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If the sudden urgency to eliminate the Wakefield Warrior logo last spring after 75 years struck you as curious, perhaps it shouldn’t have come as such a surprise. In retrospect, you wouldn’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to conclude that the logo’s elimination was merely setting the stage for something bigger, like the local […]
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Power to the people
Remember all the way back to last week, when we had a four-day heat wave? I realize that the return to winter weather over the July Fourth weekend tends to blunt the memory of what came before. But three of those days, June 28, 29 and 30, brought temperatures of between 97 and 100, coupled […]
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Train in vain
WAKEFIELD, MA — The closure since last November of the Broadway commuter rail crossing has certainly been no picnic for many, and the damage to nearby businesses is not to be minimized. At the same time, I’m an optimist by nature, and in the spirit of this week’s theme of arcane 1970s pop culture references, […]
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Field House of Dreams
If the town is still divided as a result of the Warrior logo issue, you wouldn’t have known it from last Saturday’s Town Meeting, where things were so congenial, I feared a chorus of Kumbaya might break out at any moment. Mercifully, the proceedings came to a close before anything so unseemly could transpire. Compared […]
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Score one for the Warrior
The best news out of Tuesday’s Town Election is that Wakefield isn’t totally gone. Not yet, anyway. I guess I’m not supposed to use the word “normal” anymore, but Tuesday’s vote on the Warrior logo was a victory for those who value tradition, history and the people’s right to tell their elected officials what they […]
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It’s not just about the Warrior logo anymore. The ballot question on Tuesday’s Town Election is also a referendum on cancel culture. Tuesday’s election is a chance for the normal people of Wakefield to push back against those who are tearing down our traditions left and right. It’s an opportunity to strike a blow against […]
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By now, you’ve probably heard that the School Committee voted on March 23 to eliminate the Wakefield Warrior logo. You may have inferred from that 5-2 vote that the issue is settled and the April 27 Town Election vote on the Warrior logo ballot question is now moot. That’s exactly what the School Committee wants […]
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Education of a Warrior
The Wakefield Warrior debate of the last several months has certainly been educational, which is only fitting since it involves a school logo. I, personally, have learned a great many things, the latest as recently as yesterday. After finishing my annual boiled dinner, I decided to relax with a pint of Guinness and watch last […]
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Forum follies
It was a cavalcade of cancel culture, featuring a Who’s Who of Wakefield’s woke elite at their virtue signaling best. Last week’s online “public forum” on the Wakefield Warrior logo was utterly predictable in its participation and tenor. In fact, I did predict it.
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Undue process
“First we have the fair trial, then we hang him.” That quote from Judge Roy Bean came to mind last week as I watched the School Committee discuss the “process” that would be used to determine the fate of the Wakefield Warrior logo. After this “process” plays out, the School Committee, in its adopted role […]
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