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The map shows where and when sales are to occur, and by clicking on the "Details" link you can find out what's being offered.

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Coming Soon! Wakefield Patch Gets a New Look

Soon, Wakefield Patch will have a brand new design and a whole new way to connect.

Two Facing Drug, Warrant Charges After Stolen Car Recovered

Car reported stolen out of Reading was spotted on Quannapowitt Parkway Tuesday afternoon. Suspects arrested soon after.

Wakefield Police arrested two men on various charges Tuesday afternoon soon after a car they allegedly stole was located on the Quannapowitt Parkway near Comverse Boulevard. Around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, police spotted the vehicle, which was the subject of a BOLO alert by Reading Police. The two suspects were also seen walking toward the Colonel Connolly Beach on the lake. While Reading Police took custody of the vehicle for its owner, Wakefield Police arrested Robert Rossi, 28, no address given, and charged him with receiving a stolen motor vehicle, possession of a Class A drug (Heroin), possession of a Class B drug (Suboxone) and possession of a class E drug (Metformin). He was also arrested on a warrant for possession of a Class A drug. …

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Coming Soon! Wakefield Patch Gets a New Look

Soon, Wakefield Patch will have a brand new design and a whole new way to connect.

We have some exciting news to share about Patch – we’re getting a whole new look! It’s coming soon and it’s going to make Wakefield Patch easier to use, and a better place to connect and share. The best part? You’ll be able to see it all on your mobile phone! Here’s what you need to know: Our site is being rebuilt from the ground up. The news will look better and be easier to comment on. And, you’ll find more local voices to keep you in the loop with the latest know-how and opinion. We’re adding Boards to make it easier for you to connect with each other, debate an issue, or announce your garage sale, graduation, or find a lost pet. More to say? It will be easier to start your own blog, too. You’ll soon be able to start your own blog …

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Wakefield Police Log

Several Arrests, an Odd Solicitor, and a Rabid Raccoon

Information provided by the Wakefield Police. Where arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Wakefield Police responded to these and other calls for service on Monday, June 17, 2013. At 9:51 a.m. police arrested Mark B. Hatch, 51, 24 Cedar Street, Wakefield, and charged him on a warrant. At 10:21 a.m. police were informed a motorist struck a deer near Vernon Street and Juniper Ave. At 12:05 p.m. an accident was reported near North Ave. and Quannapowitt Parkway. At 1 p.m. police took a report involving check fraud. At 1:50 p.m. an individual reported his email account was hacked into. At 3:22 p.m. an attempted credit card fraud was reported on North Ave. At 3:25 p.m. police took a complaint about a dirtbike near Drummer Lane. At 4:07 p.m. a young male and female were reportedly yelling and swearing at each other on Broadway. They …

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Five Wakefield Homes That Sold Recently

Your glimpse at the local real estate market.

Keeping track of the local real estate market in Wakefield? Here are some local homes that sold recently.  

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4th Annual Festival Italia Set for Mid-August

Wakefield's annual Festival Italia is August 16 and 17 this year, starting with Friday night dinner at the Sheraton Colonial.

The following was provided by Wakefield's Event Planning Committee: Don’t have time to venture into the North End to attend an Italian Feast?  Members of the Event Planning Committee, in collaboration with many local businesses and restaurants are busy making plans for the Town of Wakefield’s 4thnd Annual Festival Italia, a two-days event scheduled for Friday, August 16 and Saturday, August 17. An over 21 dinner is planned for Friday, August 16 at the Sheraton Colonial North.  Tickets are $30 and will go on sale after June 17. Tickets are available at the Wakefield Daily Item, Greenwood Wine & Spirits, and Smith Drugstore.  On Saturday, August 17 a portion of Main and Albion Streets, lined with tents and display tables, will be closed to …

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Retired State Trooper Recalls Whitey Bulger Wiretaps, Investigation

In the 1980s, Arthur Bourque was a member of the Mass. State Police Major Crimes Unit working to bring down Whitey Bulger's gang with electronic surveillance and wiretaps. But Bulger's connections ran deep.

Arthur Bourque of Lynnfield, the current town moderator and a former selectman there, has more reasons than many people to follow the ongoing Whitey Bulger trial. In the 1980s, the retired Massachusetts State Trooper was a member of the major crimes unit working to bring down Bulger's Winter Hill gang through constant surveillance, wiretapping, and even a break-in at the gang's Lancaster Street Garage headquarters to plant electronic bugs. What the unit had no way of knowing at the time was that their investigation was compromised by Bulger's own informants. In a recent conversation with Lynnfield Patch, Bourque talked extensively about his law enforcement career, which began in 1971 when he joined the Mass. State Police at the age of 21. …

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