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Fires 2024

Greenwood house fire displaces residents

Fires 2024
SEVERAL PEOPLE were displaced in a two-alarm fire on Cooper Street yesterday morning. (Frank Conte Photo)

WAKEFIELD — There were no injuries to residents but all occupants of a multifamily home at 4 Cooper St. were displaced after the structure sustained heavy fire and smoke damage yesterday morning. 

The Wakefield Fire Department extinguished the…

 

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Public Links Golf 2024

Wakefield’s Maloney competes well at Mass Public Links Championship

Public Links Golf 2024
PATRICK MALONEY (left), pictured with Wakefield High golf coach Chris Keane at the MIAA D2 State Final last year, shot a 79 at the Mass Golf Amatuer Public Links Championship yesterday at Ledges Golf Club. (Courtesy Photo)

SOUTH HADLEY — Wakefield’s Patrick Maloney competed at the Mass Golf Amatuer Public Links Championship yesterday at Ledges Golf…

 

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Townies 2024

Townies shut out Wilmington in playoffs, get ready for finals against North Reading

Townies 2024
JAYVITH CHEA looks in a throw down to second during an attempted steal against North Reading on Thursday. The Townies will return to North Reading High for Game 1 of the Northeast Baseball League Finals tomorrow night at 5:45 p.m. (Alicen Encarnacao Racca)

WAKEFIELD — The Varsity Division Wakefield Townies took care of business against Wilmington…

 

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Marks Smokeshop 2024

Local retailer fumes over ‘generational tobacco ban’

Marks Smokeshop 2024
THE OWNER of Mark’s Smoke Shop in the Square doesn’t want to see the day when 30 or 40-year-olds can’t buy a premium cigar. (Mark Sardella Photo)

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Is the “nicotine-free generation” regulation, adopted last March by the Wakefield Board of Health, a draconian, one-size-fits-all approach that unfairly targets certain tobacco…

 

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With new food storage annex, Wakefield Food Pantry expands capacity

ATTENDING THE RIBBON CUTTING for the food pantry’s new climate-controlled food storage annex were (from the left): Doreen McGowan, WFP president; Carol Chesley, WFP staff; Rose Finn, WFP board member; Steve Doherty, WFP treasurer; State Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian; Town Administrator Steve Maio, Town Administrator; Maureen Miller, WFP executive director; Town Councilor Jonathan Chines; Pina Masciarelli,

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Registration open for Saturday night flag football league

SNL FLAG FOOTBALL will return to Landrigan Field this fall. The league, which is for girls and boys from grades K-8, will take place every Saturday Night from Sept. 7 through Oct. 19. (Wakefield Recreation Photo)

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield Recreation’s SNL flag football is returning this fall. 

The league plays every Saturday night at Wakefield…

 

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Tryouts for 2024

Wakefield High fall sports tryouts are three weeks away

Tryouts for Fall 2024
THE FALL sports season at Wakefield High is just three weeks away. Registration is available on the Wakefield High athletics website. (File Photos)

WAKEFIELD — Tryouts for the fall sports season at Wakefield High are just 23 days away as the season will officially start the week of Aug. 19. 

Registration for fall sports is…

 

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MBTA Zoning 2023

Take the MBTA housing district survey

WAKEFIELD — The Town Council 40A Subcommittee is conducting a survey to determine the public’s preferred location for a new district, if one is desired. 

The subcommittee and senior planner have explored various options for your consideration. Your input is essential to developing a well-received proposal for the 2024 Fall Town Meeting.

In 2021…

 

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Gagnon 2024

Wakefield’s Gagnon and Crystal Blades Theatre on Ice team win silver at nationals

Gagnon 2024
THE NORTH SHORE Skating Club Crystal Blades team recently took home a silver medal at the US Figure Skating National Theatre on Ice competition in Evansville. Pictured in the back row, first on the right, is Hailey Gagnon of Wakefield. (Courtesy Photo)

EVANSVILLE, IN — The North Shore Skating Club Crystal Blades Theatre on Ice…

 

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Northeast Tech 2024

Richard M. Barden is the new principal at Northeast

Northeast Tech 2024
RICHARD M. BARDEN, who has been appointed to be the next principal of Northeast Metro Tech, stands outside of the school. (Courtesy Northeast Metro Tech)

WAKEFIELD — Superintendent David DiBarri announces that Richard M. Barden has been named as the next principal of Northeast Metro Tech, succeeding Dr. Carla Scuzzarella.

Throughout the interview process, according…

 

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Three original Unknowns celebrate 40th season in the Twi League

WAKEFIELD — The year was 1985. Ronald Reagan was starting his second term as President. The summer saw Dire Strait’s “Money For Nothing” rule the music charts and the Wakefield Twi League was celebrating its 10th year of existence.  

The prior season, the league saw East Side win the championship on a Roger…

 

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Single-family sales price keeps rising

WAKEFIELD  —  The town’s housing market outperformed those in other parts of the state last month, according to the latest report from The Warren Group, a leading provider of real estate and transaction data.

While single-family home sales declined statewide in June, compared to the same month last year, things were better in…

 

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