The Wakefield Daily Item

Infobox Newspaper
name = The Wakefield Daily Item


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type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = May 7, 1894
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price = USD .50 daily
owners = The Wakefield Item Co.
publisher = Glenn D. Dolbeare
editor = Peter Rossi
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political =
circulation =
headquarters = 26 Albion Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880 USA
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website = [http://www.wakefielditem.com/ wakefielditem.com]

"The Wakefield Daily Item" is an independent daily newspaper published in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

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. [http://www.wakefielditem.com/about.htm WakefieldItem.com: About] , accessed January 26, 2007.]

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 (1900-1938, when he died), Gardner Campbell (1938-1953), Robert C. Reed (1953-1966), Kendall Dolbeare (1966-1986), Janet Constantakes (1986-1988) and Peter Rossi (since 1988).

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.

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External links

* [http://www.wakefielditem.com "The Wakefield Daily Item" Website]