WAKEFIELD – The Town Council has approved the $7,555,600 tax levy supported portion of the FY2027 Department of Public Works budget. The board also gave its blessing last week to the self-supporting Water and Sewer Division budgets. The budgets will go before the voters at the Annual Town Meeting in May.
DPW Director Joseph Conway presented the budgets at last week’s Town Council meeting. He was joined by Town Engineer William…
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THE GALVIN MIDDLE SCHOOL Chamber Chorus will be part of the lineup of performers at A Capella Night, April 10.
America’s top female vocal band, Musae, will perform in Wakefield on Friday, April 10th, at 7:00pm, at the state-of-the-art Galvin Middle School Veterans Memorial Auditorium.
Meet Jessie, Angela, Jo, Lily, and Mel – together they…
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JACK PENNACCHIA, a Middlesex League All-Conference player and team MVP last year, will lead the Warriors into the new season. (Alicen Encarnacao Racca Photo)
By DAN PAWLOWSKI
WAKEFIELD — As winter turns to spring, another exciting baseball season is set to descend on Walsh Field for the Wakefield Warriors.
The 2026 Warriors are looking to build…
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WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High girls’ lacrosse team will begin their 2026 regular season tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. with a trip to Manchester-by-the-Sea to take on Manchester-Essex.
The Warriors and Hornets also met for game one last season. Manchester-Essex came away with a 20-8 victory.
Wakefield made the Div. 3 state tournament last year as a…
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WAKEFIELD — The Town Council this week approved nearly $2 million in capital spending from the tax levy for FY2027, along with $755,600 in combined requests from the self-funded Water and Sewer enterprise divisions.
The capital budget will appear on the Annual Town Meeting warrant in May.
Capital Planning chairman Phil Renzi…
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THE WARRIORS had eight All-Stars for their memorable 2025-26 season which included a 5-0 record and league title, a state relay championship and a state championship. (File Photo)
WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High indoor boys’ track and field team had eight Middlesex League All-Stars this season.
The Warriors are coming off a terrific season in which…
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WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Memorial High School (WMHS) Senior Night Committee has kicked off its 2026 Fundraising Campaign for the 9th Annual Senior Night Experience, an all-night, substance-free celebration for the graduating Class of 2026 following Senior Prom. Senior Night is a community initiative created after Wakefield experienced firsthand tragedy associated with post-prom celebrations, reflecting…
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WAKEFIELD – The annual municipal budget process always includes a number of Town Meeting articles to fund or address items like trash removal and other needs that fall outside of departmental budgets.
This year’s Annual Town Meeting will include a dozen such articles. After being briefed on them last night, the Town Council voted to approve the articles for the Town…
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WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield High indoor girls’ track and field team had six All-Stars this season: seniors Kyler Dennison and Liza Bangtson, junior Quin Wilcox and sophomores Ella Ferrell, Talia Galante and Guerly Joseph.
Wilcox, an All-Star in the mile, was also named the Middlesex League Freedom Division MVP. Wilcox set a new school…
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WAKEFIELD — During the first two storm-filled months of 2026, 16 single-family houses sold in town for a median price of $870,000, according to a new report from The Warren Group, a leading provider of national real estate and transaction data.
During the same time last year, 23 single-families sold in Wakefield for a median…
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TEAM “Bee the People” won this year’s Spelling Bee with a total score of 92 points. They proudly posed for the photo and received gift bags of honey and tea.
WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Educational Foundation held its 8th Annual Adult Spelling Bee on March 13, which drew a crowd of 12 lively teams who…
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