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EDITORIAL: Will that bag cost you?

Published in the Wakefield Daily Item on Friday, April 17, 2026

 

Lawmakers should have spent a little more time at Stop & Shop. If they had, they would’ve learned quickly that the chain’s attempt to charge 10 cents for paper bags awhile back was a miserable failure.

A little more time in the supermarket

 

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TSF: Michael J. Skeldon Fund established

MICHAEL SKELDON was a longtime supporter of TSF.

WAKEFIELD – The Scholarship Foundation of Wakefield, Inc. (TSF) is announcing a permanent fund in the name of Michael Skeldon. The Michael J. Skeldon Fund was established by family and friends to honor Mike’s memory following his death in November 2019 from pancreatic cancer. This fund supports…

 

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Community Calendar

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

The Arts Collaborative of Wakefield’s Past Tense Art Exhibit. This is a fundraiser and sale and will be open Fridays throughout April from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturdays April 4, April 11 and April 18 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Albion Cultural Exchange, 9 Albion St…

 

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Man cited in Main Street crash

WAKEFIELD — A Malden man was cited following a motor vehicle crash at the corner of Main and Richardson streets early last night.

Police said the Malden man was coming out of Richardson Street when his 2024 Toyota Siena made contact with a 2016 Toyota Tundra driven northbound by a man from New Hampshire around…

 

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Throwback Thursday, 1925


SHOWN AT the height of its grandeur in this 1925 photo, Charles N. Winship built his West Side mansion between 1901 and 1906 on what is now Mansion Road. Winship and his business partner, Elizabeth Boit, formed the Winship-Boit Company, which later became the Harvard Knitting Mills at the corner of Albion and Foundry streets…

 

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Lewis: Town getting Fair Share funds

BOSTON—State Senator Jason Lewis joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts Senate to pass a supplemental budget primarily using Fair Share revenue from the state’s wealthiest earners to support municipalities and invest in education and transportation projects, alongside passing other innovative policies and investments to lower housing costs, support immigrants, and more.

To directly support Wakefield…

 

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Shoplifting at Shaw’s reported

WAKEFIELD — The manager of Shaw’s supermarket on Water Street contacted police yesterday to report a shoplifting incident that occurred on Sunday. The manager told police that at about 1:15 on Sunday afternoon, a man came into the store and filled a shopping cart with about $250 worth of merchandise and exited the store without…

 

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Farmer's Market 2024

Food Pantry lauded for donation to Farmers Market

Farmer's Market 2024

WAKEFIELD — The following comes from organizers of the award-winning Wakefield Farmers Market.

We’re incredibly excited—and deeply grateful—to share that the Wakefield Food Pantry has donated another $10,000 to the Wakefield Farmers Market in support of our SNAP Match Program.

This partnership is something truly special and something many people don’t always see. What makes this relationship so…

 

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Editorial: The reckoning

For completely understandable reasons, voters in the western Massachusetts town of South Hadley rejected a move Tuesday to raise their property taxes 50 percent. We’re sure residents there — and everywhere — want to keep their municipal services intact. But at what cost?

This is the problem we are all facing and at some point…

 

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WMHS Sports Schedule April 17 – April 18

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

JV Boys’ Volleyball: at Somerville, 4 p.m.

Varsity Boys’ Tennis: at Melrose, 4:15 p.m.

Varsity Girls’ Tennis: vs. Melrose, 4:15 p.m.

Varsity Boys’ Lacrosse: at Danvers, 4:30 p.m.

Varsity Boys’ Volleyball: at Somerville, 5:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18

JV Softball: vs. Central Catholic, 11 a.m.

Varsity Softball: vs. Central Catholic, 11 a.m…

 

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Front Page: April 16, 2026

 

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Jim Rabbitt named new head coach of Wakefield football

The following is a press release from Wakefield Memorial High School Director of Athletics, Mike Murphy. A full story will appear at a later date.

Wakefield Athletics is excited to announce that Jim Rabbitt will be our next Varsity head football coach.

Coach Rabbitt will be joining Wakefield after 10 successful seasons at KIPP Academy…

 

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