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Wakefield Town Meeting Approves $137 Million Budget, Overrules Finance Panel on Schools

WAKEFIELD — May 4, 2026 — Wakefield Town Meeting approves $137 million fiscal 2027 budget, backing schools over Finance Committee. The May 4 annual town meeting voted to approve the School Committee's $58,716,611 school budget, rejecting Finance Committee Chair Jim Sullivan's recommendation to reduce the school

Wakefield Select Board Revotes DPW and Library Budgets to Fix Trust Fund Errors

WAKEFIELD — May 4, 2026 — Wakefield Select Board holds nine-minute special session to fix two budget errors before Town Meeting. The board voted 5-0 twice Monday morning to correct DPW and library budget appropriations after trust fund offsets totaling roughly $161,000 were omitted from earlier votes. The corrected

Wakefield Select Board Approves Bar Licenses, Drops Old School Building Insurance

WAKEFIELD — March 9, 2026 — Wakefield Select Board votes unanimously on all 11 items, including a new all-alcohol license and a school building insurance change. The board approved a common victualer license, all-alcohol license, and five-television entertainment license for Howie's Bar and Vincent's Kitchen

Wakefield Town Council approves seven FY2027 budgets, accepts Quantum Power Parkway agreements

Wakefield Town Council unanimously approved seven fiscal year 2027 department budgets and accepted four legal instruments completing the Quantum Power Parkway development agreement at its February 23 meeting.

Wakefield Select Board Approves IT Budget, Easement, and Licenses in Unanimous Session

WAKEFIELD — February 23, 2026 — Wakefield Select Board passes seven unanimous votes in compact February session, flags EPA stormwater compliance deadline. The board voted 7-0 on each item at the February 23 meeting, approving the fiscal year 2027 IT department budget, accepting a public-access easement at 200-400 Quannapowitt

Wakefield Select Board approves ten FY27 budgets, sets May 4 town meeting

Wakefield's Select Board approved ten departmental FY27 budgets in unanimous 7-0 votes and set the annual town meeting for May 4 at the Galvin Middle School Auditorium.

Wakefield Select Board Sets May 4 Town Meeting, Approves Ethics Exemption for EDC Member

WAKEFIELD — February 9, 2026 — Wakefield Select Board sets Annual Town Meeting for May 4 and clears ethics issue for Economic Development Council member. The board voted unanimously 7-0 on all six items at its February 9 meeting, including setting the warrant window from February 9 through March 13, 2026,

Wakefield Select Board names four spaces in new high school, opens FY2027 budget

WAKEFIELD — January 26, 2026 — Wakefield Select Board unanimously names four facilities in the new Wakefield Memorial High School. Meeting via Zoom on a snow night, the seven-member board voted 7-0 Monday to dedicate the Sean F. Beasley Track and Field, the Governor John A. Volpe Media Center and

Wakefield Human Rights Commission Holds MLK Day Ceremony, Announces 2026 Event Calendar

WAKEFIELD — January 19, 2026 — Wakefield Human Rights Commission hosted its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony at the Galvin Middle School on January 19, braving a winter snowstorm for a live-broadcast program themed around freedom of speech and freedom of expression. Town Administrator Denise Casey delivered opening remarks,

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