Wakefield News

WAKEFIELD — Similar to many organizations, the Wakefield Rotary Club is chock-full of sports fans of all kinds.

Last week, in honor of the Red Sox Opening Day, Wakefield Rotarians dressed in their…

WAKEFIELD — Two people were taken to MelroseWakefield hospital and three others were transported to Lahey hospital in Burlington after motor vehicle accident at Main and Green streets yesterday afternoon. Police, Fire and Cataldo EMS responded after several callers reported the crash.

According to police, a 2020 Chevy Equinox driven by an Everett woman was…

By SAM DRYSDALE
State House News Service

BOSTON — Escalating health care costs are adding mounting pressure on local school budgets, just as they are everywhere in Massachusetts, but so far cost containment doesn’t seem to be on Beacon Hill’s agenda this session.

School committees, educators, teachers unions and school administrators have all pleaded the…

By COLIN A. YOUNG
State House News Service

BOSTON — Mass. Lottery sales are down a smidge two-thirds of the way through the budget year. But so too are prize payouts, a dynamic that means the agency has turned a greater profit to this point in the year.

Executive Director Mark William Bracken’s report to the…

WESTWOOD — The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is at $4 for the first time since August of 2022, climbing to $4.01 on Tuesday.

Gas prices have been rising sharply since the war with Iran began on Feb. 28, when the national average sat at $2.98. The price has climbed…

LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield-Wakefield co-op…

WAKEFIELD — Police handled a variety of calls yesterday.
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At about 2 p.m., a Hamilton Road resident reported the theft of a delivery package.
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Yesterday afternoon at about 2:15, a Broadway resident reported an attempted scam. There was no monetary loss.
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Yesterday at about 2:45, police monitored the area of Rivers Lane…

By KATIE CASTELLANI, ELLA ADAMS and SAM DRYSDALE
State House News Service

BOSTON — Supporters and opponents of two tax-related initiative petitions are butting heads over how to stabilize the state’s economy.

Proponents of a proposed ballot question to cut the personal income tax from 5 percent to 4 percent (H 5007) and cap state…

Former Wakefield Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kimberly Smith is among the advocates for state legislative bill H 4297, which would allocate an additional one percent of Chapter 70 state education funds to arts education.

“The purpose of the Act is to “ensure all public school students have access to high quality arts education by mandating an additional percentage of Chapter 70 funding…