WAKEFIELD – Crystal Lake’s days of providing drinking water for Wakefield may be coming to an end, thanks to new, more stringent federal water-quality regulations.
New standards on acceptable levels of substances known as “PFAS” will likely force Wakefield to move entirely to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) and relegate Crystal Lake to an emergency water source only.
DPW Director Joe Conway, Sewer and Water Division…
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SANTA’S HEADQUARTERS is in place on the Common. Children and families are invited to come and welcome Santa Claus when he arrives on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 1 p.m. Santa also invites children to visit him in his headquarters on that day and tell him what they want for Christmas. He will also be available
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WAKEFIELD — The move to a later starting time at Wakefield Memorial High has been put on hold.
The issue has been on the School Committee’s plate for several years. Back in 2016, then-schools Superintendent Dr. Kim Smith, along with other Middlesex League superintendents, signed a letter of intent to explore the idea of a…
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ART STUDENTS FROM Wakefield Memorial High School recently painted a holiday mural on the front entrance window of the Wakefield Daily Item building on Albion Street. The 10th grade students are (from left) Jayla Conley, Adrianna Chesna and Emily King. (Mark Sardella Photo)
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WAKEFIELD — Over the next couple of weekends, the community will have a great chance to get in a festive holiday mood.
Tonight beginning at 6 p.m., the First Parish Congregational Church will have a Pie Social on Church Street. At 6:30 p.m., the Wakefield Center Neighborhood Association will welcome Frosty the Snowman to the…
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MEMBERS OF THE award-winning Warrior Marching Band pose with a commendation from the state Legislature at this week’s School Committee meeting. (Doug Lyons Photo)
WAKEFIELD — At Tuesday night’s School Committee meeting, the Wakefield Warrior Marching Band and Visual and Performing Arts Director Tom Bankert were presented with citations from both the Massachusetts House of…
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WAKEFIELD – “We are in the throes of preparing our budget,” Superintendent Doug Lyons said at the School Committee meeting Tuesday, December 2 in reference to the Fiscal 2027 budget. “We’ll be looking at every position and working with our principals. It’s not a zero-based budget, but they’ll be looking at how…
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IN THE LATE 1940’s, the A&P Supermarket anchored the north end of this block on the east side of Main Street in Wakefield Square. Nagle’s Drug Store was on the corner of Main and Centre streets, next door to Friend’s Bakery. On the other side of the A&P was Russell Electrical Company, which sold…
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IN THE LATE 1940’s, the A&P Supermarket anchored the north end of this block on the east side of Main Street in Wakefield Square. Nagle’s Drug Store was on the corner of Main and Centre streets, next door to Friend’s Bakery. On the other side of the A&P was Russell Electrical Company, which sold…
