Archive for July, 2015
‘The New Electric Ballroom’ runs through August 15 Enda Walsh’s The New Electric Ballroom, currently at Gloucester Stage is not a conventional play and therefore may not be everyone’s cup of tea. But if you’re up for a bit of a challenge, the rewards of this dark comedy are many. The setting is a tiny […]
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Tags: Adrianne Krstansky, Arshan Gailus, Catholic, Derry Woodhouse, Enda Walsh, Erika Bailey, Gloucester Stage Company, Ireland, Irish, Jenna McFarland-Lord, Mark Sardella, Marya Lowry, Maureen Lane, Miranda Giurleo, Nancy E. Carroll, New Electric Ballroom, play, Robert Walsh., Russ Swift, theater
What “Giving Back” Looks Like
If anyone wants an example of a civic group having a positive impact on the town, they need look no further than last July 4. After more than a year of determined, hard work, the new Wakefield Independence Day Committee and its team of volunteers resurrected the largest Independence Day Parade in the state and […]
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Tags: 2015, Fourth of July, Independence Day, July 4th, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Parade, parades, Patrick Sullivan, patriotism, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Independence Day Committee, Wakefield Independence Day Parade, Wakefield MA
Fear Factor
“Your decision will decide if Wakefield becomes more like Medford or more like Lynnfield,” attorney Alan Grenier warned the Zoning Board of Appeals last week. Grenier had asked for and was granted an opportunity to present to the Zoning Board the opposition case against building the 130-unit Brightview Senior Living facility proposed on Crescent Street. […]
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Tags: Alan Grenier, Assisted Living, Brightview Senior Living, CVS, Dollar Tree, elderly, Galvin Middle School, Lynnfield, Malden, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Medford, Melrose, Shelter Group, Topsfield, urbanization, Wakefield, Wakefield Daily Item, Zoning Board of Appeals
