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Front Page: October 16, 2025

 

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Student survey tracks risky behavior

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – Examples of risky behavior by Middle and High School students are fairly stable despite some small upward trends, according to the 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey presented to the School Committee at their meeting Tuesday, Oct. 14. 

“There are different things we have to keep up with,” Middle School…

 

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Throwback Thursday, 1930

Todays’s photo shows the Taylor Building and the George H. Taylor Co. at the north corner of Main and Lincoln streets, in 1930. The building, which stands to this day, is the last survivor of three major buildings constructed just after the Civil War. The other two were the old Town Hall (on the Main

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Moulton to take on Markey for Senate seat

By COLIN A. YOUNG
State House News Service

BOSTON — For the second election cycle in a row, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey will face a challenge from a younger Democrat in the state’s Congressional delegation.

Congressman Seth Moulton of Salem announced Wednesday morning that he will run for U.S. Senate next year, arguing that Massachusetts…

 

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Spooky pair

THESE TWO characters remind passersby on Lowell Street that Halloween is coming. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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Stories from the Old Burying Ground – Remembering Jeremiah Swain: Physician, war hero

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 of those early settlers — their…

 

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Front Page published October 15, 2025

 

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Experience magic of ARTOBER, fundraiser at ACE

A COLORFUL ARRAY of artworks displayed at the Albion Cultural Exchange. (John Leone Photo)

 

 

WAKEFIELD — This weekend, the Albion Cultural Exchange is the place to be, hosting the Arts Collaborative of Wakefield’s ARTOBER event alongside the Small Works Fundraiser. This blend of art and fundraising provides a fantastic opportunity for art lovers…

 

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Front Page published October 14, 2025

 

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Fire displaces West Side residents

FIREFIGHTERS examine the site of a fire inside an Outlook Road home on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of the Wakefield Fire Department)

 

WAKEFIELD — There were no injuries but the residents of a West Side home have been temporarily displaced by a fire Sunday afternoon.

At approximately 4:07 p.m., the Fire Department received a 911…

 

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Two stabbed near town line

WAKEFIELD — Two 18-year-old men were injured, one seriously, after they were found stabbed in a car on Spring Street in Wakefield early Sunday morning. According to the Stoneham Police Department, the stabbing occurred in Stoneham. Officers were first called to the area of Spring Street in Wakefield at about 1 a.m. after the victims had…

 

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A night of music, dance and community

FAMILIES FILLED the Walton Elementary School gym for Family Folk Dance Night on Tuesday, October 7, enjoying live music and learning dances from around the world with WPS music teachers Mrs. Brighenti, Mr. Zini and Ms. Schwartz. It was a joyful evening of music, movement, and community!

 

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