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Plenty of highlights at 4th Zach Frank Memorial Lacrosse Tournament

THE ZESTY BOYS took home the 2023 Zachary P. Frank Speed Lacrosse Tournament trophy. Pictured with Zach’s father, Mike Frank, are the Zesty Boys: Brendan Fitzpatrick, Declan Grady, Marcus Guida and Paul Mannke.  (Mike Lanzarone Photo, studiolanzy.com)

 

WAKEFIELD — The Zachary P. Frank Memorial Speed Lacrosse Tournament returned to Landrigan Field on June…

 

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Bishop Fenwick sports ruled ineligible to participate in 2023-24 MIAA tournaments

FRANKLIN — The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association announced on Friday that all Bishop Fenwick sports are ineligible to participate in MIAA postseason tournaments for the upcoming 2023-24 school year.

According to the MIAA, the one-year postseason ban is due to Bishop Fenwick’s failure to comply with Rule 87.6.

Rule 87 refers to waiver eligibility for individual…

 

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Wakefield-history

Historic painting comes home to Wakefield

WAKEFIELD — A recent bequest has brought a rare nineteenth century painting to the Wakefield Historical Society’s collection. The painting shows a view of a historic house on Salem Street and was painted circa 1850 by a local artist.

Franklin Poole, the artist, was a fascinating person who lived his whole long life, beginning at his…

 

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Red wins all-Wakefield matchup, 11-6 in Northeast League finale

ROHIT DHULAPATI celebrates his 3rd inning RBI base hit, which gave Wakefield Red the lead for good. (Dan Pawlowski Photo)

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Red and White teams, two of the nine squads in this summer’s 14U Div. 2 of the Northeast Baseball League, met in what was the regular season finale for both teams last…

 

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Honorable Mention

DREW BARRETT was recently named an Honorable Mention by the Boston Herald in their baseball All-Scholastic article. Barrett, the Middlesex League Freedom Division MVP, was a league All-Star and All-Conference member this season. The senior had a .398 batting average and an on-base percentage of .493. Barrett, a left fielder, had 22 hits, scored 14…

 

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Six-run 2nd pushes Loafers to 9-3 win over Unknowns

THE LOAFERS celebrate their 9-3 victory over the Unknowns last night at Moulton. It was the third consecutive win for the Loaf. (Dan Pawlowski Photo)

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

WAKEFIELD — Week five of the Wakefield Twi League has descended on Moulton Field with a combination of urgency and excitement as the six squads jockey for…

 

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Wakefield’s Penney is a Cape Cod League All-Star

JACK PENNEY is hitting .275 with 2 home runs and a team-high 12 RBI for the Orleans Firebirds this season. Penney will be starting at 3rd base for the East Division in the CCBL All-Star game this Saturday at Whitehouse Field in Harwich. (Raj Das, ED Photography)

HARWICH — Wakefield’s Jack Penney was recently named…

 

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Highlighting local economic initiatives

Albion Street on a day in June (Frank Conte Photo)

 

By MARK SARDELLA 

WAKEFIELD —— The office of Community and Economic Development has been busy.

Last week, Director Erin Kokinda updated the Town Council on her work regarding the final Bike and Pedestrian Plan and the MBTA multi-family zoning district mandated by the state. 

Kokinda…

 

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Three Wakefield teams playing well in Northeast Baseball League

AIDAN BLIGH and the Wakefield Townies are 6-0 for first place in the Northeast Baseball League’s 16U Div. 1. (File Photo)

 

 

WAKEFIELD — Multiple Wakefield teams are competing in various divisions of the Northeast Baseball League this summer. 

The league features teams from 13 different surrounding communities throughout five divisions.

In the…

 

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Butland, Mercurio contribute to 5-5 tie at Agganis All-Star softball game

PAIGE BUTLAND had a hit and a run in the 25th Agganis All-Star softball game. Butland recently concluded a terrific softball career at Wakefield High with her third straight selection to the Middlesex League All-Conference team and the Boston Herald All-Scholastic team. (File Photo)

LYNN — Wakefield’s Paige Butland and Mia Mercurio played for the…

 

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Wakefield Little League All-Stars 2023

Wakefield’s 12-year-old All-Stars fight hard, come up short in 3-0 pitchers’ duel

EVERETT STEVENSON was dominant for Wakefield in their District 13 championship game against Andover last night in North Reading. Stevenson racked up 12 strikeouts and allowed just 2 earned runs in 5 innings against an Andover offense that was averaging over 10 runs per game. Also pictured is third baseman Michael Cintolo. (Dan Pawlowski Photo…

 

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Councilors push back on bike lanes

“Lemon Grove Bike Lane – Massachusetts Ave” by beany0 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse.

 

 

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD —— The Final Bike/Pedestrian Plan for the town of Wakefield was presented to the Town Council this week and plans to eliminate parking in favor…

 

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