Rejected: Motion To Name Library after Mcmanus Fails 4-2
By Thomas Grillo A quiet move to change the name of the Lynn Public Library to honor former Mayor Patrick McManus has been rejected. The 4-2 vote by the library’s Board of Trustees last week puts an end to the…
NSCC President Pat Gentile to Retire
Special to Journal After seven years of leading North Shore Community College to new levels of accomplishment and regional and national acclaim, Dr. Patricia A. Gentile has announced she will retire effective July 6, 2020. “I have been honored to…
MCU Employees Spread Thanksgiving Cheer To Those In Need
For the 8th consecutive year, Metro Credit Union (MCU) employees came together to create Thanksgiving baskets for those in need during the holidays. Departments collaborated to shop for, organize, decorate, and deliver 35 large baskets stocked with all the traditional…
We Are Drinking, Drugging, Eating and Stressing Ourselves To Death
Okay, we know it is the holiday season — a time for good cheer and all that. But the results of a report issued last week by the Centers for Disease Control reveal a disturbing and dangerous pattern in the…
Guest Op-Ed: A Holiday Strategy
By Dr. Glenn Mollette The holidays can be glad, sad or bad. Take your pick and choose a direction. I choose glad. Who wants to be sad and who needs bad? I don’t want either one and neither do you.…