Wakefield News

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Pssst — all girls going to the prom in June. Have you bought your dress yet? Shoes? Jewelry…

It is fitting, in a way, that Town Meeting last night passed a $34.8 million School Department spending request for the year beginning July 1. This is, after all, National Teacher Appreciation Week.

And nothing says that Town Meeting participants appreciate the job educators do more than the approval of an 11.4 percent increase over…

WAKEFIELD — Tonight’s 24-article annual Town Meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Galvin Middle School’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium.

In what appears to be a rather routine spring session, Town Meeting participants will vote on an $84.9 million operating budget for the year beginning July 1. The largest single appropriation is for the School Department…

By BOB BURGESS

WAKEFIELD — School Committeeman Rob Tiro, a Holy Cross senior elected to office last week, this morning answered critics who claim his campaign didn’t play fair during the last few days of the campaign.

In particular, the chairman of the committee to reelect Janine Iengo Cook to the School Committee — Fred…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Starting in September, students in Wakefield’s school district will pay 25 cents more for breakfast. At last Tuesday’s school board meeting, members voted unanimously to increase the price from $1.25 to $1.50 per breakfast but the increase will not affect rates that are already reduced, such as those in the…

WAKEFIELD — Police over the weekend responded to a host of motor-vehicle related accidents, including a pedestrian accident in the area of 627 Main St. Saturday afternoon.

Police said that a 9-year-old girl was taken to Lahey Clinic in Burlington for treatment of cuts to her knees, elbow and wrist suffered during the accident.

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By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Of the original $73,960,309 budgeted for the new Galvin Middle School, $63,701,144 (86 percent) has been spent to date, leaving $10,259,165 remaining. Lynn Stapleton of owner’s project manager Joslin, Lesser & Associates provided the financial update last night as the Permanent Building Committee (PBC) met in Room 129 at the Galvin.

Stapleton…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD —Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stephen K. Zrike cited challenging space issues, including the new full-day kindergarten program coming in September, as one of the reasons the Wakefield school district should remain a “no school choice” district during a public hearing held at Tuesday’s school board meeting.

“This is not a prudent time to…

WAKEFIELD — The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is lowering the amount of fluoride added to the water it supplies in accordance with a new recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

On April 27, the CDC released a recommendation that water suppliers reduce their fluoride dosage to 0.7 milligrams per liter (mg/l) from a…

WAKEFIELD — Beginning Sunday night, May 3, nighttime roadway improvements will begin on the following roads:

• North Avenue (Quannapowitt Avenue to Church Street)

• Lowell Street (Rt. 129 Rotary to Walden Road)

• Main Street (Lowell Street to Carriage Lane)

• Minor cut ins to side streets along the three major routes

According to…