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Wakefield Launches Free Electric Ride Service The Link

Wakefield launches The Link, a free electric ride service connecting town to Reading, Burlington, and Winchester hospitals. The on-demand microtransit program went live this week, giving riders no-cost access across Wakefield and Reading, plus connections to Lahey Clinic in Burlington a…

Wakefield Soccer Association opens fall registration and sets a Sept. 3 sign-up date for its TOPSoccer program.

Wakefield Soccer Association has opened registration for its local fall season programs and set Sept. 3 as the date TOPSoccer registration, for players with disabilities, will open. The club has also posted a recorded Fall Travel Coach Presentation online for preseason coaches. No Wakef…

Obituary notices, week of August 24, 2026 through August 30, 2026

One Wakefield obituary published this week: Valente, Jacqueline "Jackie Spellman," 78, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, who died August 29, 2026. Her notice was posted through Goldman Funeral Chapel of Malden via Echovita. No other funeral-home or aggregator postings this week identified a …

Wakefield Moves 9/11 Ceremony To Americal Civic Center

Wakefield's 9/11 ceremony is moving to the Americal Civic Center this year, the town announced over the weekend. The Cable Advisory Committee is asking residents to complete a new survey on WCAT's future, following this week's public hearing on cable service. Lucius Beebe Memorial Libra…

Wakefield Home Sales Span $90,000 to $1.12 Million in Late Summer Deeds

Wakefield recorded 16 property transfers between July 31 and Aug. 29. Ten sales disclosed a price, ranging from $90,000 to $1,120,000, with a median of $872,500. The period's most notable transaction was a single buyer, North Ave LLC, purchasing all four condominium units at 333 North Ave on July