Wakefield News

T he state's zoos may be shuttered and lions, giraffes, apes and other exotic animals could land on a furry death row if devastating funding cuts proposed by Gov.

Are we really writing a story about the two least-sexy topics in the restaurant world, insurance and foodborne illness? You bet we are after learning that a New Jersey judge decreed that companies selling the former must pay claims of restaurants that experience the latter, no matter how cleverly exclusions might have been buried in a policy's fine ...

Between the pings of the monitoring equipment and the general hum of activity in the emergency room at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, bits of conversation between the staff drift in and out across the nurses' desk.

Franklin Street Properties, a real estate investment trust in Wakefield, MA, has acquired an office building in this struggling submarket for $29 million--a transaction that brings its total building portfolio to 30.

What's more fun than a barrel full of monkeys? Why a box full of kittens, of course.

The effort spearheaded by Jerry Silverman to raise the $3,000 needed to continue the town's popular July 4 pancake breakfast and Horribles Parade has not fallen on deaf ears.

See a sample reprint in PDF format. Order a reprint of this article now Marie Rej, a consultant and mother of two, and her mother, Antoinette Traniello, often clash over the right way to raise kids.

On June 22, 1959, a half of century ago, the doors finally opened for the anticipated Pleasure Island 80-acre theme park in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

Years ago, I drove 570 miles to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Charlottesville, Va.

Gov. Deval Patrick is going to be sitting down with his top political supporters as he weighs some of his biggest political decisions and readies for a re-election campaign next year.  The Massachusetts Democrat's top political aide sent an e-mail to his supporters Friday, inviting them to Somerville for a meeting Tuesday.

SPECIAL REPORT - It's a new day, and Wakefield mother Sherri Carlson is taking the troops to school -- about three dozen of them.

The Massachusetts State Retirement Board has suspended the nearly $5,000-per-month pension of former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi.

A charity motorcycle ride came to a screeching halt Saturday when a motorcyclist lost control of his bike on Tater Street.

WAKEFIELD, Mass., BUSINESS WIRE -- Agion Technologies, the worldwide leader in naturally-occurring silver-based antimicrobial solutions, today announced it has partnered with Dell to offer the world's first netbook computer with Agion antimicrobial protected keyboards, a high-touch area that is susceptible to microbial growth.

Investigators say they hope a distinctive set of three rings may help them identify a body found smoldering in the Blue Hills Reservation.  Norfolk District Attorney William Keating said Tuesday that a hiker found the remains on Saturday.  The medical examiner has not determined how the person died or the gender.

Portland Public Schools of Portland, OR, has announced it will implement a new data quality improvement process using Certify K-12 data certification software.

Quick, why is June 17 a government holiday here and only here? If you answer, 'Because the Battle of Bunker Hill took place on that day in 1775,' you must be the scholarly sort.

Jun 2, 2009 6:59 pm US/Eastern Reporting Karen Anderson Republican leaders are vowing to renew their fight to repeal two holidays, Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day.

The corruption indictment of former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi contains what critics are calling an unflattering behind-the-scenes look at Governor Deval Patrick's administration, depicting its officials as bowing to political pressure to award a $13 million computer software contract that was allegedly rigged.

From the sidewalk, you can hear them - explosions of laughter from the white clapboard church.