Archive for April, 2014
Information Pleas
Call it the calm before the storm. The fiery debate that raged in Wakefield, MA over the downtown parking garage issue up to the April 1 special election has of late been reduced to glowing embers. But it is beginning to heat up again in anticipation of the May 5 Annual Town Meeting. The hot […]
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Tags: Assisted Living, election, free press, Galvin Middle School, information, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, parking garage, Town Meeting, vote, voter apathy, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, William Carroll
Dock Rescue
April 12 is now officially the earliest date that I have physically entered a body of water in the state of Massachusetts. It is a personal record that I hope will never be broken. It was a perfect spring day for yard work, warm and dry. That’s exactly what I was – warm and dry […]
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Tags: April, cold, dock, lake, Massachusetts, pond, rescue, spring, water
Twilight Zoning
Well, as it stands right now, there will not be a parking garage in downtown Wakefield, Massachusetts and based on recent developments, you might want to hold off on that down payment on an assisted living unit. It’s been anything but dull in our sleepy little town over the last few weeks. There’s blame being […]
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Tags: Assisted Living, Brightview Senior Living, economy, Mark Sardella, Massachusetts, parking garage, Politics, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA