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Pride of the Yankees

19Sep19

I was vaguely aware that John J. Round had been a town official way back at the beginning of the 20th century. But, like most people, I had no inkling about his more significant contributions to the town. I had no idea, for example, that he had purchased entire tracts of land in the areas […]

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Tags: altruism, Anglo-Saxons, Arthur G. Walton, Bandstand, Cornelius Sweetser, Crystal Lake, Cyrus Wakefield, Galvin Middle School, Gardner Campbell, Greenwood, JJ Round Park, John J. Round, Lucius Beebe, Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Mark Sardella, money, old white men, philanthropy, Pilgrims, Protestant, Sweetser Lecture Series, trees, Wakefield Common, Wakefield High School, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Town Hall, Walton Field, Yankees

A gritty ‘True West’ at Gloucester Stage

22Aug18

By MARK SARDELLA What does it take to create art? Is it education, discipline and skill? Or is it raw talent and real-life experience? It often takes some of both, as we witness in Sam Shepard’s True West, currently in production at Gloucester Stage. Set in their mother’s home 40 miles east of Los Angeles, […]

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Tags: Alexander Platt, Art, drama, Gloucester Stage Company, Joe Short, Mark Cohen, Mark Sardella, Marya Lowry, Nael Nacer, Opinion, play, review, Sam Shepard, stage, theater, theatre, True West, Wakefield Daily Item, western

The Walton Family of Wakefield, Massachusetts

29Aug13

[Part 1 of 3] [Part 2] [Part 3] Daring payroll Robbery of Walton shoe factory compared to Sacco & Vanzetti When it comes to Wakefield’s prominent old families, chances are you’ve at least heard of the Hartshornes, the Beebes, the Wakefields and the Eatons. But what do you know about the Walton family of Wakefield, […]

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Tags: AG Walton & Co., Arthur G. Walton, Chelsea, Mark Sardella, Mssachusetts, robbery, Sacco & Vanzetti, shoes, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, Walton, Walton Shoes, Waltons

Finding My Irish Roots

14Mar13

A cold October rain was falling as I turned my rented Nissan Sunny down the dirt lane in the village of Portglenone, Northern Ireland. The road was barely wide enough for one vehicle and had patches of grass growing between tire-worn tracks. Up on a hill in the distance to the left, I could make […]

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Tags: Ballymena, Blaney, County Antrim, Ireland, Irish, John Blaney, Nark Sardella, Northern Ireland, Patrick Blaney, Portglenone

Yes, he built that

29Aug12

Sardella Sign & Graphics, 68 North Ave., Wakefield, MA was this week’s winner in WRKO radio’s “Small Business Appreciation Initiative.” On Monday morning, WRKO delivered coffee and baked goods from Greenhills Irish Bakery to the staff at Sardella Signs. I know that my brother Bob built this business all on his own. I watched him […]

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Tags: Batten Bros, Bob Sardella, business, Chris Harris, Greenhills Irish Bakery, John Connors, Meghan Sardella, radio, Sardella, Sardella Sign & Display, small business, Wakefield, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Mass, Wakefield Massachusetts, WRKO

Matty Sardella’s Spirit Lives On in 25th Annual Golf Tourney

02Sep11

It’s unusual for events like memorial golf tournaments to last a quarter century. But on September 17, 2011, the 25th annual Matthew Sardella Memorial Golf Tournament will tee off at Reedy Meadow at Lynnfield Center Golf Course. Matthew J. Sardella, a 1986 graduate of Wakefield High School, was a journalism student at Salem State College […]

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Tags: Christopher Sardella, CSF, Daily Item, golf, golf course, golf tournament, golfer, golfers, golfing, hockey, ice hockey, Lou Sardella, Louis Sardella, Mark Sardella, Matt Sardella, Matthew & Christopher Sardella Golf Tournament, Matthew J. Sardella, Matthew Sardella, Matty Sardella, Reedy Meadow at Lynnfield Center Golf Course, Tony Germanetto, Wakefield, Wakefield Citizens Scholarship Foundation, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield High School, Wakefield Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Mass, Wakefield Massachusetts

Henry’s Heroics

26Sep10

“Girl Revived After Going to Bottom of Lake,” read the headline on the front page of the July 22, 1935 Wakefield Daily Item. “Presence of mind exercised by her male companion,” the story reported, “and prompt work by the Wakefield Police with the inhalator saved the life of Miss Mildred Bickerton, 21, of 881 Huntington […]

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Tags: Arthur Philbrook, Blaney, Blaney Blog, Blaneys, Boston, Boston MA, Henry Bagwell, Irish, Irish-Americans, John G. Gates, Lake Quannapowitt, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Mildred Bickerton, Roxbury, Wakefield, Wakefield MA

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Archive for the ‘Family’ Category

Pride of the Yankees

A gritty ‘True West’ at Gloucester Stage

The Walton Family of Wakefield, Massachusetts

Finding My Irish Roots

Yes, he built that

Matty Sardella’s Spirit Lives On in 25th Annual Golf Tourney

Henry’s Heroics

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