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Communitas Inc. hosts successful drive For Wakefield Food Pantry

FROM THE LEFT: Communitas Career Services staff Tim Foley, Vanessa Westlake, Leah Paglierani, Keith Shorey, Communitas participants Eric Frustaci, Chris Nardon, Tiffany Resnick, Chris Reagan, Mathew Bedrosian, and Wakefield Food Pantry Volunteer Coordinator Pina Masciarelli.

WAKEFIELD – Communitas Inc., located on Audubon Road, recently hosted a successful food drive in support of the Wakefield Food

 

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West Nile Virus August 2023

West Nile Virus risk is moderate here

West Nile Virus August 2023
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WAKEFIELD — The town announced yesterday that mosquitoes caught in local traps have tested positive for West Nile virus. Here’s the release:

Positive West Nile Virus (WNV) mosquito samples have been confirmed in Middlesex County…

 

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Front Page: August 25, 2025

 

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Automated Garbage Truck Republic

DPW delays caused by trash strike

Patience urged as trash dispute approaches two months

WAKEFIELD — Patience, as they say, is a virtue. During the on-going trash strike, the stretched-out DPW is urging us to use as much of it as we can.

Friday, the town sent out an update on the state of trash and recycling collection as contractor Republic…

 

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A pediatric oncology nurse remembers her first patient

COLLEEN NIXON with Michael

Note: September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

By MICHELLE VISCO

WAKEFIELD — Colleen Nixon, a Wakefield resident and retired pediatric oncology nurse from Boston Children’s Hospital, reflects back on one of her first patients from 1987, Michael, an 18-month-old with an aggressive form of leukemia, in honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness…

 

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Front Page: August 22, 2025

 

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ZBA hears more on self-storage proposal

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — At a continued hearing last week, the Zoning Board of Appeals heard more details about a self-storage facility proposed at 50 Quannapowitt Parkway. The focus was on massing, architecture and how the building would fit in context with surrounding structures.

Attorney Brian McGrail represented the applicant, Pack Self-Storage of Wakefield…

 

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Looking up

THE HANGING PLANTS on poles are in full bloom on Albion Street. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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Seniors: Apply now for tax discount program

WAKEFIELD — If you received a Senior Citizen Circuit Breaker Income Tax Credit for 2024, you might be eligible for a Wakefield Property Tax Exemption up to $2,730.

The Circuit Breaker Tax Credit is a state income tax credit for certain Massachusetts residents age 65 or older who pay rent or real estate taxes during

 

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Front Page: August 21, 2025

 

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Throwback Thursday: 1930

As construction continues on a new Wakefield Memorial High School, here’s a look at the second high school in Wakefield, which was located on the west side of Main Street, just south of the Americal Civic Center, on what is now a soccer field. (The current Town Hall building served as Wakefield’s first high school.)

 

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LOGO WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SC still talking about WMHS cell phone policy

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD — A new cell phone policy at Wakefield Memorial High would prohibit their use during the school day from 7:30 a.m. to 2:10 p.m. 

“Cell phones/listening devices are not allowed to be used during the school day and should be put away when students enter Home Room and Advisory periods…

 

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