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A Warm, Funny Evening on ‘The Porch’

22May08

Sentimental comedy about seniors at Stoneham Theatre It doesn’t hurt that playwright/director Jack Neary’s sentimental comedy about senior citizens is set in a working-class eastern Massachusetts neighborhood and features five characters who, to those who grew up in this area, will be as familiar as their own neighbors. But “The Porch” is also a very […]

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Tags: Cheryl McMahon, comedy, drama, Ellen Colton, Humor, Jack Neary, John Davin, Massachusetts, play, Porch, Richard Snee, senior citizens. seniors, Sheriden Thomas, Stoneham, Stoneham MA, Stoneham Theatre, The Porch

Long Lost Watch Becomes Symbol of Values, Kindness

01May08

As far as the Zaccone family knew, the beautifully engraved watch was lost forever. It had been awarded to Guy Zaccone of Wakefield back in 1958 by the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts – the oldest military organization in the Western Hemisphere. Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company members served on every battlefield from […]

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Turning a Deaf Ear

10Apr08

Thoughts on the April 7, 2008 Wakefield (Massachusetts) Town Meeting Sometimes it pays to listen to our elder statesmen. But when we become caught up in a righteous cause, it’s easy to ignore the voices of experience in our midst. We dismiss them at our own peril. Advocates to fund the School Department budget did […]

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Turco & Sheeran Make Political History

27Mar08

First time two people from Wakefield have been on Democratic & Republican State Committees In the February 5 primary election, most attention was focused on the Presidential candidates, with some local precincts also voting for candidates in the primary for State Representative from the 32nd Middlesex District. But while all that was going on, Wakefield […]

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Tags: Al Turco, Albert J. Turco, Betsy Sheeran, bipartisan, Democrat, Democratic Party, Democratic State Committee, election, elections, political parties, Politics, Republican, Republican Party, Republican State Committee, Sheeran, Turco, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Democratic Town Committee, Wakefield Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Massachusetts, Wakefield Republican Town Committee

“Committed” Cable Companies & Price “Adjustments”

08Feb08

Every year at around this time, just as the shock of your holiday debt is beginning to set in, the telecoms (formerly known as the cable companies) send out their own Season’s Greetings – in the form of a rate “adjustment.” Somehow, the rates never seem to get adjusted down.

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Tags: cable companies, cable rates, cable television, cable TV, cable TV rates, Comcast, Daily Item, FiOS TV, Jason Whittet, Jill Reddish, verizon, Wakefield Board of Selectmen, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Item

ConCom Addresses Snow Plowed Into Lake Quannapowitt

07Feb08

Commission satisfied with new arrangement The issue of snow being plowed into Wakefield’s Lake Quannapowitt and surrounding wetlands from the parking lots adjacent to the two Comverse office buildings at the head of the Lake appears to have been resolved to the satisfaction of Conservation Agent Elaine Vreeland and the Wakefield Conservation Commission.

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Few Sparks in Rep Debate

26Jan08

Democrats address casino gambling, local budget problems The three Democratic candidates vying to replace Michael E. Festa as the Representative from Massachusetts’ 32nd Middlesex District addressed issues ranging from casino gambling to unfunded state mandates last night in a live televised debate from Wakefield’s Galvin Middle School. (Debate sponsor WCAT is providing a DVD to […]

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Town Suing Developer of Millbrook Estates

22Jan08

Claim that Falites hid excess profits owed to town The town has filed suit against Falite Bros., Inc. and its limited liability company, Millbrook Estates, LLC, for breach of contract, fraud and conspiracy, among other allegations in a nine-count civil action. The town alleges that the defendants “retained or secreted excess profits of $1,324,019 belonging […]

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Snow Plowed Into Lake Quannapowitt Raises Environmental Concerns

20Jan08

Snow from Comverse parking lots at Beal property dumped into Lake As Wakefield, Massachusetts resident Bob McLaughlin pulled off the Route 128 exit ramp on to North Avenue one day last December, he decided to take a slight detour en route to his Water Street home. The region had just been hit with the second […]

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NO ‘MIRACLE’ TRIP FOR WINCHESTER STUDENTS

07Dec07

The whole silly story broke in the middle of November. A middle school in Winchester planned a December 19 field trip to Stoneham Theatre where 7th graders would be treated to a professional theatrical performance of the Christmas classic, Miracle on 34th Street. But then the principal abruptly cancelled the school trip after receiving complaints […]

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