Wakefield News

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – The School Committee will spend about a month mulling over proposed changes in a cell phone use policy for Wakefield Memorial High before they finalize it in August. “The language is something we worked on during the school year,” Principal Amy Mcleod said at the School Committee meeting Tuesday, June…

WAKEFIELD — Elm Street’s Brian Fox is the newest member of the Town Council after narrowly winning a three-way race for a vacant seat in yesterday’s special election.

With just 7.4 percent of the town’s 20,665 registered voters participating on a brutally hot day, Fox unofficially received 540 votes over the town’s seven precincts. Second…

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – Local water and sewer rates are going up in Fiscal Year 2026, although the rate of increase is much higher (9 percent) on the water side than on the sewer side (1 percent).

The Town Council approved the new rates at its meeting last night. Public Works Director Joseph Conway…

WAKEFIELD — A Special Town Council Election takes place tomorrow to fill a vacancy left when Edward Dombroski was elected Town Treasurer in April. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Galvin Middle School.

The…