Posts Tagged ‘vendors’
I’ll resist calling it “entertaining,” but it has been fascinating to watch the ongoing feud between the Wakefield Farmers Market and The Bread Shop. A year ago, Farmers Market manager Wendy Dennis initially denied The Bread Shop’s application to have a table at the Wakefield Farmers Market but later grudgingly relented after The Bread Shop […]
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Tags: artisan, bakery, Board of Selectmen, bread, cheese, competition, elitist, food, France, fruit, hippie, Humor, locally grown, Mark Sardella, Opinion, pastry, Politics, shop local, social media, Socialist, The Bread Shop, Town Council, vegetables, vendors, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Farmers Market, Wendy Dennis
Make Main Street one-way
Sometimes the solutions to our problems are so close we overlook them. I am speaking of course of the new “Wakefield Walk” proposal that would make Main Street one-way heading north from the Melrose line to Lowell Street. The northbound lane would remain open to vehicular traffic with no changes. The southbound lane would become […]
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Tags: automobiles, bicycle path, bikes, business, carbon footprint, cars, Climate Change, earth, environment, Festival Italia, fossil fuels, Fred's Franks, Holliday Stroll, Lake Quannapowitt, Lynnfield, Main Street, Mark Sardella, Mother Earth, One-way, pedestrians, planet, rail trail, restaurants, sustainability, The Farmland, vendors, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Walk, walking trail
As expected, at their June 23 meeting the Board of Selectmen addressed at length the latest controversy over local peddlers, including Fred’s Franks, the hotdog vendor that had until recently occupied a spot at the head of the Lake. Several Board members indicated that they had been receiving phone calls and emails from local residents […]
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Tags: Betsy Sheeran, Board of Selectmen, Carl Galasso, Fred's Franks, hawkers, Mark Sardella, Patrick Glynn, peddlers, Stephen P. Maio, Thonas A. Mullen, vendors, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA
