Wakefield News

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — In response to the assassination of two New York City Police Department officers on Saturday afternoon while they were seated in a cruiser in Brooklyn, Wakefield Police Chief Rick Smith said he and his entire department were “very sad and disturbed” by the officers’ deaths.

“Our thoughts and prayers go…

(The following was written by Lester Yee, coach of the “We Are Robo” team from Wakefield.)

WAKEFIELD — Five years in the making, the “We are Robo” First Lego League (FLL) team won the Massachusetts FLL State Championship on Saturday, Dec. 20, at Worcester Polytechnic Institute…

BOSTON – A Greenwood man and past speaker at the town’s Veterans’ Day observances pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing $174,000 in benefits paid to him based upon falsified Vietnam War service records.

Albert L. Seely, 67, of 1251 Main St., pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel, according…

Shear Cuts set to close next week

 By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Shear Cuts, a fixture…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Police yesterday responded to a report of an unresponsive man on Bartley Street and when they arrived at his home, they could not rouse him. Officers found a hypodermic needle lying under his arm.

The man, age 23, was taken to Melrose-Wakefield Hospital for treatment. Today his condition is not…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Bugs, mice and mold in the apartments, plus…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Heroin and opioid-related deaths have surged across Massachusetts in recent weeks. So far this month, there have been 58 suspicious deaths statewide, according to State Police.

But in Wakefield the trend has slowed since last spring, said Wakefield’s Police Chief Rick Smith.

“There have not been as many fatalities in…

WAKEFIELD — A woman from Main Street went to the Police Station last night to report that someone used her credit card recently without her authorization to make food and other purchases at four Stop & Shop grocery stores. The loss to the credit card company was estimated to be about $1,300.

Purchases were made…

WAKEFIELD — Michael Collins, Wakefield’s Town Engineer, has been awarded 2014 Gertrude Spaulding Award.

The presentation occurred during the FOLQ Fall Breakfast on Nov. 23.

The prestigious award is given out annually to an individual…