Wakefield News

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.

To celebrate Down Syndrome Awareness Month , so designated last year by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress will host the 13th Annual Buddy Walka and Family Picnic on Sunday, October 11, 2009 at Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield, Mass.

The Obama administration is giving Massachusetts nearly $2.2 million to improve some scenic roads.

As part of an effort to rebalance and refinance its global portfolio, Australia-based ING Office Fund just sold a Falls Church office building to a Massachusetts investment firm.

GEORGE Bush's White House refused to grant an honour to J. K. Rowling, fearing that it would look like a tacit approval of witchcraft, according to a former presidential aide.

Interstate 93 may have a new exit into Andover in the next five years, and the towns of Andover, Tewksbury and Wilmington are planning what exactly could be built in the area that will be oped up to development.

In a sign that Boston's moribund office market is stirring, a 14-story building on the waterfront drew heated bidding from more than a score of potential buyers before selling to the investment bank Credit Suisse for $106.2 million.

Nearly three months after the start of the fiscal year, area communities and the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School District remain locked in a dispute over whether there's an approved school budget.