Posts Tagged ‘Melrose’
Magic bus
Like most of you, I had never heard of “transportation equity” until a week or so ago. It’s one of those terms that members of the Woke Community toss around in casual conversation believing everybody knows what it means, because everybody they know does. You probably thought “equity” was the value of your home minus […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, Community, Humor, News, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield | 4 Comments
Tags: Amesbury, Boston, bus, Cambridge MA, Cambridge Mayor, electric vehicles, equity, Everett, EVs, fare-free bus service, free bus service, Humor, Jonathan Chines, letter, Malden, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, MBTA, Medford, Mehreen Butt, Melrose, Newburyport, Newton, Opinion, pilot program, Politics, public transportation, Rowley, Somerville, Sumbul Siddiqui, taxpayers, Town Councilor, Town Meeting, transit, transportation equity, Wakefield, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Town Council, Watertown, Winchester, Worcester
Santa is coming!
The Daily Item has obtained, through a Freedom of Information Act request, a partial copy of Santa’s Christmas list. As journalists, we believe in the public’s Constitutional right to know what our local officials and others will be receiving in their stockings and under their trees on Christmas morning. The North Pole Information Agency has […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, Humor, News, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield | 2 Comments
Tags: Ann Santos, Betsy Sheeran, Bill Renault, Board of Health, Brian McGrail, Donald Trump, Ed Dombroski, Edward Dombroski Jr., elections, FOIA, Fred Rich, gift, Humor, Jeff Kehoe, Marian Ryan, Mark Sardella, Melrose, Merry Christmas, Mishy Lesser, North Pole, Opinion, Politics, present, Santa Claus, School Committee, Stephen P. Maio, Suzy Veilleux, Town Council, Wakefield, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Human Rights CommissionChristmas, Wakefield Public Schools, WCAT, Youth Council, Zoning Board of Appeals
Happy fall celebration!
When we spoke of a war on Christmas, they rolled their eyes. They told us to “grow up” when we wanted to keep our high school logos. They said cancel culture was a myth. Now, they can’t believe that the forces of diversity, equity and inclusion want to cancel Halloween.
Filed under: Columns & Essays, Community, Humor, News, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield | 4 Comments
Tags: cancel culture, Columbus Day, COVID, Critical Race Theory, culturally responsive teaching, diversity, equity, fall celebration, groupthinkHalloween, Humor, inclusion, Julie Kukenbergerger, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Melrose, Melrose Public Schools, Opinion, Politics, School Committee, schools education, social justice, students, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Human Rights Commission, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Warrior Logo, War on Christmas, Youth Council
No win zone
Sometimes, the people in charge of things just can’t win, especially in the age of social media, where everybody’s a pundit. Recently, town officials announced several more initiatives to try to revitalize the downtown. Of course, it’s never enough. Or is it too much? Either way, the town is sure to get slammed for doing […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, Community, Humor, News, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield | Leave a Comment
Tags: Board of Selectmen, business, business district, commercial property, development, Dog Park, Dollar Tree, downtown, economic development, Facebook, Malden, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Melrose, merchants, parking, police, pundits, Ralph Waldo Emerson, schools, signs, social media, taxpayers, traffic, Twitter, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, zoning
Fear Factor
“Your decision will decide if Wakefield becomes more like Medford or more like Lynnfield,” attorney Alan Grenier warned the Zoning Board of Appeals last week. Grenier had asked for and was granted an opportunity to present to the Zoning Board the opposition case against building the 130-unit Brightview Senior Living facility proposed on Crescent Street. […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, Humor, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield | 1 Comment
Tags: Alan Grenier, Assisted Living, Brightview Senior Living, CVS, Dollar Tree, elderly, Galvin Middle School, Lynnfield, Malden, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Medford, Melrose, Shelter Group, Topsfield, urbanization, Wakefield, Wakefield Daily Item, Zoning Board of Appeals
It’s the parking…
Pop quiz: What’s the first thing you do if you’re a new business moving into Wakefield Square? If you answered, “Hire Brian McGrail to go before the Zoning Board and get a waiver from the parking requirements,” you would be correct! Bonus question: Why do you need a waiver from the requirements for parking? If […]
Filed under: Columns & Essays, Opinion, Politics, Wakefield | Leave a Comment
Tags: business, economic development, Lexington, Lynnfield, Mark Sardella, MarketStreet, Massachusetts, Melrose, revitalization, Wakefield, Wakefield Daily Item
Taxes, jobs, illegal immigration and cuts in local aid were among the issues that Massachusetts State Senate candidates Katherine Clark and Craig Spadafora disagreed over in a televised debate Wednesday night in Malden. Clark and Spadafora are vying to represent the 3rd Middlesex District in the State Senate, encompassing Wakefield, Lynnfield, Malden, Melrose Reading and […]
Filed under: News, Politics, Wakefield | Leave a Comment
Tags: campaign, candidate, candidates, Craig Spadafora, Daily Item, debate, debates, election, elections, Katherine Clark, Lynnfield, MA, Malden Access Television, Mass., Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senior Action Council, Massachusetts State Senate, MATV, Melrose, Politics, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Item
Mark Sardella 