Wakefield News

WAKEFIELD — The Veterans Advisory Board is looking to fill two vacancies on its board for terms beginning June 1.

Interested persons should be committed to promoting council programs and veterans issues. Board members assist in assessing the needs of the veterans community as an advisory board.

Membership is open to all age groups with…

WAKEFIELD — The construction season is here for every community in the Commonwealth and after the winter we’ve had, there’s plenty of work to do.

In Wakefield, the DPW is in the first week of a significant upgrade of three of the four thoroughfares surrounding Lake Quannapowitt. On Sunday preliminary grinding work began on North…

WAKEFIELD — The 23rd annual National Letter Carrier Food Drive, Stamp Out Hunger, will take place tomorrow, Saturday, May 9.

Please leave non-perishable food donations at your mailbox — and the letter carriers will deliver the food to the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry. The Food Pantry relies on the Stamp Out Hungerdrive to help stock…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY and BOB BURGESS

LYNNFIELD — A wind-whipped, five-alarm brush fire over about 65 acres of Reedy Meadow yesterday afternoon brought crews from at least 11 departments, including Wakefield…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — As of Wednesday, July 1, the Walton School will have a new principal — Jeri Hammond. She replaces Margo Perriello, who now leads the Early Childhood Center at the Doyle School on Paul Avenue.

The announcement of Hammond’s placement came from Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stephen K. Zrike this week…

WAKEFIELD — On Tuesday, June 2, the Colonel James Hartshorne House Association will hold its Annual Breakfast at the West Side Social Club. A Wakefield tradition since 1939, the Breakfast is one of the most important annual fundraisers for the town’s oldest publicly owned building.

The Hartshorne House Breakfast features a delicious catered meal and…

Hear ye! Hear ye! Theatre To Go, Inc. is proud to present William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor on May 8, 9, 15-17. Join them as they journey back to Merrie Olde England and explore the antics of Falstaff and his friends in this farcical adventure.

The production is directed by Barbara Fulchino of…

By BOB BURGESS

WAKEFIELD — The town’s monetary overseers and some elected officials were jumping for joy last week, and with good reason: Standard & Poor’s gave great marks to Wakefield’s financial health by awarding municipal government a ‘AAA’ long-term credit rating, the highest possible.
The agency also assigned the town its ‘SP-1+’ short term…

STONEHAM — Police Chief James McIntyre reported that the Stoneham Police Department is looking for a robbery suspect and is asking the public for help in identifying the man in several released surveillance…

WAKEFIELD — The Friends of Lake Quannapowitt are conducting their spring cleanup of the shores of the Lake on Saturday, May 9.
Organizers are always looking for volunteers to help out.
Bags and gloves are provided.
The group meets at the Bandstand on the Lower Common. Cleanup is from 9 a.m. to noon. Any time…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — A very efficient 2015 Annual Town Meeting finished all of its business in one night, including approval of the School Department’s $34,847,085 budget.

An 11.4 percent increase in that budget was expected to draw some debate in the Galvin Middle School’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium last night. But the only discussion…