The Wakefield Daily Item
| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | The Wakefield Item Co. |
| Publisher | Glenn D. Dolbeare |
| Editor | Robert Burgess |
| Founded | May 7, 1894 |
| Headquarters | 26 Albion Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880 United States |
| Circulation | approximately 4,800 daily[1] |
| Website | wakefielditem.com |
The Wakefield Daily Item is an independent weekday daily newspaper published in Wakefield, Massachusetts, with issues published Mondays through Fridays.
History
Fred W. Young printed the first Item on May 7, 1894, running the paper until selling to printer Alstead W. Browne in March 1900; he sold out to Harris M. Dolbeare, who established the Wakefield Item Company April 1, 1900.[2]
The Item is famous for the "Looking Backward" column, detailing events that took place in Wakefield and around the country 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago from the date of the newspaper.
The Item's presidents have all been Dolbeare's heirs—his widow Emma Dolbeare, sons Cyrus and Richard Dolbeare, and now grandson Glenn Dolbeare. The paper has had seven editors: Harris Dolbeare (1900–his death in 1938), Gardner Campbell (1938–1953), Robert C. Reed (1953–1966), Kendall Dolbeare (1966–1986), Janet Constantakes (1986–1988) and Peter Rossi (since 1988).[2]
The newspaper competes for readers in Wakefield with a local edition of the Daily Times Chronicle, based in nearby Woburn and Reading; and with the Wakefield Observer, a weekly newspaper published at the Beverly office of Community Newspaper Company.
On January 27, 2009, the Item changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid.
The Item is located at 26 Albion Street in the town center.
See also
- Item Building (Wakefield, Massachusetts)
References
- ^ Wakefield Daily Item – daily newspaper in Wakefield, Massachusetts USA with local news and events, accessed March 26, 2012.
- ^ a b WakefieldItem.com: About, accessed January 26, 2007. Archived January 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- The Wakefield Daily Item Website
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Wakefield, Massachusetts
- Incorporated in 1812
- Based in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Population 27,090
| Government |
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- Camp Curtis Guild
- Center for Applied Special Technology
- Daily Item
- Daily Times Chronicle
- Hockey East (headquartered in Wakefield)
- Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
- MBTA bus routes
- MBTA stations
- Wakefield
- Greenwood
- Nazareth Academy
- Our Lady of Nazareth Academy
- Paul K. Guillow, Inc.
- Wakefield High School (WHS)
- Wakefield Savings Bank
- Xura, Inc.
- Pleasure Island (defunct)
- Lake Quannapowitt
- Saugus River
(Houses)
- 18A & 20 Aborn Av.
- 6 Adams St.
- 380 Albion St.
- Avon St.
- 5 Bennett St.
- E. Boardman House
- Elizabeth Boit House
- Chestnut St.
- 39 Converse St.
- 28 Cordis St.
- Cowdry Houses
- 40 Crescent St.
- Emerson-Franklin Poole House
- 26 Francis Av.
- Captain Goodwin-James Eustis House
- Samuel Gould House
- Capt. William Green House
- Deacon Daniel Green House
- 118 Greenwood St.
- 20 Hancock Rd.
- 42 Hopkins St.
- Dr. Charles Jordan House
- Deacon Thomas Kendall House
- 15 Lawrence St.
- Lawrence St.
- 556 Lowell St.
- Main St.
- 1 Morrison Av.
- Morrison Rd.
- 2 Nichols St.
- 509 North Av.
- 52 Oak St.
- Oliver House
- Park St.
- 22 Parker Rd.
- Prospect St.
- Richardson Avenue Rowhouses
- Dr. S. O. Richardson House
- Salem St.
- Sheffield Rd.
- Dr. Thomas Simpson House
- 54 Spring St.
- William Stimpson House
- Sweetser Houses
- D. Horace Tilton House
- 193 Vernon St.
- 12 W. Water St.
- Wave Av.
- 9 White Av.
- 28 Wiley St.
- Suell Winn House
- Charles Winship House
- 1 Woodcrest Dr.
(Buildings and Districts)
- Beacon Street Tomb
- Beebe Homestead
- Center (or Centre) Depot
- Church–Lafayette Sts. Hist. Dist.
- Common District
- Flanley's Block
- Greenwood Union Church
- Col. James Hartshorne House
- Item Building
- Lakeside Cemetery Chapel
- Lynnwood
- Massachusetts State Armory
- South Reading Academy
- St. Joseph School
- Temple Israel Cemetery
- Main Post Office
- Wakefield Park
- Wakefield Rattan Company
- Wakefield Trust Company
- Wakefield Upper Depot
- H.M. Warren School
- West Ward School
- Woodville School
- Woodward Homestead
- Yale Avenue Historic District
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