WAKEFIELD — After just two years as Wakefield’s chief educational officer, Dr. Stephen K. Zrike is leaving at the end of the month to become receiver of the embattled Holyoke public school system.
Zrike’s announcement yesterday that he has accepted a new educational assignment prompted the School Committee to call a meeting…
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WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Independence Day Committee (WIDC) has completed most of the major tasks necessary to put on a great Fourth of July Parade. But there is still a lot to do in the less than 40 days remaining between now and the Fourth of July.
There are still five fundraisers that will help…
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The following comes from Animal Control Officer Kenneth Stache.
Every year turkeys appear for a short while and should move onto other feeding sources. However, when they hang around in the neighborhoods someone is feeding them. They have a wide range of things they eat in the wild. Like, plant material, including acorns, nuts (especially…
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WAKEFIELD — Supt. of Schools Dr. Stephen Zrike announced this morning that he has been chosen receiver of the underperforming Holyoke Public School system and will leave Wakefield at the end of this month.
Following is his statement.
Dear Wakefield community,
It is with mixed emotions that I tell you I will be…
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WAKEFIELD — Police said a 25-year-old Winthrop man will be summonsed to court after he crashed into a light pole early Saturday morning and caused significant damage to a home on Lowell Street.
Patrol Officer Matthew Chambers responded to the scene at about 3 a.m. Saturday and discovered that the man had been traveling west…
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GROUPS INTERESTED in marching or entering a float should contact Cheryl Dalton at [email protected] There is no fee to march or enter a float and there will be prizes awarded to the best floats.
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FORMER Melrose resident Richie Pittenger and three of his friends realized their dream of climbing Mt. Everest in April. Only hours after their flight departed Nepal for the U.S. the 7.8 earthquake struck, leaving them to wonder if their Nepalese friends had survived. Pittenger is the son of Nancy and Fred Pittenger, who once owned
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WAKEFIELD — The sewer flat rate may generate some discussion when the Board of Selectmen sets the water and sewer rates next month.
Selectman Phyllis Hull said that she was contacted by a resident who gets her water from a well. Hull said that the resident was asking why her sewer bill…
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THE NORTHEAST Metropolitan Regional Vocational School’s chapter of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) and the school’s Student Council co-sponsored and coordinated the 2015 “Grim Reaper Day” on May 14 to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted and impaired driving. Shown, from left: Superintendent Theodore Nickole, the Grim Reaper (senior Raul Ramos), Wakefield Chief of Police
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The Col. James Hartshorne House Association will hold its annual breakfast on Tuesday at the West Side Social Club, June 2 from 7 to 10 a.m. A $12 donation is suggested.
A Wakefield tradition since 1939, the breakfast is one of the most important annual fundraisers for the town’s oldest publicly owned building.
The breakfast…
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THE TSB LIFESAVERS, The Savings Bank’s Relay for Life Team, recently presented a donation to the Wakefield American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life as sponsors of the Survivorship Dinner. Taking part in the check presentation are (front row, left to right) Judy Hunt of The Savings Bank, event chair Lisa Ventura, and team captain Amy
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WAKEFIELD — Police said a 25-year-old Winthrop man will be summonsed to court after he crashed into a light pole early Saturday morning and caused significant damage to a home on Lowell Street.
