Wakefield News

Candidate for governor Charlie Baker of Swampscott has chosen veteran legislator Richard Tisei of Wakefield as his choice for lieutenant governor.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker has picked state Sen. Richard Tisei, R-Wakefield, as his running mate.

Share + Nov 19, 2009 11:27 pm US/Eastern Reporting Paul Burton STONEHAM A Stoneham mother won a $10 million grand prize in the new state lottery game.

Under pressure from the state, the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School District has cut more than $850,000 with its latest budget proposal and sent new assessment bills to the 12 cities and towns that send students to its high school.

WAKEFIELD, Mass., - The PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group announces the adoption of the AMC.4 specification, which adds RapidIO interconnects to PICMG's Advanced Mezzanine Card family.

Wakefield Estate, Milton: Annual Holiday Decorations & Tablescapes Demonstration Nov 19, 7pm - 8:30pm. Lisa Ahern of Cedar Grove Gardens will include ideas about incorporating candles and other lighting in your decorations.

A convicted domestic terrorist whose plans to speak at the University of Massachusetts sparked controversy has been denied parole permission to come to Massachusetts.

He will always be remembered for his big smile and friendly demeanor at Market Basket in Andover.

Crude oil tumbled after the Labor Department reported that the US unemployment rate surged to a 26-year high, undermining speculation that fuel consumption will rebound next year.

'Leaves are floating softly down; Some are red and some are brown. The wind goes swish through the air; And when you look back, there are no leaves there.' Although unknown, the author of the poem succinctly portrays a portion of the autumnal sequence each year.

WAKEFIELD, Mass., Nov. 4, 2009 A A A' Optikos Corp. has developed the VLS-100 variable luminance source which is a controllable source of uniform visible illumination for testing cameras, image intensifiers and visible to near-infrared night vision devices.

The following items were recorded in the log of the Newburyport police: Nancy Surette, 45, 672 Boston St., Lynn, was arrested Saturday at 1:04 p.m. and charged with disorderly conduct.

Jennaneo Antonio Garcia, 32, of Lynn, was arrested on a charge of being rude & disorderly in violation of the city ordinance.

Allston's The Hamilton Co. and its affiliate, New England Realty Associates, have acquired Dexter Park, a 409-unit apartment complex in Brookline, for $129.5 million.

Michael Doherty, 18, of 41 Highland Road, Boxford, died last night at Lawrence General Hospital following a single car crash that occurred on Highland Road at 6:34 last evening.

VISN ) 10, also known as the VA Healthcare System of Ohio , is deploying three solutions from Wakefield, Mass.-Based Picis ' CareSuite in its five VA medical centers to help clinicians better manage workflow and financial functions in the anesthesia, post anesthesia care units /recovery and intensive care units.

Ex-head football and baseball coach at Andover High School Ken Maglio said he finally gets to meet with the School Committee to find out why he was not rehired just six weeks before this year's football season started.

Franklin Street Properties Corp. , an investment firm specializing in real estate, today announced that it expects to release its results for the third quarter of 2009 after the market closes on Tuesday, November 3, 2009.

Arthur S. "Jake" Jacobsen, 71, of Hampton, died Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, at his home.

Two state lawmakers want Massachusetts to apologize to residents of the Fernald School for people with mental disabilities.