Wakefield News

WAKEFIELD — Former Wakefield resident Janice Petrie was recently awarded the 2014 Silver Falchion…

WAKEFIELD — The Capital Planning Committee reviewed three Nov. 17 Town Meeting articles last night that seek a total of about $625,000 to expand Forest Glade Cemetery, upgrade some of the town’s computer hardware and to install a new set of controls for the series of traffic lights in Montrose.

The funds would come from…

The following includes press releases from the campaigns of those running for elected office in our area. Election Day is Nov. 4.

LYNNFIELD — Yesterday at the Old Meeting House on Lynnfield Common, Wakefield Republican Richard Tisei fought back against charges that he didn’t support funding to help veterans while he was a legislator on…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Wakefield’s school district remains a Level 2 in terms of MCAS performance, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stephen K. Zrike announced at last week’s school board meeting.

Scores range from one to five. One is designated as the highest performance level.

All schools also retained their accountability designation from 2013, Zrike…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Are parents sitting on lawn furniture to watch soccer games damaging the new turf fields at the Galvin Middle School? And are the turf fields damaging the health of the kids who play on them? The Permanent Building Committee heard about both of these possibilities at its meeting last night…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Conservation Commission likes the latest plan presented for the subdivision at 181 Salem St., but Brian McGrail, the attorney for the developer, Thursday asked commissioners to keep the hearing open for one more meeting. Town Engineer Michael Collins is finishing up his review of the drainage, McGrail explained, asking…

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Historical Society invites the public to celebrate Hallowe’en the old fashioned way, with a step back into the past to visit the Old Burying Ground on Church Street.

The Old Burying Ground, established in 1689, is the final resting…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Selectman Phyllis Hull wants residents to talk trash at the next meeting of the Board of Selectmen.

At a meeting this week, Hull asked the board to schedule an agenda item for their Oct. 27 meeting for a public discussion of a specific trash-related issue. She said that dwellings with…

WAKEFIELD — The Friends of…