The Bulldogs defeat Putnam, 64-57 to claim Division 1 state championship First they beat three of the best of the state’s best basketball league, the Merrimack Valley. Then they ousted the best team in the south. And finally they bested…
Month: March 2019
The ‘Zo’ Show Linton Was Brilliant in Bulldogs’ Run to the Title
He was simply awesome. Alonzo Linton, Lynn English’s 6-foot-5-inch senior, scored a game-high 27 points and had 12 rebounds to help the Budllogs set down Putnam 64-57, in the Division 1 state championship game Saturday at the Hart Center on…
Getting the Word out about Wage Theft
Quite simply, wage theft happens when someone does work and is not paid for it. “Immigrants are easy targets, most don’t realize it’s a crime,” said Kathleen Santora, a member of the recently appointed to the Lynn Wage Theft Taskforce…
Guest Op-ed Looking at Women as Heroes
By Christine Armstrong March is Women’s History month, and Friday, March 8 was International Women’s Day. As I look back on the legacy of women in our country, I’m reminded of the vast number of accomplishments and achievements that women…
Another Sign of Climate Change
“Historically catastrophic” flooding is the description of what has been happening across our nation’s Midwestern Plains states this past week, thanks to a combination of heavy snows and unseasonably cold weather followed by unusually heavy rains. When most of us…
Tragedy, Sadness In New Zealand
New Zealand is a beautiful country that seems far removed, both literally and figuratively, from the problems facing the rest of our troubled planet. However, the tragic shootings at two mosques in New Zealand this past Friday have demonstrated that…
Coach of the Year
Newton recognized Antonio Anderson’s potential to be a state champion coach Who knew? Who knew that Antonio Anderson, one of the greatest basketball players to ever come out of Lynn, would experience so much success, so fast as a high…
St. Mary’s Falls Short to Hoosac Valley in State Title Game
When the St. Mary’s High School girls basketball team scored 20 points in the opening quarter against Hoosac Valley – twice as many points as Hoosac had allowed on average in the tournament – it appeared that head coach Jeff…
Pam Gonzalez Concludes Her Outstanding Basketball Career at St. Mary’s High School
Pamela Gonzalez has been selected as an All-Scholastic, a much-deserved honor following her sensational senior season for the St. Mary’s High School of Lynn girls basketball team. Gonzalez, of Revere, led the Lady Spartans in to the Division 3 state…
Obituaries 03-21-2019
Marylee Burke Former Lynn Assistant Personnel Director Marylee (Hughes) Burke of Rochester died March 16 peacefully at home surrounded by her family after a long illness. She was 59 years old. She was the beloved wife of CDR Stephen V. Burke,…