By Cary Shuman The St. Mary’s High School football team has had one of the highest-scoring offenses in Massachusetts this season, averaging more than five touchdowns a game. But with two of the team’s most explosive performers sidelined with injuries…
Month: November 2016
Meldrum Reaches Personal Milestone at Her Seaport Salon and Day Spa
By Cary Shuman Susan Meldrum opened Seaport Salon and Day Spa at its Seaport Landing location 11 years ago this month. The number “11” has plenty of significance to Meldrum. “Both my parents, John and Josephine Mulvihill, were born in…
Lynn Gets $1.2 Million to Support Lynnway Development
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. The City of Lynn was awarded a $1.2 million MassWorks grant from the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (HED) on Monday, as Secretary Jay Ash of HED visited the city to announce the award…
Council Discusses Taxes:Budget Shortfall May Lead to Lay-Offs,Override
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. The Lynn City Council met for close to two hours Tuesday night with Lynn Chief Financial Officer Peter Caron, in an effort to get a handle on the depth and breadth of the city’s financial challenges,…
November is National Family Caregiver Month
Debby Segil, LICSW, who has directed the Family Caregiver Support Program at Greater Lynn Senior Services (GLSS) for nearly 15 years, likes to quote former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who once said: “There are just four kinds of people in…
The Concert Singers to Perform with Occasional Brass Quintet
The Concert Singers of Greater Lynn announce their 38th pair of holiday concerts. Featured works include Boston composer Daniel Pinkham’s “Christmas Cantata” and Lynn composer Javier Marquez’s “Gloria in Excelsis.” Also included are Hanukah songs, Christmas music from the Renaissance…
K Security Systems Join LACC
Jim Keighley has over 20 years in the security industry holding a NICET Level III Fire Alarm Nicet Certification. He has been a journeyman electrician for 18 years and holds a master electrician’s license. In addition, Keighley has been a…
Coppinger Elected Sheriff of Essex County
By Cary Shuman Lynn Police Chief Kevin Coppinger defeated three other candidates to win the race for Sheriff of Essex County in the general election Tuesday. Coppinger, a member of the LPD for 33 years, completed a masterfully run campaign…
Representative Donald Wong Wins Re-Election
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. Incumbent Republican State Representative Donald Wong, who represents two precincts in Lynn, as well as Saugus and Wakefield in the 9th Essex District, won a decisive re-election campaign Tuesday night, despite losing just over 53-percent of…
Let’s Remember — And Thank — Our Veterans
This Friday, November 11, marks the annual observance of Veterans Day. The holiday originated as Armistice Day in 1919 to mark the first anniversary of the end of World War I, which formally was concluded on the 11th hour, of…