Wakefield Massachusetts offers an assortment of activities around the local lake, Lake Quannapowitt.
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18 Facts About Wakefield Massachusetts
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Wakefield Massachusetts was first settled in 1638 and was originally known as Lynn Village.
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Wakefield Massachusetts was a founder of the 12th Congregational Church, and served as deacon there.
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Wakefield Massachusetts was a selectman of Reading and was appointed a judicial commissioner.
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In 1868 Cyrus Wakefield Massachusetts donated land and money for a new town hall, and in thanks the town voted to change its name from South Reading to Wakefield Massachusetts.
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Wakefield Massachusetts is particularly notable for its extensive line of balsa wood model airplane kits.
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Boston Technology merged in 1997 with Comverse Technology, a digital telecommunications equipment manufacturer, which later bought the building; Wakefield Massachusetts became headquarters of its eventual spinoff, Comverse.
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Northeastern part of Wakefield Massachusetts was home to an amusement park, Pleasure Island, billed as "The Disneyland of the Northeast, " but the park closed in 1969 after only ten years of operation due to unseasonably cold weather that brought diminishing returns among tourists.
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Wakefield Massachusetts was found guilty of seven counts of first degree murder and sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.
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Wakefield Massachusetts Common sits to the south of the lake, and is the site of many recreational activities and events throughout the year.
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Wakefield Massachusetts holds yearly major town meetings to discuss the budget.
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Board of Selectmen was the name of Wakefield Massachusetts's primary governing body until it changed its name to the "Town Council" in 2018 in an effort to maintain gender neutrality.
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Town of Wakefield Massachusetts tasked a fifteen-member committee headed by Selectwoman Phyllis Hull to oversee the construction of a World War II Veterans' Memorial on the Upper Common.
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Wakefield Massachusetts is home to two high schools: one public school, and one regional vocational school .
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Wakefield Massachusetts contains one middle school, Galvin Middle School, and four elementary schools, Greenwood, Walton, Woodville, and Dolbeare.
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Wakefield Massachusetts has a wide variety of places of worship serving numerous faiths and denominations.
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Wakefield Massachusetts has a strong local sports fan base and a robust youth sports culture.
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Young athletes in Wakefield Massachusetts can choose to play baseball, basketball, lacrosse, football, soccer, hockey, dance, cheerleading, and softball, among other team sports.
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