WAKEFIELD – School officials on Wednesday hosted a virtual public hearing on their educational spending plan for fiscal year beginning July 1.
The current proposal for the Fiscal 2027 school budget totals $58,601,611, a 5.73 percent increase of $3,176,450 over the Fiscal 2026 budget of $55,425,161. The increase from Fiscal 2025 to…
We have switched to a subscription model for online access.
Please purchase an Online Subscription in order to view this content.
WAKEFIELD – Former schools’ Superintendent 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 this Act is to ensure all public school students have access to high quality arts…
We have switched to a subscription model for online access.
Please purchase an Online Subscription in order to view this content.
Forty years ago, March 27th was a Thursday. It was mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Temperatures ranged from 60-65 degrees. The Item’s 20 pages cost 30 cents.
Consumer prices felt the largest drop since a 0.4 percent decline in November, 1963, according to a report prepared by the Bureau of Labor statistics…
We have switched to a subscription model for online access.
Please purchase an Online Subscription in order to view this content.
(Please note: We will no longer include the lengthy Zoom URLs in our list of meetings. If you want to join a meeting remotely, go to the town’s new website — wakefieldma.gov)
MONDAY, MARCH 30
School Committee’s Finance and Facilities Subcommittee, Superintendent’s Office Conference Room at Wakefield Memorial High, 8 a.m.
School Committee’s Policy and…
We have switched to a subscription model for online access.
Please purchase an Online Subscription in order to view this content.
Opera Club of Wakefield, Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, 2 p.m. Listen, share, enjoy and explore the wonderful world of opera through performances both past and present. Please visit the website for more information about the Opera Club: speakingopera.com
SUNDAY, MARCH 29
• Garden Supply Swap, Albion Cultural Exchange at 9 Albion St…
We have switched to a subscription model for online access.
Please purchase an Online Subscription in order to view this content.
Earlier this week, the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) released its 20th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Report, including data from a single-day survey of domestic violence services across the Commonwealth. In Massachusetts, the survey was conducted on September 10, 2025. Fifty of 51 identified domestic violence programs in Massachusetts participated in the survey and…
We have switched to a subscription model for online access.
Please purchase an Online Subscription in order to view this content.
WAKEFIELD — Just before 5 p.m. yesterday, police responded to the area of the Galvin Middle School on Main Street after receiving multiple reports of youths doing donuts and wheelies on mopeds in the parking lot and in the street while causing a disturbance.
Arriving officers encountered a group of boys age 15-17 dressed all…
We have switched to a subscription model for online access.
Please purchase an Online Subscription in order to view this content.
AS AMERICANS prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States Constitution, we look back 50 years to the Bicentennial celebration, when this flag flew from the flagpole on the Bandstand during the 1976 July 4th celebration. Back then, the West Side Social Club ran all of the local July 4th events, including the…
We have switched to a subscription model for online access.
Please purchase an Online Subscription in order to view this content.
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…
We have switched to a subscription model for online access.
Please purchase an Online Subscription in order to view this content.
AS AMERICANS prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States Constitution, we look back 50 years to the Bicentennial celebration, when this flag flew from the flagpole on the Bandstand during the 1976 July 4th celebration. Back then, the West Side Social Club ran all of the local July 4th events, including the…
