Wakefield News

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Town Counsel Thomas Mullen spoke out last night in response to what he called “outright misrepresentations” appearing in the press from those coming to the defense of Town Clerk Mary K. Galvin.

Galvin has been out of work since she collapsed in her first floor Town Hall office on April…

WAKEFIELD — Police yesterday dealt with a number of calls related to collisions, a smashed rear windshield, downed wires, pot holes and water leaks into roadways.

None of the accidents resulted in injury but one car was stripped of its side mirror, a casualty possibly rooted in the narrowed streets due to tall snowbanks.

Monday…

WAKEFIELD — Domestic violence continues to dominate headlines nationwide and locally the Wakefield Alliance Against Violence (WAAV) has been making a valiant effort to bring it to a halt.

One initiative WAAV has undertaken in the last year is the placement of “palm cards” in hair and nail salons frequented by women as well as…

WAKEFIELD — The following young people have offered their snow shoveling services for those who need help this winter:

• Kevin Doherty, 11, is able to shovel snow in the upper Elm Street/Parker Road area. Contact Kevin’s mother at 617-365-7202.

• Meghan and Ryan Pescatore, 16 and 12 years old respectively, are interested in shoveling…

WOBURN – A Connecticut man will be spending at least six years in state prison after a judge sentenced him last week in the brutal attack of a Wakefield resident at the Woburn Showcase Cinema in September 2011.

Middlesex Superior Court Judge Thomas Billings sentenced Chantha Chau, 23, of New London, Conn., to 6-8 years…

WAKEFIELD — A 40-year-old woman from Wakefield escaped serious injury yesterday when the driver of a small dump truck reportedly forced her into a snowbank as she walked near the intersection of Water and Vernon streets and ran over her right foot.

Patrol Office Meaghan Leary responded to the scene at about 2:20 p.m. and…

BOSTON — Wakefield Republican Richard Tisei has joined Boston firm Preti Strategies as a Senior Policy Advisor.

Tisei joins the expanded team of the former Preti Minahan Strategies and will work closely with founder Al Minahan and other professionals on public policy and communications strategy projects for clients across industries. Preti Minahan Strategies has become…

By BOB BURGESS

WAKEFIELD — There’s a chance the April 28 town election could actually see a contested race for School Committee after College of the Holy Cross senior Robert Tiro of Collette Road pulled nomination papers this week for one of two three-year terms to be decided this spring.

Tiro joins incumbents Janine Iengo-Cook…