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QP brings Horovitz’s ‘My Old Lady’ home

04May16

Directed by Nancy Curran Willis By MARK SARDELLA Israel Horovitz’s play “My Old Lady” is set in Paris but in Quannapowitt Players upcoming production there are Wakefield connections galore. Most obvious is the fact that Horovitz is a Wakefield native who grew up on Elm Street and graduated from Wakefield High School in 1956. On […]

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Tags: comedy, David Kimmelman, drama, France, Gloucester Stage, Israel Horovitz, Kevin Kline, Kim Anton Myatt, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lake Quannapowitt, Liz Robbins, Maggie Smith, Mark Sardella, My Old Lady, Nancy Curran Willis, play, playwright, Quannapowitt Players, theater, viager, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield High School, Wakefield MA

Wakefield Police officers train for “active shooter” situation

25Apr16

By MARK SARDELLA WAKEFIELD — The scenario is this: Wakefield Police receive a call reporting a disturbance at Acme Corp., a company of 50 employees located at the end of a cul-de-sac in Wakefield. The company is headquartered in Israel and has been threatened in the past by radical Islamic groups. The threats have come […]

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Tags: active shooter, Detective Kenneth Silva, guns, hostage, Lt. Steve Skory, Mark Sardella, Northeast Metro Tech High School, Officer Clifford Perry, Officer David Rando, police, Sgt. Jonathan Burnham, Sgt. Sean Beede, Steve Maio, terrorism, training, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Police Department

Self-watering planters coming to downtown Wakefield

03Apr16

Thanks to ‘Wakefield Main Streets’ program By MARK SARDELLA WAKEFIELD — You’ve seen the flower barrels currently along Main Street in the downtown filled with colorful plantings from spring through summer. Starting in May, look for some new additions to that downtown beautification effort. The Wakefield Main Streets program will be providing four new self-watering […]

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Tags: Board of Selectmen, downtown beautification, flower barrels, John Ross, Main Street USA, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Paul DiNocco, self-watering planters, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Main Streets

Old Linden Tree gone but not forgotten

10Jan16

When audiences arrives at the Unitarian-Universalist Church in Wakefield, MA for future concerts at the Linden Tree Coffeehouse, something will be missing. The majestic linden tree that lent its name to the coffeehouse 31 years ago and has graced the front of the church for longer than anyone has been alive, was taken down on […]

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Tags: branch, Brightview Senior Living, church, Joe Cresta, Joe Spear, linden tree, Linden Tree Coffeehouse, Liz Freeman, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Peter Stickel, Shelter Development, steeple, stump, trees, Unitarian Universalist Church, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, Wendy Dennis, wood

Now’s Your Chance!

09Jan16

We’ve arrived at the Put Up or Shut Up Season. Monday, Jan. 4 was the first day that you could pull nomination papers to run in the April 26 Town Election. For those who for the past year have been have been telling anyone who would listen that you could do a better job running […]

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Tags: Board of Selectmen, campaign, City Hall, Conservation Commission, election, Facebook, government, Mark Sardella, nomination papers, Planning Board, Politics, public hearing, public office, School Committee, social media, town, town hall, Town Meeting, Town Planner, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA

Wakefield Public Access TV: the Dark Ages

17Dec15

This month, Wakefield Community Access Television celebrates its 25th anniversary as Wakefield’s public access television operation. It’s hard to believe that WCAT has been around for a quarter century. What’s even harder to believe is that public access television has been around in Wakefield, MA for even longer than that. WCAT was formed in December […]

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Tags: Betamax, Bob Lazarus, Bob Seibel, cable TV, Chance Langton, Charles Laquidara, Charlie Brooks, Charlie Golub, comedy, Gary Stewart, Janeane Garofalo, Lisa J, Massachusetts, Mr. Ed, Rich Ceisler, Tony V, Topsfield Fair, TV, video, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Public Access Television, Wakefield Tonight, Warner-Amex Cable, WBCN, WCAT

Downtown reality check

11Dec15

by Mark Sardella (Wakefield Daily Item) Who did she think she was – this outside consultant with her studies and her facts and figures – coming in and telling us that our downtown isn’t the economic Death Valley we’ve been led to believe it is? How dare she suggest that revitalization doesn’t happen overnight and […]

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Tags: Brothers Restaurant & Deli, business, downtown, economic development, Farmland, FinePoints, Main Street, Mark Sardella, MarketStreet, Massachusetts, Peg Barringer, Reading MA, revitalization, Sabatinos, Sakura, The Savings Bank, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA

Fantasy League

20Nov15

The irony of the moment was not lost on acting Planning Board chairman Bill Spaulding. “I do find it interesting that you’re questioning the parking – the amount of it,” Spaulding told Bronwyn Della-Volpe at hearing last week on Town Meeting Article 12, which was aimed at revitalizing the downtown with more mixed-use, residential-above-retail development. […]

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Tags: Brightview Senior Living, Bronwyn Della-Volpe, commuter rail, downtown, housing, Main Street, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Melrose MA, mixed-use development, parking, Pat Bruno, Paul Reavis, Planning Board, residential, retail, Town Meeting, Wakefield Civic League, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, William Spaulding, zoning

The enduring issue of downtown parking

23Oct15

By Mark Sardella (Wakefield Daily Item) Is there a parking problem in downtown Wakefield? The answer can depend on whom you ask. Some blame empty storefronts on a lack of downtown parking, while others say that parking in downtown Wakefield isn’t really a problem if you’re willing to walk a couple of blocks. But even […]

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Tags: Brightview Senior Living, cars, downtown, enforcement, Hart's Hardware, Lt. Steve Skory, Mark Sardella, meters, parking, parking garage, parking ticket, Paul Reavis, police, Police Chief Richard Smith, Steve Maio, vehicles, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Police Department

Couponing for a Cause

09Oct15

by Mark Sardella (Wakefield Daily Item) Wakefield resident Joanne Lima has a uniquely altruistic hobby, and among the principal beneficiaries are those that patronize the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry. “I’m a big couponer and I’m able to coupon at little or no cost,” she says. Whatever she thinks the Food Pantry could use and her […]

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Tags: charity, couponers, couponing, coupons, donating, food, Joanne Lima, Mark Sardella, Market Basket, Massachusetts, shopping, Stop & Shop, toiletries, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield High School, Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Warriors

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Archive for the ‘Community’ Category

QP brings Horovitz’s ‘My Old Lady’ home

Wakefield Police officers train for “active shooter” situation

Self-watering planters coming to downtown Wakefield

Old Linden Tree gone but not forgotten

Wakefield Public Access TV: the Dark Ages

Downtown reality check

Fantasy League

The enduring issue of downtown parking

Couponing for a Cause

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