Wakefield News

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By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Traffic and parking were the expected topics for last night’s Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, but because the Traffic Advisory Committee (TAC) needs more time to study the traffic impact of the proposed Brightview Senior Living facility, those topics were deferred to a future meeting.

The ZBA elected to wait…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Today’s below zero weather prompted several homeowners in Wakefield to call plumbing companies due to frozen pipes.

Though his phone has not been ringing off the hook yet, by 8 a.m. John Cersosimo, owner of Central Plumbing & Heating on Albion Street, had received two calls, one from an Indian…

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call

BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick, on his last full day in office Wednesday, announced that the salary of the 200 members of the Legislature will be frozen for the 2015-2016 legislative session that began Wednesday. The freeze will leave in place the current $60,032 base salary of each…

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By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — It happened again last night.

Police got a call around 9 p.m. from a woman who said her son was not breathing. When Patrol Officer David Rando arrived at the woman’s West Side home, he determined that the her son was conscious but had probably overdosed on heroin.

The 27-year-old…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — She captained her high school soccer team, played women’s semi-pro football for the Boston Militia and now, at the age of 21, she’s one of Wakefield’s youngest entrepreneurs.

Danielle Resha, a 2011 graduate…

WAKEFIELD — Detective Christopher Grace was credited this morning with helping Stoneham Police locate an Albion Street man allegedly involved in a pedestrian hit-and-run incident late last year.

Grace was instrumental in locating the motor vehicle that allegedly struck a man as he was about to get into his car in front of Gaetano’s Restaurant…

WAKEFIELD — Before two Crescent Street homes are razed to make way for an assisted living facility, a hearing will be held later this month to make sure the town’s historical integrity won’t be negatively affected by the tear-downs.

The Historical Commission will hold a hearing Jan. 21 in the Public Safety Building’s Community Room…