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Warrior golfers stay perfect with close wins over Reading and Arlington

October 6, 2025

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

NORTH READING — The Wakefield High golf team improved to 12-0 on the season with four more victories over the last two weeks.

The Warriors beat Wilmington (38-34), Reading (37-35…

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Denise Casey takes reins at Town Hall

October 6, 2025

WAKEFIELD — On Monday, October 6, 2025, Wakefield welcomed a new Town Administrator. Denise Y. Casey was officially sworn in by Town Clerk Betsy Sheeran at a ceremony in Town Hall. She…

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Stories from Old Burying Ground: Remembering young Joshua Gould

October 3, 2025

JOSHUA GOULD drowned in the Great Pond, now known as Lake Quannapowitt.

By NANCY BERTRAND

Wakefield’s Old Burying Ground is like an outdoor museum, filled with ‘artifacts’ reaching back to the town’s beginnings. Visitors can find the truest testament to those brave pioneers who first settled here, and their only monuments left standing.

In one…

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Warriors drop a shootout with Beverly, 41-40

September 30, 2025

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

BEVERLY — A “shootout” is a phrase often used in football and rarely warrented. What qualifies? Two offenses so unstoppable that they combine for astronomical stats.

And so…

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Greenwood intersection to be redesigned

September 30, 2025

Town Council Notebook

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD —— One of the more dangerous and confounding intersections in town will be redesigned and reconfigured to improve safety and enhance operations.

Town Engineer William Renault appeared before the Town Council last week to discuss the planned changes to the five-way intersection at Green Street, Oak Street and…

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Warriors well-represented in first power rankings

September 29, 2025

THE WAKEFIELD girls’ soccer team was ranked No. 34 in the first Div. 2 power rankings released on Friday. The top 32 ranked teams automatically qualify for the state tournament. (Alicen Encarnacao Racca Photo)

WAKEFIELD — The MIAA’s first power rankings of the fall season were released on Friday afternoon.

Multiple teams from Wakefield…

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SC hears of summer building projects

September 29, 2025

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD — Improvements over the summer to the grounds at the Walton School, a new rug in the Galvin Middle School auditorium, progress on the Galvin Solar Project and new electrical systems at the Doyle and Greenwood schools were the highlights of School Department Facilities Director Tim O’Brien’s report during the School…

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Mellowing out

September 28, 2025

THIS SAILOR took his boat for leisurely spin around Lake Quannapowitt recently. (Lennie Malvone Photo)

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Warrior boys’ soccer earns 2-2 tie in Watertown

September 26, 2025

THE WARRIORS earned a hard-fought 2-2 tie in Watertown on Wednesday night. (File Photo)

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

WATERTOWN — The Wakefield High boys’ soccer team traveled to Watertown on Wednesday in a matchup between the top two teams in the Middlesex League’s Freedom Division.

A thrilling, back-and-forth matchup fittingly ended in a 2-2 tie after…

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Girls’ soccer team rounding in to form with tie at Fenwick, win at Watertown

September 25, 2025

WATERTOWN — The Wakefield High girls’ soccer team is turning the corner from the most difficult portion of its schedule, a stretch heavy on road games and top-tier opponents. The Warriors entered the week at 1–5 and emerged with a hard-fought 1–1 draw at Bishop Fenwick on Saturday and a composed 2–0 victory at Watertown…

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Economic development efforts outlined

September 25, 2025

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD —— Planning and Economic Development Director Erin Kokinda was at this week’s Town Council meeting to provide an update on the activities and initiatives that her office has been undertaking.

She began by summarizing the role of her department since it was created in 2020. The Community and Economic Development…