…

 

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PHOTO: Hartshorne House open house

DR. CAROLINE LIEBER, VIOLINIST AND OWNER OF WAKEFIELD MUSIC, played festive music along with her string musicians at the Colonel James Hartshorne House Christmas Tea and Open House on Sunday, Dec. 5. The quartet played “Jingle Bells,” “Silent Night,” “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and many other holiday favorites. (Gail Lowe Photo)

 

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Sweetser lectures moved to fall

WAKEFIELD — The Sweetser Lecture Series Advisory Committee announces a timeframe change for its 2022-2023 season.

Due to the uncertainty of the impact of this winter’s flu season, COVID-19, the Delta variant and the impending Omicron variant, the advisory committee voted unanimously in November to move what would normally be a spring 2022 series to…

 

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Front Page: December 8, 2021

 

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Community celebrates the Country Store’s return

COUNTRY STORE SUBCOMMITTEE Chairwoman Karen Nascembeni (center) welcomed the Voices of Hope choral group to the Meeting House’s pew during the Country Store on Saturday, Dec. 4. The choral group performed at the event in order to honor Nascembeni and her late husband Steven Richard. (Dan Tomasello Photo)

 

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The…

 

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Town rings in the holidays

THIRD-GRADERS Emily Swiatkowski (left) and Emily O’Shea were smiling from ear-to-ear after the Brownie troop members helped light the trees on the Town Common during Lynnfield Recreation’s Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 4. (Dan Tomasello Photo)

 

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Three hundred residents kicked off the holiday season in style during Lynnfield Recreation’s…

 

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Occupancy of school additions eyed for late April

STRUCTURAL STEEL for Huckleberry Hill School’s new addition was recently installed. (John Tomasz Photo)

 

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The elementary schools’ expansion project remains on schedule, School Building Committee Chairman John Scenna said in an interview with the Villager last week.

The $18.75 million expansion plan entails constructing two permanent additions each containing…

 

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Front Page: December 8, 2021

 

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