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Taxing Times

26Nov09

Wakefield, Massachusetts votes itself a new tax The 2009 Regular Town Meeting proved to be a taxing one – and not just for those who hung in for the entire three and a half hours. Town Meeting backed two new local taxes: one that will bring the tax on a restaurant meal in Wakefield to […]

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Tags: Daily Item, hotel tax, John Carney, local option, local option meals tax, local taxes, MA, Marc Luca, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, meals tax, tax, taxation, taxes, Town Meeting, Wakefield, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Mass, Wakefield Massachusetts

Honoring Those Who Served

14Nov09

Veterans Day 2009 in Wakefield, Massachusetts As featured speaker at yesterday’s Veterans’ Day exercises, US Army veteran Sam Stella delivered his remarks in an auditorium lined with the photographs of Wakefield soldiers who died in battles fought in distant places long ago. He focused his comments on the roles that United States servicemen and women […]

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Selectmen Paddle School Committee

18Sep09

Canoe race raises $660 for World War II Memorial in Wakefield, MA It was billed as the “War on the Water,” a contest where youth would challenge age in a canoe race on Lake Quannapowitt, with the more “seasoned” Wakefield Board of Selectmen taking on the relatively youthful School Committee members. In the end, age […]

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Have We Forgotten 9/11?

11Sep09

In a column earlier this year, I apparently offended a few people when I offered the following observation. “For too many Americans the emotional memory of the horror and outrage of 9/11 has faded.” On the eighth anniversary of September 11, 2001, it seems an appropriate time to address the matter of how we remember […]

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Tags: 9/11, American Airlines, New York City, September 11, terrorism, terrorist, terrorists, United 93, World Trade Center

Maintenance Woes Irk Colonial Point Tenants

08Aug09

Claim that Carabetta Management is unresponsive Residents of the Colonial Point apartment building on Audubon Rd. in Wakefield are not happy. They say that the building is poorly maintained and that their concerns are ignored by the company that owns and manages the building. And they point out that many of these issues are not […]

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Local Observances Honor War Dead

26May09

Hundreds of local residents attend ceremonies in Wakefield, Massachusetts “I get to stand here today because of those who served before me,” Chief Master Sgt. Alfred Wilkes of the U.S. Air Force told the crowd assembled yesterday in front of the World War II Memorial, “and I’m damn proud of them.” “Gathering here today is […]

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Tags: 2009, Alfred Wilkes, American Legion, Chief Master Sergeant Alfred Wilkes, Daily Item, John Carney, Julianne Russo, Katherine Clark, Kay Jognston, Mark Falzone, Memorial Day, Paul DiNocco, Phyllis Hull, Richard Tisei, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Massachusetts, West Side Social Club

Runners Pull Through For Needy Kids

19Dec08

In Wakefield, Massachusetts No question about it – times are tough. We’re in a recession that rivals any economic downturn since World War II, and some people are even starting to whisper the D-word. That’s why it’s especially heartening this Christmas season to see ordinary people, who may themselves be struggling, going the extra mile […]

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Officer Rossicone & K9 Leo Commended

18Dec08

Located missing boy in woods on cold December night Two Wakefield, Massachusetts police officers received commendations last night. One of them walks on two legs, the other on four. Police Chief Rick Smith and the Board of Selectmen last night formally commended Officer Brett Rossicone and K9 Leo for rescuing and likely saving the life […]

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Wakefield, Massachusetts Honors Veterans

13Nov08

“It is our obligation and responsibility to remember and honor those who have served in our armed forces,” Colonel John B. Encarnacao said at yesterday’s Veterans’ Day observance. “We literally owe them our lives and the freedom of our country.” Wakefield’s Veterans’ Day ceremonies got underway at 11 a.m. in the Galvin Middle School auditorium […]

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Razing of Miss Hope’s Studio School Marks End of an Era for Wakefield Baby Boomers

04Oct08

Almost unnoticed, an era ended in Wakefield, Massachusetts this week. Or at least, an era’s final tangible symbol vanished with the razing of the bungalow at 93 Montrose Avenue that was home to Hope Dillaway’s Studio School for Children in the 1940’s and 1950s. The property is slated to be developed as a five-lot single-family […]

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Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Taxing Times

Honoring Those Who Served

Selectmen Paddle School Committee

Have We Forgotten 9/11?

Maintenance Woes Irk Colonial Point Tenants

Runners Pull Through For Needy Kids

Officer Rossicone & K9 Leo Commended

Wakefield, Massachusetts Honors Veterans

Razing of Miss Hope’s Studio School Marks End of an Era for Wakefield Baby Boomers

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