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Danielle Resha heading for the Super Bowl – again!

26Jan18

By MARK SARDELLA WAKEFIELD – She’s done it again. For the second year in a row, the New England Patriots are in the Super Bowl and for the second straight year local businesswoman and Patriots super fan Danielle Resha has scored free tickets to the big game. She’ll be in the stands in Minneapolis on […]

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Tags: Bose, CrossFit128, Danielle Resha, football, gym, Jacksonville Jaguars, Mark Sardella, new england patriots, Philadelphia Eagles, Super Bowl, Tom Brady, Wakefield Daily Item, WakefieldMA

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ sizzles at The Umbrella

25Jan18

By MARK SARDELLA CONCORD — If, like me, you enjoy stories in which everyone is despicable, David Mamet’s testosterone-fueled Glengarry Glen Ross is hard to beat. And under the direction of Wakefield native Nancy Curran Willis, these dishonorable characters are brought to vivid life by a strong cast at The Umbrella in Concord. Set mainly […]

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Tags: Adam Heroux, Bill Stambaugh, Brian Boruta, Chicago, Concord MA, Craig Ciampa, Dan Kelly, David Mamet, Eric Lamarche, Glengarry Glen Ross, Gordon Ellis, Jason Myatt, Mark Sardella, Nancy Curran Willis, real estate, The Umbrella, theater, theatre, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA

Remembering Phyllis Hull

17Jan18

It’s my favorite photo of Phyllis Hull. It’s Veterans Day, 2011, and she’s standing at the podium on Veterans Memorial Common, about to make her dedication speech in front of the just unveiled, brand new World War II Monument. She’s beaming, and she had every right to be proud. She was the first to say […]

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Tags: Betsy Sheeran, Board of Selectmen, election, fiscal conservative, Italian, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Phyllis J. Hull, Politics, selectman, selectmen. taxes, senior citizens, Somerville, taxpayers, The Savings Bank, veterans, Veterans' Day, voting, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, World War II Memorial

Snowbound snowflakes

04Jan18

They don’t make snow days like they used to. I don’t know when everything changed. Maybe it was the Blizzard of ’78 that traumatized us to the point where we no longer take any chances. Way back in the 20th century, when I was a youth, we never had the luxury of knowing 24 hours […]

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Tags: blizzard, bus stop, Climate Change, driveway, Internet, Lake Quannapowitt, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, radio, school, school bus, shoveling, sled, snow, snow blower, snow day, snowboard, snowflake, storm, technology, Television, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Public Schools, winter

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Archive for January, 2018

Danielle Resha heading for the Super Bowl – again!

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ sizzles at The Umbrella

Remembering Phyllis Hull

Snowbound snowflakes

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