Archive for the ‘Feature stories’ Category
Both candidates running for the 32nd Middlesex District seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives want to keep casino gambling in Massachusetts, but incumbent Rep. Paul Brodeur and his Republican challenger John Lock disagreed on most other issues as they debated last week at Wakefield’s WCAT studios. The 32nd Middlesex District includes all of Melrose […]
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Tags: casinos, Democrat, EBT, election, gambling, gas tax, House of Representatives, indexing, John Lock, legislature, marijana, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Melrose, opiate addiction, Paul Brodeur, Politics, Republican, Wakefield, Wakefield Daily Item
Through October 18, 2014 The Umbrella’s current presentation of Angels in America Part 2 – Perestroika marks the culmination of Director Nancy Curran Willis’ second time around with Tony Kushner’s epic about the dawn of the AIDS epidemic. In 2008, Willis won an Elliot Norton Award (with co-director Jason Southerland) for Boston Theatre Works production […]
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Tags: AIDS, Angels in America, Concord MA, Damon Singletary, David Berti, Emerson Community Arts Center, Ethel Rosenberg, James Barton, Jennifer Shea, Kendall Hodder, Liz Robbins, Mark Sardella, Nancy Curran Willis, New York City, Perestroika, Peyton Pugmire, Roy Cohn, Sharon Mason, Tony Kushner
Directs motion picture adaptation of his play “My Old Lady” Add yet another to the list of titles used to describe Wakefield, Massachusetts native Israel Horovitz: movie director. His film, My Old Lady, a major motion picture starring Kevin Kline, Maggie Smith and Kristin Scott Thomas, opened last week and is now playing at theaters […]
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Tags: France, Gloucester Stage Company, Hollywood Hits, Israel Horovitz, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Mark Sardella, motion picture, movie, My Old Lady, Oliver Horovitz, Paris, play, Rachael Horovitz, theater, theatre, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield High School, Wakefield MA
They’re BAAACK. Shelter Development, LLC whose proposal earlier this year to construct a Brightview Senior Living facility in conjunction with a parking garage in the downtown area stirred months of controversy before being defeated at the polls and at Town Meeting, has filed a new application for a 137 unit assisted living facility at approximately […]
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Tags: Assisted Living, Brian McGrail, Brightview Senior Living, development, Fraen Corporation, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Shelter Development, Shelter Group, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA
Zrike & Maio take the plunge
On June 20, School Superintendent Dr. Stephen Zrike and Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio issued a challenge to the public school students of Wakefield, Massachusetts. If the kids collectively read 10,000 books over the summer, Zrike and Maio pledged to plunge into Lake Quannapowitt. Zrike made the additional promise to shave his head.
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Tags: books, Brian Dickey, Courtney Sullivan, Dr. Stephen Zrike, Dylan Melanson, Julia Derendahl, Lake Quannapowitt, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Nicole Galli, Reading, Stephen P. Maio, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Public Schools
It’s slightly off the beaten path of Main Street, which may explain why despite over a year in operation, Thai restaurant Phuket remains one of downtown Wakefield’s best kept secrets. But new owner and chef Maeo Crawford hopes to change that and bring the Princess Street eatery the attention it deserves for its great food, […]
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Tags: Asian, cooking, food, Maeo Crawford, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Phu-ket, Phuket, Thai, Thai restaurant, Thailand, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA
Pleasure Island: 1959-1969
New book on legendary Wakefield, Massachusetts Amusement Park “It’s been highly rewarding,” says local author Bob McLaughlin of writing his second book on famed local amusement park, Pleasure Island, published this month by Arcadia. The best part, according to the affable Water Street resident, was getting “to meet a lot of people I never would […]
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Tags: amusement parks, Arcadia Publishing, Bob McLaughlin, C.V. Wood, Disneyland, Edgewater Office Park, Mar Sardella, Massachusetts, Moby Dick, Pleasure Island, Rex Trailer, Robert McLaughlin, theme parks, Three Stooges, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, William Hawkes
Filmmakers Michaela O’Brien & Melissa Langer examine EB in Bogota, Colombia While working as a documentary photographer in 2011, Michaela O’Brien visited an orphanage in Bogota, Colombia. While there, the 2004 Wakefield High School graduate met two girls, Nixa and her older sister Nury. Both girls were afflicted with a rare, genetic skin disease called […]
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Tags: Bogota, Colombia, documentary, EB, Epidermolysis Bullosa, film, In Crystal Skin, Mark Sardella, Melissa Langer, Michaela O'Brien, rare diseases, Wakefield MA
Town to try national “Main Street” model “It’s all about bringing your downtown back to life or giving it more life,” said Gin Wallace, executive director of the Beverly Main Streets program. “It will make a difference in your community in terms of jobs and visitors.” Wallace spoke to about 60 Wakefield residents gathered in […]
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Tags: Beverly MA, Beverly Main Streets, business, business district, downtown, Gin Wallace, Main Street, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Paul DiNocco, revitalization, Steve Maio, stores, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA
Memorial Day 2014 in Wakefield, Massachusetts As sun and clouds waged a day-long battle overhead, hundreds of residents turned out yesterday for local ceremonies honoring those who gave their lives in defense of America. “The freedoms we do enjoy,” keynote speaker Victor Santaniello told the crowd at the West Side Social Club’s morning program on […]
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Tags: American Legion, Ann Santos, Anthony Velardo, Brian Falvey, Massachusetts, Memorial Day, Rep. Donald Wong, Rep. Paul Brodeur, Sen. Jason Lewis, Thomas Lyons, veterans, Victor Santaniello, Vietnam War, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, West Side Social Club
Mark Sardella 