Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Donating money to organizations that help victims is quick and easy.
Americans across the country are reacting with shock to the devastation caused by a 2-mile wide Tornado in Oklahoma. Dozens have died, and President Obama has declared the path of the tornado a major disaster area. If you would like to help, you can do so from your computer or mobile device right now. Patch will be posting stories of locals who are working to help victims from afar. If you know of someone local was affected by the tornado or who is working to help the victims, please contact your local editor.
What would you say to local, state and national Emergency Medical Service personnel?
This week - May 19 to 25 - is National EMS Week and the theme is "EMS: One Mission. One Team." In 1968, President Gerald Ford signed the first EMS Week proclamation, designating a time for the nation to celebrate the emergency medical technician paramedic as well as an opportunity to educate the public about the critical role of EMS in the community, according to EMS.gov. May 22 has been designated as Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Day, according to emsweekideas.org. Every day our local, state and national EMS respond to crisis situations. Recently, Boston's EMS was in the spotlight because of last month's bombings; and today, Emergency Medical Service personnel in Moore, Oklahoma, are in the national spotlight as they …
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 between Friday, May 17 and Sunday, May 17, 2013. On Friday, May 17 at 8:01 a.m., police and EMT personnel were informed a woman had fallen and possibly broken her hip on Richardson Ave. At 10:20 a.m. a minor accident was reported near Salem Street and Pleasant Street. At 10:54 a.m. a Heather Lane resident called about a car alarm going off for an hour. The owner turned out to be having a battery problem. At 4:45 p.m. an individual reported recovering a box of rifle ammunition on Main Street that had apparently fallen from a truck. At 4:50 p.m., a person came to the police station to report the larceny of some checks, which were reportedly passed in both Saugus and Lynnfield. …
Advertising signs help raise revenue for various Wakefield Warrior Club activities.
The following was provided by the Wakefield Warrior Club: The Wakefield Warrior Club, Inc. has received permission from the Wakefield Board of Selectmen and Department of Public Works to temporarily place their advertising signs at Vets Field during Landrigan Field construction. The signs are a source of revenue for the Warrior Club, which is a non profit organization dedicated to the betterment of football in the Town of Wakefield. Each year local businesses pay a fee to the Warrior Club to have their businesses advertised at Landrigran Field throughout the course of the year. Had the Board of Selectmen and Department of Public Works not approved the temporary location, the Warrior Club would have owed refunds to the businesses you see …
The Americal Civic Center Association will host the Wakefield Fine Art Exhibition at the historic building from Wednesday evening, May 22nd through Thursday, May 23rd.
A look at what's coming up in and around Wakefield.
Today is Tuesday, May 21. Here are five things worth knowing today. Tonight at 7 p.m., the “Traveling Librarian” Jeff Klapes is at the Beebe Library for a presentation on the Southeast Asian nation of Laos. The town has announced the schedule for its 2013 Memorial Day observation. The annual parade leaves Galvin Middle School at 1 p.m. and heads toward the Veterans Memorial Common in front of the WWII Monument. Complete details are available on the town website. LCC Coffeehouse: This Friday night at 7:45 p.m. at the Lynnfield Community Church on Salem Street, Alec Hutson performs. Click here for more info about the shows, which occur on the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month. Sailing on the Lake: The next open house at the Quannapowitt Yacht…
Former high school teacher Pat Conaway sees real hope in the young people who help him clean the area's trails, waterways and roadways.
Pat Conaway admits that he's "kind of a nut" about the environment - so when he retired from teaching in 2008, it didn't take long for him to find a number of productive ways to spend his time. "I wanted to get people fired up about the environment, to try to encourage citizens to get involved locally," said Conaway, founder of Big Hearts, Little Feet. A nearly constant presence on area roadways, trails and waterways, Conaway can be found leading groups of volunteers, including many students, to pick up trash, improve trails and remove invasive species. From beer cans to soda and coffee cups, trash tossed by the roadside washes into local rivers and, if left alone, eventually finds its way to the ocean, where scientists have found …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Claims are being accepted through June 15, and funds will start being distributed on a rolling basis on June 30.
Boston Marathon bombing victims being treated as outpatients at Boston-area hospitals are eligible to receive One Fund Boston payments. Claims are now being accepted through June 15, and the money will start being handed out on June 30 on a rolling basis, according to One Fund Boston's website. The final protocol and prioritization for victims was also released through the website. Individual death claims, double amputees and those who suffered permanent brain damage are the top priority. Previously, One Fund Boston administrator Kenneth Feinberg had estimated the families of the three victims who died from the bombings could receive $1 million. "Money is a pretty poor substitute," Feinberg said at one of the Town Hall meetings held to …
With Memorial Day just around the corner, here's an interesting item from Wakefield's past recently spotted on eBay.
I don't write about local history every week on Wakefield Patch, but from time to time I find an item that's worth sharing. I'm not sure where exactly in town it was located, but in the past year or so I've seen numerous local history references and photos involving a U.S. Navy rifle training facility, or something to that effect, in Wakefield around the World War I era. For this item, a Navy man named Will Neidhart wrote the following note home to his mother in Chicago. It was sent on a postcard showing a picture of himself among a couple of dozen other Navy personnel in front of a tent, with a postmark from Wakefield dated May 19, 1918 - exactly 95 years ago this past Sunday. "Dear Mother: I am still feeling fine and dandy. Hope all the …
First quarter of 2012 saw somewhat more foreclosure activity than during the first three months of 2013.
Foreclosure activity declined in Wakefield for the first quarter of 2013 compared to that period in 2012, according to recent data from the Warren Group. According to the Massachusetts-based real estate information company, there were four foreclosure petitions filed in Wakefield during the first three months of 2013, compared to nine for that period in 2012. Last March, there were three foreclosure petitions in town. In March of 2013, there were none, noted the Warren Group. There were no foreclosure auctions reported in Wakefield for the first quarter of 2012 or 2013, with two foreclosure deeds reported the first quarter of 2013 compared to two for that quarter in 2012. The Warren Group reported that statewide, foreclosure petitions …
John Roberto
7:21 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Then Mr. Smith youre deciding you want to live in a Town that doesnt take care of its infrastructure like schools, fields and buildings. Your deciding that you want a Town that has an every man and group for themselves mentality. That was the old Wakefield. If you consider "littering" supporting the student-athletes in Town by fundraising and placing signs on a playing field....then you and I … more ›