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Planning Board reduces Lovis Ave subdivision passbook, extends completion deadline

Planning Board reduces Lovis subdivision escrow, extends deadline to year-end. Chair Kevin York, Vice Chair Theodore H. Noell, and members James Hogan, Bill Spaulding, and Kristin Maria Weekley voted unanimously to cut the passbook from $140,000 to $70,000 and push the completion date to December

Retirement Board approves March cash books and new members.

Wakefield Retirement Board approves March 2026 cash reconciliation and processes routine enrollments. Chair Daniel W. Sherman and all five members unanimously approved three new Group 1 members and Ralph Brown Jr.'s voluntary superannuation retirement effective June 27, after 29 years 7 months with

Board of Health discusses rodenticide restrictions, defers vote

Board of Health discusses rodenticide restrictions, defers formal action. Candace Linehan, Chair, led discussion of a draft policy to prohibit second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides on all town-owned properties including buildings, parks, and municipal lands. Health Director Anthony Chui, who

Veteran Advisory Board approves May report, schedules Memorial Day ceremony.

Wakefield Veteran Advisory Board approves May VSO report and summer pause on coffee socials. Chair Kevin Yost presided over the six-member board, which unanimously approved VSO Mangan's monthly report detailing the May 20 Greater Boston Food Bank and Wakefield Food Pantry drive serving 32 veterans

Conservation Commission adopts open meeting law compliance policy

Wakefield Conservation Commission adopts open meeting law site visit policy. Chair Paul F. Wendelgass implemented new procedures limiting site visits to two commissioners at a time, following guidance from Town Counsel Tom Mullen and Town Administrator Dee Casey, to ensure compliance with the