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Front Page: September 1, 2021

 

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MSBA awards $141M for new Metro Tech

ARTIST’S rendering of proposed new Northeast Metro Tech. (Courtesy Photo)

 

WAKEFIELD — Superintendent David DiBarri and the Northeast Metro Tech Building Committee have announced that the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) has awarded the district a grant of up to $140.8 million for a new building.

Northeast Metro Tech is operating out of a…

 

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Front Page: September 1, 2021

 

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Select Board severs ties with Historical Society

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Select Board unanimously voted Monday to have the Historical Commission take over running the Meeting House.

The town put the Historical Commission, a local government body, in charge of the Meeting House last March because the town suspended its relationship with the Lynnfield Historical Society due to the nonprofit organization’s…

 

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Lynnfield Recreation’s summer programming continues to grow

LYNNFIELD RECREATION’S Summer Basketball League was a big hit with kids and coaches once again. (Courtesy Photo)

 

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — It was a summer to remember for Lynnfield Recreation.

Recreation Director Julie Mallett informed the Villager that this summer’s programs shattered participation records. She noted that Recreation Station, also known as Big…

 

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Judge dismisses BCW civil rights lawsuit

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — A United States District Court judge dismissed a civil rights lawsuit filed by Boston Clear Water Company last month.

The 165 Lowell St. water company and its owner, Anthony Gattineri, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts in July 2020 after claiming that Gattineri and BCW’s constitutional…

 

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Front Page: August 31, 2021

 

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Masks mandated in public buildings

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Citing the rising number of COVID cases, the Town Council and the Board of Health each voted separately last night for nearly identical measures requiring masks in all municipal buildings in Wakefield, effective Sept. 2, regardless of vaccination status. Previously, only unvaccinated individuals were required to wear masks in local municipal buildings.

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Local hero

WAKEFIELD’S CHRISTIAN CONCESSI (second from left), a 2nd lieutenant with the US Marine Corps’ 24th MEU, has been at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan since Saturday, August 14. Christian is a graduate of St. Johns Prep and the University of Rhode Island. Christian is also shows at the far left leading his men at the airport.…

 

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Front Page: August 30, 2021

 

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Peak power plant good to go

By MARK SARDELLA

PEABODY — Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) can proceed with plans to build a proposed 55-megawatt reliability resource in Peabody, after the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) gave the project the green light earlier this month.

The Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department is a member of MMWEC, the state’s not-for-profit…

 

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Sweet and sour

A HONEY BEE feasts on the flowers of garlic chive, a species of onion, which are currently blooming in local gardens. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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