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Revitalizing Wakefield’s Downtown Will Take Time

14Jun14

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

Wakefield Honors Its Fallen Heroes

28May14

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

Downtown Decision Dissected After Close of Town Meeting

15May14

Parking garage post-mortem & preview of future revitalization efforts An informal meeting convened just after the close of Monday’s final town meeting session offered an interesting post-mortem on the parking garage debate as well as a preview of coming efforts to revitalize Wakefield‘s downtown area. Town Administrator Stephen P. Maio announced at the start of […]

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Tags: Ami Wall, Brightview, Doug Butler, downtown, Facebook, Jim Scott, Main Street, Marcie McCauley, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Matthew Jewett, parking garage, Paul DiNocco, social media, Steve Maio, The Savings Bank, Town Meeting, Wakefield Cooperative Bank, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA

No Parking: Pot Zone

09May14

Over 900 Wakefield voters showed up at Monday’s opening Annual Town Meeting session to vote on a $3 million parking garage. Thursday night’s continued session opened with Article 3, the $79 million FY 2015 town budget. Math has never been my strong suit, so my fitness to be a Town Meeting teller would probably be […]

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Tags: Assisted Living, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, parking garage, Town Meeting, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA

William Martin’s talk to focus on Civil War Washington, DC

03May14

May 6 Sweetser Lecture in Wakefield, MA “As a kid, I was drawn to big stories on broad canvasses,” says historical novelist William Martin, who will be at The Savings Bank Theater on Tuesday, May 6 to deliver the final Sweetser Lecture of the season. His talk will focus on Civil War Washington as depicted […]

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Tags: Abraham Lincoln, book, books, Boston, Civil War, D.C., fiction history, historical, Lincoln Letter, MA, Mark Sardella, novelist, Sweetser Lecture, Wakefield, Wakefield Daily Item, Washington, William Martin, writer

Dan Shaughnessy Shares Stories from a Life in Sports

01May14

Boston Globe sports columnist delivers Sweetser Lecture The world of Boston sports came to Wakefield, MA this week in the person of longtime Boston Globe sportswriter and columnist Dan Shaughnessy, who entertained the Sweetser lecture audience with colorful and at times hilarious stories from his career interacting with some of the biggest sports figures of […]

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Tags: Boston, Boston Globe, Dan Shaughnessy, David Ortiz, Fenway Park, Jon Lester, Manny Ramirez, Mark Sardella, Red Sox, sports, Ted Williams, Terry Francona, The Savings Bank Theater, Wakefield MA

Dan Shaughnessy Looks Forward to Sweetser Lecture

25Apr14

Boston Globe Sports Columnist Speaks in Wakefield Tuesday, April 29 His book, Francona: the Red Sox Years just came out in paperback, but Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy plans to talk about the Red Sox and the whole range of Boston sports when comes to Wakefield next Tuesday, April 29 to deliver the second […]

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Tags: baseball, Boston Globe, Boston Red Sox, columnist, Dan Shaughnessy, John Farrell, Mark Sardella, sports, sportswriter, Sweetser Lecture Series, Terry Francona, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA

Information Pleas

25Apr14

Call it the calm before the storm. The fiery debate that raged in Wakefield, MA over the downtown parking garage issue up to the April 1 special election has of late been reduced to glowing embers. But it is beginning to heat up again in anticipation of the May 5 Annual Town Meeting. The hot […]

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Tags: Assisted Living, election, free press, Galvin Middle School, information, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, parking garage, Town Meeting, vote, voter apathy, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, William Carroll

Twilight Zoning

10Apr14

Well, as it stands right now, there will not be a parking garage in downtown Wakefield, Massachusetts and based on recent developments, you might want to hold off on that down payment on an assisted living unit. It’s been anything but dull in our sleepy little town over the last few weeks. There’s blame being […]

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Tags: Assisted Living, Brightview Senior Living, economy, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, parking garage, Politics, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA

Few Fireworks at Wakefield Selectmen’s Debate

04Apr14

[Wakefield Daily Item, April 3, 2014] With the exception of the town’s handling of the Quinn Bill, there was little disagreement during Tuesday night’s debate between the three candidates vying for two seats on the Board of Selectmen in the April 22 Town Election. The forum was moderated by William Carroll with questions posed to […]

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Tags: Betsy Sheeran, Bill Carroll, Board of Selectmen, cable TV, David Watts, debate, elections, Jr., Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Patrick Glynn, Politics, Roland Cote, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, WCAT

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Archive for the ‘Wakefield’ Category

Revitalizing Wakefield’s Downtown Will Take Time

No Parking: Pot Zone

William Martin’s talk to focus on Civil War Washington, DC

Dan Shaughnessy Shares Stories from a Life in Sports

Dan Shaughnessy Looks Forward to Sweetser Lecture

Information Pleas

Twilight Zoning

Few Fireworks at Wakefield Selectmen’s Debate

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