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DA brings water safety message to Wakefield

25Jun16

By MARK SARDELLA WAKEFIELD — With Lake Quannapowitt as the backdrop, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan stood shoulder to shoulder with a host of local officials yesterday to convey a life-saving message about water safety this summer. And to hammer the point home, the Wakefield Fire Department conducted a simulated drowning rescue, swimming far […]

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Tags: Action Ambulance, Adam Rodgers, boating, Boys & Girls Club of Stoneham & Wakefield, Captain Mary Walker, District Attorney Marian Ryan, drowning, Fire Chief Michael Sullivan, Lake Quannapowitt, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Environmental Police, Middlesex County, Mike Woronka, Police Chief Richard Smith, rescue, safety, swimming, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Fire Department, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Police, water, water safety

The walk of life

24Jun16

By MARK SARDELLA They came to celebrate life and they came to reaffirm a commitment to defeat cancer. And they came to walk. More than 1,000 people made their way to the athletic field at Northeast Metro Tech on Friday, June 17, 2016 for Wakefield’s Relay For Life. They included cancer survivors, caregivers and participants […]

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Tags: American Cancer Society, Anthony Longo, Darcy Corrigan, Donald Wong, House Calls Catering, Julie Budd, Mark Sardella, Mary McKenzie, Massachusetts, Northeast Metro Tech, Paul Brodeur, Relay for Life, survivors, The Savings Bank, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA

Albatross soars at Gloucester Stage

23Jun16

By MARK SARDELLA Whether or not you have read or studied Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, you are undoubtedly familiar with a few of the phrases and idioms that the work gave to the English language. “Water, water, every where,/ Nor any drop to drink,” is one. But the metaphor […]

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Tags: Albatross, Benjamin Evett, Cristina Todesco, Frances Nelson McSherry, Garrett Herzig, Gloucester Stage, Leslie Sears, mariner, Mark Sardella, Matthew Spamgler, play, Rick Lombardo, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, sailor, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, sea, ship, theater, theatre, Wakefield Daily Item

Hot fun in the summertime

27May16

As of this writing, we have eight people (and counting) running for Selectman in the July 19 Special Election to fill the nine months left on former selectman Betsy Sheeran’s term. This sudden surge of interest in public service is truly a wonderful thing to behold. My only question is, where were some of these […]

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Tags: Betsy Sheeran, Board of Selectmen, candidates, election, July, Mark Sardella, Mass., Massachusetts, Phyllis Hull, Politics, selectman, special election, summer, Town Election, voting, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, Walter Schofield

Stoneham Theatre’s ‘Laura’ an intriguing noir

10May16

By MARK SARDELLA Laura Hunt is dead. It was a shotgun blast to the face as she answered the door of her posh New York City Apartment. The only question was who killed the beautiful and successful advertising executive – and why? In Stoneham Theatre’s production of Laura, answering that question falls to NYC Police […]

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Wakefield author Bob McLaughlin publishes history of ‘Magic Mountain’

07May16

By MARK SARDELLA It all started when he purchased nine Pleasure Island postcards at a local church antiques show. Since then, Wakefield’s Robert McLaughlin has written five books and turned himself into one of the country’s leading experts on American theme parks. His latest book, Magic Mountain was published last week and tells the story […]

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Tags: amusement parks, Arcadia Publishing, Baby Boomers, Bob McLaughlin, C.V. Wood, Colorado, Disneyland, Freedomland, Golden Colorado, Heritage Square, Magic Mountain, Marco Engineering, Mark Sardella, New York City, Pleasure Island, Robert McLaughlin, theme parks, trolly parks, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, Walt Disney, Walter F. Cobb, westerns

Special effects

06May16

If you are one of those who thought last week’s election meant that you could finally count Phyllis Hull out, a) You don’t know Phyllis Hull very well and, b) you might want to cork the Champagne, at least for now. Hull was defeated in her bid to be re-elected to the Board of Selectmen […]

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Tags: Board of Selectmen, campaign, candidate, debt exclusion, dissent, election, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, money, Opinion, override, Phyllis Hull, politicians, Politics, Proposition 2 1/2, special election, taxes, taxpayers, veterans, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, World War II

QP brings Horovitz’s ‘My Old Lady’ home

04May16

Directed by Nancy Curran Willis By MARK SARDELLA Israel Horovitz’s play “My Old Lady” is set in Paris but in Quannapowitt Players upcoming production there are Wakefield connections galore. Most obvious is the fact that Horovitz is a Wakefield native who grew up on Elm Street and graduated from Wakefield High School in 1956. On […]

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Tags: comedy, David Kimmelman, drama, France, Gloucester Stage, Israel Horovitz, Kevin Kline, Kim Anton Myatt, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lake Quannapowitt, Liz Robbins, Maggie Smith, Mark Sardella, My Old Lady, Nancy Curran Willis, play, playwright, Quannapowitt Players, theater, viager, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield High School, Wakefield MA

Wakefield honors first responders

02May16

By MARK SARDELLA If you encounter a police officer, a firefighter, an EMT or a paramedic in your travels around town, you might want to say “thank you.” The week of April 25, 2016 through May 1, 2016 was “First Responder Week” in Wakefield, as proclaimed by the Board of Selectmen. Many Wakefield Police officers, […]

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Tags: Action Ambulance, Ann Santos, Betsy Sheeran, Dave Rando. first responders, EMT, Fire Chief Michael Sullivan, firefighters, Lt. Lou Sardella, Mark Sardella, Mike Woronka, paramedic, Pat Glynn, police, Police Chief Rick Smith, selectmen, Tiz Doto, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Fire Department, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Police Department

Wakefield Police officers train for “active shooter” situation

25Apr16

By MARK SARDELLA WAKEFIELD — The scenario is this: Wakefield Police receive a call reporting a disturbance at Acme Corp., a company of 50 employees located at the end of a cul-de-sac in Wakefield. The company is headquartered in Israel and has been threatened in the past by radical Islamic groups. The threats have come […]

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Posts Tagged ‘Wakefield Daily Item’

DA brings water safety message to Wakefield

The walk of life

Albatross soars at Gloucester Stage

Hot fun in the summertime

Stoneham Theatre’s ‘Laura’ an intriguing noir

Wakefield author Bob McLaughlin publishes history of ‘Magic Mountain’

Special effects

QP brings Horovitz’s ‘My Old Lady’ home

Wakefield honors first responders

Wakefield Police officers train for “active shooter” situation

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