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A lot goes into award-winning Warrior Marching Band

THE WAKEFIELD WARRIOR Marching Band won top honors at this past weekend’s event in both Wakefield and Norwood. The home stadium erupted in applause when the Marching Band took the field Saturday.

By KAREN MARSHALL

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Warrior Marching Band continued its impressive season this past weekend, winning top honors at both Saturday’s…

 

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Home sale prices up again

WAKEFIELD — Last month, the single-family homes sold here fetched a median price of $820,000, an almost 11 percent increase from a year ago.

According to the latest report from The Warren Group, a leading provider of national real estate and transaction data, 13 single-families sold in Wakefield in September. In September 2024, nine single-family…

 

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Front Page: October 21, 2025

 

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BERTRAND 2025

Along the old County Road

Stories from the Old Burying Ground

Wakefield’s Old Burying Ground is like an outdoor museum, filled with ‘artifacts’ reaching back to the town’s beginnings. Visitors can find the truest testament to those brave pioneers who first settled here, and their only monuments left standing.

In one way or another, the Old Burying Ground tells stories…

 

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Tax increase on tap 

DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENTS VICTOR SANTANIELLO

By MARK SARDELLA 

WAKEFIELD – Your property taxes are going up, in part because this year (FY2026) is the first year that the borrowing for the new high school will significantly impact local taxes.

Director of Assessments Victor Santaniello appeared before the Town Council last night as the board held its tax classification hearing for FY2026.…

 

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Front Page: October 20, 2025

 

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Photo 2025 Fall

Somber beauty 

Photo 2025 Fall
THE TREES in Lakeside Cemetery display their fall foliage. (Mark Sardella)

 

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LOGO WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS

School district goals outlined

By NEIL ZOLOT 

WAKEFIELD – Superintendent Doug Lyons outlined goals for the district and himself at last week’s School Committee meeting.  

“We’re trying to make the goals align with our intentions for what it takes for students to perform at a high level,” he said. “It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish,” which related to a slide…

 

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Front Page: October 17, 2025

 

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Thomas Purcell named temporary Fire Chief

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — With Fire Chief Michael Sullivan out on extended leave, Town Administrator Denise Casey made several temporary Civil Service appointments this week that will allow the Fire Department to continue functioning at maximum efficiency. On Wednesday, the Town Council confirmed Casey’s appointments, which avoids a waiting period and allows the appointments…

 

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The Worshipful John Brown

CAPTAIN JOHN Brown’s gravestone is in fact about 50% wider; at least three feet of it is buried underground. His long inscription is quite eloquent and ends with “Witty, yet wise, grave, good, among the best Was he,—the memory of the just is blest.”

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Anthem Ride to affect weekend traffic

WAKEFIELD — On Saturday, Oct. 18, a charity motorcycle ride will impact traffic as it passes through Wakefield. 

The Todd Angilly Anthem Ride, which benefits the Navy SEAL Foundation, the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts Foundation, the Thomas E. Smith Foundation and the Bourque Family Foundation, will be in Wakefield from approximately 11:15 to…

 

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