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Looking Backward

IT WAS Child Safety Week, April 6-12, 1986, and Traffic Supervisor Betty Hurton was on the job. Rain or shine, in all weathers, she keeps her eye on the children and the motorists, making sure they stay in their own lanes.

By KRISTEN HENSHAW

APRIL 9, 1986

Forty years ago, April 9th was a Wednesday. Intervals…

 

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Public Meetings

(Please note: We will no longer include the lengthy Zoom URLs in our list of meetings. If you want to join a meeting remotely, go to the town’s new website — wakefieldma.gov)

MONDAY, APRIL 13

Town Council, in-person at WCAT studio at Wakefield Memorial High with remote access via Zoom, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, APRIL 14…

 

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Community Calendar

FRIDAY, APRIL 10

The Arts Collaborative of Wakefield’s Past Tense Art Exhibit. This is a fundraiser and sale and will be open Fridays throughout April from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturdays April 4, April 11 and April 18 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Albion Cultural Exchange, 9 Albion St…

 

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EDITORIAL: In praise of Snow Angels

If there was a winter when help was critically important, it was the one we just had.

That’s why we gladly praise the youths who shoveled out seniors and others during the storms of late January and mid-February, 2026. The town saw close to 50 inches of snow fall in those two “events.”

Earlier this…

 

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Local man faces second OUI charge

WAKEFIELD — A 39-year-old Newhall Court man was charged with drunk driving last night after he reportedly was found inside a vehicle parked in the lot of the Eastern Bank on Main Street.

Police went to the area after being told around 8:15 p.m. that a man appeared to be passed out in the parking…

 

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Spaces available for FOLQ art show


WAKEFIELD — The Friends of Lake Quannapowitt are hosting an art show featuring artwork of Lake Quannapowitt and its surrounding natural lands on May 1 and 2, 2026.

This free community event is open to artist of all ages and artwork of all types (painting, drawing, crafts, sculpture, etc.) that is inspired by the natural…

 

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Malden’s Carey McDonald running for State Senate

CAREY McDONALD

MALDEN — On Monday, Carey McDonald announced they are joining the open race for the 5th Middlesex Massachusetts senate district. McDonald is a three-term Malden City Councillor At Large and a nonprofit executive.

“I’m joining this race to help us build communities where everyone can thrive,” said McDonald. “Our communities deserve a partner…

 

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Focus on Faith: What difference does it make?

Rev. Brett Johnson
Faith is needed now more than ever — and Wakefield’s interfaith clergy are returning to these pages to say so. After a pause in our rotation, we are back, and glad to be here.

To start at the beginning, I am writing today to ask, “What is faith and what difference does it make?” We…

 

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Front Page: April 9, 2026

 

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Throwback Thursday 1950

MOST LOCAL RESIDENTS remember the devastating fire that destroyed the historic First Baptist Church at Lafayette and Common streets on Oct. 23, 2018. That fire was caused by a lightning strike, but it was not the first fire at the old church, built in 1872. Today’s photo shows the scene of an April 4, 1950…

 

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ZBA deals with Lakeside projects

PROPOSED SELF-STORAGE facility at 50 Quannapowitt Parkway.

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals dealt with matters related to two separate projects on Quannapowitt Parkway at last night’s meeting.

One had to do with a legal agreement related to the residential development at 200-400 Quannapowitt Parkway. The other matter discussed was the lighting plan…

 

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Main ST Grille & Taphouse to donate sales for WGC

WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Garden Club (WGC) is proud to offer one $1,000 scholarship to a qualified high school senior (who will be a college freshman in the fall of 2026).

The student must be a Wakefield resident and intend to major in one of the following fields: Horticulture, Floriculture, Landscape Design or Architecture, Conservation…

 

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