Steve Scranton Sr. received the Alice O’Neil Volunteer Award Saturday at the Alice O’Neil Challenger Little League Banquet. Board member Donley Cennami presented the 55-year-old league president the prestigious award that is named in memory of O’Neil, the former District…
Month: July 2012
Beauty in Giving Back: One-year-old Bobbi Merryman Wins Pageant Title While Parents Donate to the Community
Bobbi Merryman celebrated her first birthday in May – and she already has a pageant title. The daughter of Robert and Christy Merryman of Lynn, Bobbi participated in the Miss Heart of the USA Pageant at the Holiday Inn in…
One Man Shot Dead After Police Car Rammed Three Others Are Arraigned
A man spotted by police near to Essex Street Sunday night about 9:30 p.m. carrying what appeared to be a rifle or shot-gun got into a car with others and drove off with a second car following. Lynn Police and…
The Summer of 2012
The tragedy in Colorado has touched Americans in different ways everywhere during this otherwise lovely summer of 2012. The mass murder and shooting of so many innocents last week at a movie-plex in Aurora goes to prove once again how…
Obituaries 07-24-2012
Mary ‘Yvonne’ Goodwin Of Florida, formerly of East Boston Mary (LeBlanc) Goodwin of Kissimmee, Florida, formerly of East Boston, died on July 20. She was the beloved wife of the late John R. Goodwin, Sr. of Kissimmee, Florida, mother of…
Baseball Royalty: Conigliaro Family at Fraser Field
Boston baseball royalty in the form of the Conigliaro family was in Lynn Friday night when the North Shore Navigators invited the Nahant Little League Minor League champion Athletics team to take part in pre-game festivities at Fraser Field. The…
For the Sport of It: Levine Enjoying Internship with the Navigators
While North Shore Navigators players perform on the field with the dream of playing Major League Baseball, there are college students behind the scenes who are pursuing careers in professional sports one day as well. One Navigators intern who holds…
LEHS 1942 Classmates Sought for 70th High School Reunion
Ted Vallas is the head of public relations for the Lynn English High School Class of 1942 and he’s heading up the reunion effort of getting out the message to those who graduated in that class, most of whom are…
Gang Activity Drops
Police Chief Kevin Coppinger has noted, and quite rightly, that gang activity in the city of Lynn has dropped substantially. Those of us who live here and who are proud to call this place our home are pleased to learn…
Learning from Revere’s Sand Sculpture Festival
Hundreds of thousands of people descended upon Revere Beach for the annual sand sculpture competition last weekend. During Saturday evening’s fireworks display, the crowd watching was estimated to be perhaps the largest crowd at Revere Beach since the 1940’s –…