Tax rate set
Published in the October 16, 2018 edition. By MARK SARDELLA WAKEFIELD – The local property taxes you pay will be going up, but not as much as they could have. The town has again this year decided to forego increasing the tax levy by the full 2.5 percent allowed by law and will go with a 2.1 percent increase for FY 2019. In addition, the Town Council has continued its historical practice of choosing the maximum allowable shift factor, moving more of the tax burden onto the commercial/industrial classes of properties and thereby affording residential tax payers the lowest share of the property tax burden allowed by state law. Director of Assessments Victor Santaniello appeared before the Town Council last night for the annual tax classification hearing at which the tax rate for FY...
read moreTamara M. Hoare, 71
Published in the October 16, 2018 edition. WAKEFIELD — Tamara M. Hoare, 71 a longtime resident of Wakefield died at her home on Saturday, October 6, 2018. Born in Buffalo, New York she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Dorothea (Welling) Fogal. Tamara was raised in Buffalo until moving to Wakefield at the age of 13. She was a graduate of Nazareth Academy in Wakefield. Tamara was the former owner of the Atlantic North Seafood Restaurant in Malden. In later years she worked at the Paper Store in Stoneham. In her spare time she enjoyed playing cards with her friends, baking and spending time with her family. Tamara was the mother of Allyson Cellucci and her husband Brian, Jonathan Walsh and his wife Stacey all of Braintree, and the late Joshua Walsh....
read moreWarrior swim gets first in nine of 11 events to defeat Melrose 94-68...
Beat Stoneham for third straight win Published in the October 16, 2018 edition. By DAN BYRNE MALDEN — The Wakefield Memorial High School Swim Team has a hectic run of meets on their schedule, but they’re on a roll, and they went into looking to win their second meet. Last week finished up with a Wednesday victory over rival Melrose. The Warriors out-paced the Red Raiders in the pool taking 1st place in nine out of 11 events, en route to a 94-68 victory. In the 200 Yard Medley Relay the Warriors took 1st, 2nd, and 4th, with the team of Hannah Guay, Laura Sweeney, Kaitlin Patt and Abby Federici swimming a 2:03.59 for 1st place in the opening event. Maria Brizon, Alyssa Toppi, Reignyah Grant and Jess Conley came in 2nd at 2:11.81,...
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