Chuck Curran Retires

(Wakefield, MA) – Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (WMGLD) Gas Division Superintendent Charles C. (Chuck) Curran, Jr., recently retired from the WMGLD after 36 years of service. He is succeeded by Acting Gas Superintendent Kenneth Luciani.

Chuck joined the WMGLD in October 1972 as a Gas Streetman on the Gas crew. He was promoted to Apprentice Gas Serviceman in 1979, Gas Serviceman in 1982, Gas Service Foreman in 2002 and Superintendent in June 2006.

A lifelong resident of Wakefield and a 1967 graduate of Wakefield High School, Chuck is a veteran of the United States Air Force where he served from 1968 to 1972.

“Congratulations to Chuck on his retirement from the WMGLD,” General Manager Pete Dion said. “On behalf of the Board of Light Commissioners and the employees of the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department, I extend our sincere appreciation to him for his many years of dedicated service to the community and the WMGLD. We wish him well in his retirement.”