Posts Tagged ‘Wakefield news’

2000 WHS graduate performs in Boston July 25-28, 2007 She’s nowhere near old enough to remember the 1960s, but Wakefield’s own Kate Feerick is clearly excited to have a starring role in the current national tour of Beehive, the 60s Musical, which opens with a four-night run at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston Wednesday […]


Selectmen deny responsibility for canceling Homecoming Although Wakefield 350 has withdrawn its request to use the Common for the annual “Homecoming Festival” in September, issues related to the organization surfaced at the July 9 selectmen’s meeting, as members of the board took exception to being blamed by Wakefield 350 for causing the cancellation of this […]


Fall Festival request still on hold A request by Wakefield 350 to use the Upper and Lower Commons on September 15 for a “Homecoming Festival,” remained a serious bone of contention and sparked another heated discussion at the June 25, 2007 meeting of the Wakefield (MA) Board of Selectmen.


A major corporation comes to town and says whatever it needs to say so that local officials will let them do business here, and then waits for the town to threaten legal action before living up to its agreement. I know–it’s shocking. But that’s exactly what communications mega-giant Verizon did to the town of Wakefield, […]