Wakefield News

WAKEFIELD — A worker at Lakeside Cemetery on North Avenue called police yesterday after discovering that 36 aluminum grave edge markers had been stolen from plot locations in the cemetery.

Each marker, described as 6-inch discs, was valued at $4 for a total loss of $144.

The incident was logged just after 8 a.m. Patrol…

Does size matter?

Yes, it does. But if you’re a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, there’s a limit to the number of hours you want to spend talking about it.

Size is the biggest issue for many opponents of the Brightview Senior Living facility that Shelter Development is proposing to build…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — The school board heard good news from schools Business Administrator Michael Pfifferling at last night’s meeting — the relief request for Special Education (SPED) expenses will come in higher than what was anticipated from the state.

Pfifferling said that he had just received word yesterday morning from officials at the…

WAKEFIELD — Police have announced that the man found murdered in a wooded area at the end of Sunset Drive in Montrose has been identified as Jeffrey Raphael, 30, Lynn.

At approximately 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Wakefield police received a 911 call from a passerby reporting the find of the murdered man’s body.

Officers who responded…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — The area surrounding Sunset Drive in Montrose is usually quiet with nothing more than the occasional barking of…

WAKEFIELD — Political newcomer Rob Tiro, a senior at Holy Cross, is a new member of the School Committee.
In yesterday’s annual municipal voting, Tiro and incumbent Kathryn Morgan won the two school board seats up for election. Incumbent Janine Cook finished out of the running by 140 votes.
Tiro, who turned out to be…

By GAIL LOWE and BOB BURGESS

WAKEFIELD — Predictions of a low turnout in today’s annual municipal election seemed to be coming true at 10 a.m., with just 1.7 percent of the community’s 17,460 registered voters having participated in the first three hours.

At the West Side Social Club this morning, Precinct 6 Warden Kristen…

By BOB BURGESS

WAKEFIELD — The three people running for two School Committee seats up for election today raised a total of $10,665 in the period from Jan. 1 to April 20, and spent a combined $4,695 to get their messages out.

Incumbents Janine Iengo Cook and Kathryn Morgan, along with newcomer Rob Tiro, are…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield residents will soon have access to a mental health and wellness referral help line that will be able to match those in need of services with licensed mental health professionals from an extensive database.

Representatives of the Wakefield Health Department appeared before the Board of Selectmen last night to…

By BOB BURGESS

WAKEFIELD — The annual municipal election is tomorrow and with only two contested races on the ballot, turnout is expected to be thin.

While the three candidates for two seats on the School Committee — incumbents Janine Cook and Kate Morgan and challenger Rob Tiro — may have higher hopes, it is…