Drop Off For TVs, Computer Monitors Saturday

Today is Tuesday, January 14. Here are five things worth knowing today.

Wakefield residents are invited to a community forum with Superintendent of Schools Stephen Zrike Wednesday evening, January 15 at Dolbeare Elementary School from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The forum will focus on budget priorities for the school district. Click here for more.

Town Business: The school committee meets tonight at 7 p.m. at the WCAT Studio behind Wakefield High School.

Coming up on Wednesday, January 22 at 7 p.m. at the  Beebe Library, Bill Gette of Mass. Audubon talks about Montana and Glacier National Park. This is the first of three such programs scheduled for this spring. 

The Wakefield Department of Public Works has announced a drop-off date later this month for televisions and computer monitors.The scheduled CRT drop-off is Saturday, January 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Nahant Street Yard Waste Site. Wakefield residents must get a sticker for $20 for each television or monitor from the DPW office in Town Hall (1 Lafayette Street), M-W from 8 to 4:30 p.m., Thurs. from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  For questions, call the DPW at 781-246-6301.

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