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A WORKER on a lift toils near the roof of the new Wakefield Memorial High School currently under construction on Farm Street. (Mark Sardella Photo)

 

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Delegation comes through for Fire Department

BOSTON — State Senator Jason Lewis and State Representatives Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Donald Wong announced that the Wakefield Fire Department is receiving a $18,992 state grant to purchase new safety equipment to protect their firefighters through the Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program.

Fire departments across Massachusetts are able to utilize this program to purchase a…

 

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PROJECT BREAD’S 58th Annual Walk for Hunger will be held on Boston Common Sunday, May 3.

BOSTON – Registration is now open for Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger, the organization’s signature community fundraiser and one of Massachusetts’ most enduring anti-hunger events, turning compassion into action.

Set for Sunday, May 3 on the Boston Common, the one-day…

 

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Steady progress

CONSTRUCTION of the new Wakefield Memorial High School is reportedly on schedule and on budget

 

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State makes case to feds for blizzard aid

 

UTILITY CREWS worked on power infrastructure on Sohier Street in Cohasset on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (Photo by Michael P. Norton/State House News Service)

By MICHAEL P. NORTON
State House News Service

BOSTON — In a step to help the state and municipalities cover costs, Massachusetts appealed to the federal government to issue a…

 

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FOLQ is a parade Unit Sponsor

FRIENDS OF LAKE QUANNAPOWITT is a July Fourth Parade Unit Sponsor again this year! FOLQ president Bill Boodry is also doing a splashing job leading the business and organization fundraising for the parade on behalf of the Wakefield Independence Day Committee. You might see Tom Stapleton here on the left, WIDC board and on FOLQ

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Front Page: April 10, 2026

 

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ZBA OKs change to Voke school plans

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals this week allowed a minor modification to the approved site plan for the new Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School currently under construction off Hemlock Road and Farm Street.

ZBA chairman Tom Lucey explained that when the original plans were created, designers for the new vocational…

 

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UPS Store supports 2026 Senior Night

THE UPS STORE recently donated $1,000 in support of WMHS Senior Night. Pictured from left are Suzy Veilleux (WMHS Senior Night Committee), Nathan Young (UPS Store employee and member of the Class of 2026), Mary Young (owner, The UPS Store), Ben Belyea (UPS Store employee and member of the Class of 2026) and Catherine Dhingra

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Highway ramp  closures coming

WOBURN — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing nightly alternating ramp closures at the I-95/I-93 interchange. The closures will take place on Sunday, April 12, from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning and will continue each night through Thursday, April 16. The closures are necessary to safely and effectively allow crews to perform drainage improvements. Each ramp will be closed one at a time.

During the temporary closures…

 

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Book donation drive Saturday morning

THERE ARE ONLY two book donation drives left before Friends of the Beebe Library hold their May Book Sale.

WAKEFIELD — Friends of the Beebe Library Book Sale Team is hard at work on their 2026 Book Sale and would love to get your used books.

The May sale will feature books only — no…

 

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Rob LaVita is a candidate for Constable on April 28


The following was submitted by the candidate.

My name is Rob LaVita and I am running for Town Constable.

A little about me. I live in Greenwood with my wife Cristin, I have 2 sons (Jack and Anthony LaVita), a bonus daughter (Genevieve “Genna” Carroll), and 2 bonus sons (Ryan and Donovan Carroll). All…

 

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