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Front Page: March 3, 2026

 

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Updated Stormwater Bylaw headed to TM

By MARK SARDELLA 

WAKEFIELD – The Engineering Division has been in the process of finalizing a new Stormwater Bylaw over the past two years and plans to bring a new bylaw for consideration at the 2026 Annual Town Meeting in May. Town Engineer William Renault appeared before the Town Council last week to discuss the changes. 

Last November, Renault told…

 

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Public Meetings…

(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)

TUESDAY, MARCH 3

Finance Committee’s Town Hall Subcommittee, second floor conference room in Town Hall, 2 p.m.

School Committee’s Labor and Personnel Subcommittee…

 

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Weekend crashes handled by police

Police log published in the Wakefield Daily Item on March 2, 2026

WAKEFIELD — Automobile accidents kept first responders busy over the weekend.

There were no injuries, but one driver was cited in a two-car accident at the intersection of Salem Street and Wharton Park at about 10:15 on Friday morning. The involved vehicles were…

 

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Meetings, ‘In the Middle’ and two podcasts at WCAT this week

Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on March 2, 2026

“TEA WITH DEE” filmed its first episode on February 18. Pictured from the left: Town Administrator Denise “Dee” Casey and host Ally Houghton, WCAT Board Chair. (WCAT Screenshot)

WAKEFIELD — Earlier today, Laura Williamson returned to the podcast studio to record another session of “Bare…

 

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Registration is open for the WEF Adult Spelling Bee

Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on March 2, 2026

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Educational Foundation (WEF) is proud to present the 8th annual Spelling Bee on Friday, March 13 at the West Side Social Club on 4 Harrington Court. The Adult Spelling Bee is a team-based event filled with trivia, music and of course…

 

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Front Page: March 2, 2026

 

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Historical Society receives important donation

Wakefield Historical Society 2026
HANNAH WAKEFIELD and her family.

The following comes from Historical Society member Nancy Bertrand, curator of the Wakefield History Museum.

WAKEFIELD — Sometimes the most amazing things come in the mail.  On Friday, there was a manuscript.  It was bundled together in a baggie and contained two typescripts of old documents. The first of them was…

 

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LOGO WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Schools’ budget building continues

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD —  A community Zoom video-conference Wednesday afternoon, February 25 was supposed to give School Superintendent Doug Lyons and his staff a chance to hear what people are looking for in the schools’ fiscal year 2027 budget, but so few people tuned in he started to ask for information.

Most of…

 

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Front Page: February 27, 2026

 

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Patriotic procession

A COMMUTER RAIL train with a message of support for the military and first responders rolls into the North Avenue station. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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Big Beautiful Bill could cost us plenty

STATE SEN. JASON LEWIS hosted a Community Conversation webinar on the Commonwealth’s Fiscal 2027 budget and what needs must be addressed.

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – Massachusetts is facing a possible loss of billions of dollars in revenue in its proposed $62.8 billion Fiscal 2027 budget as a result of the federal One Big Beautiful…

 

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