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Albrecht Auto Group back as parade Platinum Sponsor

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Independence Day Committee is welcoming back the Albrecht Auto Group as the Platinum Sponsor of the city’s Fourth of July parade. In addition to providing general support for the parade, Albrecht Auto Group is sponsoring the Veterans Trolley and the golf carts, as well as helping manage overflow of parade staging…

 

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Articles approved for Town Meeting

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – The Town Council last week approved a series of articles that will appear on the warrant for the May 5 Annual Town Meeting.

A report from the Permanent Building Committee is one of the articles that will be presented at Town Meeting. PBC chairman Joseph Bertrand appeared at last week’s…

 

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FOLQ’s annual dinner and meeting May 21

WAKEFIELD — The Friends of Lake Quannapowitt invite all community members to join them at their Annual Meeting and Presentation at Bear Hill Golf Club in Stoneham. All are welcome. Guests will enjoy dinner and participate in a short business meeting, followed by an educational presentation and discussion.

This year’s presentation will be given by…

 

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Front Page: April 21, 2026

 

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JACK, A HANDSOME and smart tuxedo cat who lives with the family of Marianne Stabile Merawi, stays on top of the news by reading the Wakefield Daily Item.

 

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Town Council hopefuls stake their positions

Twon Election 2026
TWO SEATS ARE up for election on April 28. Contenders are, from the left, James T. Cerone, incumbent Brian Fox, Rada Frohlichstein and Ami Ruehrwein Wall. (Screenshot from WCAT)

Issues include affordability, override, downtown revitalization, vulnerability of seniors

WAKEFIELD — The four people running

for two seats on the Town Council talked about the high…

 

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Editorial: Find your joy at the Beebe

Call us homers, but we think the Beebe Memorial Library is one of the best around. It provides quiet spaces, plenty of resources and offers a ton of programs. We’re proud to call it a Wakefield institution.

We highlight the good deeds done by those who run the Beebe because this is National Library Week.

 

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Markey: Trump abuses energy powers

SETH MOULTON

The following items were submitted by the candidates’ campaigns.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, yesterday introduced his No Big Fossil Bailouts on Your Power Bill Act. The bill responds to the Trump administration’s alarming abuse of energy emergency powers to force…

 

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Front Page: April 20, 2026

 

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House delegation gets $935K for local road work

BOSTON – State Representatives Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D-Melrose) and Donald Wong (R-Saugus) joined the Massachusetts House of Representatives last week to pass a bill that authorizes $4.58 billion in bonding for an expanded Chapter 90 Program and transportation programs to address regional needs, as well as the impacts of climate change on local infrastructure. Pursuant to…

 

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Cycling through

A BIKE PATH goes around the new development at the head of the Lake. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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School’s out

THE MARQUIS sign in from of Wakefield memorial Hight School announces the dates of spring break. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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