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By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Town Council’s 40A subcommittee continues to look at ways for the town to comply with the state’s MBTA multifamily housing mandate while minimizing the impact on the character of existing neighborhoods. 

The subcommittee includes Town Council Chairman Michael McLane and Town Councilors Edward Dombroski and Robert Vincent. Senior Town…

WAKEFIELD — The first eight months of 2024 saw the median sales price of a single-family home rise in town by almost 11 percent over the same period last year.

According to the latest report from The Warren Group, a leading provider of real estate and transaction data, 120 single-families changed hands in Wakefield through…

WAKEFIELD — All occupants escaped safely but one occupant had to be rescued from a fire escape during a fire at 17 Albion St. last night.

The Wakefield Fire Department received a call from police reporting…

WAKEFIELD — Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School began the process of building a new high school facility nearly two years…

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – The School Committee met the new Director of Athletics, Health and Wellness, Michael Murphy, at their meeting Tuesday, Sept. 10. “I was looking for a sports town with a community feel,” he said of moving from a similar job at Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical High School in Danvers…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Other than the new widened sidewalk on the east side, it’s been pretty much business as usual on North Avenue between Veterans Field and Quannapowitt Parkway. 

But that may turn out to be the calm before the storm. 

In the next few weeks, the roadway lanes will be…