Wakefield News

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio painted a bright fiscal picture for Wakefield, as he reviewed the town’s finances at last night’s meeting of the Board of Selectmen. Maio’s PowerPoint presentation looked back at Fiscal Year 2014 and ahead at the current FY 2015.

He began by going back to…

WAKEFIELD — Police Chief Rick Smith and Action Ambulance Chief Executive Officer Michael Woronka have announced that their agencies are teaming up to offer first responders a valuable Contagious Disease Protocol class.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak the worst in history and first responders worldwide are refreshing…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Because one member was absent, the school board was evenly split during a vote last night on what to do with the Greenwood and Walton schools and, as a result, next month’s Town Meeting will not be asked to spend money on feasibility studies at the aging elementary education facilities…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Planning Board last night endorsed an ANR (approval not required) plan that will allow Symes Associates to develop a parcel of land on Druid Hill Avenue that was previously owned by the town of Wakefield. Symes plans to create four or five separate lots.

Symes purchased the land from…

By DAN TOMASELLO

WAKEFIELD — Sixth Congressional District candidate Richard Tisei has been targeted by a coalition of anti-gay groups who oppose his candidacy.

The Washington D.C.-based Family Research Council and the National Organization of Marriage, along with Colorado-based Citizen Link, sent a letter last week to House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — At tonight’s school board meeting, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stephen K. Zrike plans to raise the topic of having feasibility studies for Wakefield Memorial High School and the Greenwood and Walton elementary schools.

A motion will then be made to vote on the proposal to place two articles on the…

By GAIL LOWE

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The following is an article published by CADCA, the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America.

The small, suburban town of Wakefield, just north of Boston has a surging heroin problem, but residents seem to be reluctant to face the facts. That’s why the newly-formed Wakefield Unified Prevention Coalition (Wake Up) stepped in, trying to stamp out…

WAKEFIELD — Earlier this week, a group of residents filed a petition asking the Nov. 17 Town Meeting to cap the height of any structure built in the downtown Assisted Living Facility Overlay District.

As Shelter Development LLC and partner Brightview Senior Living seek to build a 137-unit facility between Main and Crescent streets, the…