The City of Lynn has seen a decrease in the amount of recycling tonnage, but it has also seen an increase in the amount of trash just being thrown out. In 2017 there were 7,104 tons recycled; 6,722 tons in…
Month: June 2019
Lynn Resident, Lauren Hall, Named Big Sister Of The Year
Special to the Journal Lynn resident, Lauren Hall, has been named the 2019 Big Sister of the Year by Big Sister Association of Greater Boston. Hall has been matched with her Little Sister Courtney since 2012. Courtney, 17, lives with…
FY20 Water and Sewer Rates Set
The Lynn Water and Sewer Commission has set the water and sewer rates for fiscal year 2020 and they’re coming in at about a four percent increase over last year. The new rate increases from $10.58 to $11 per 100…
Strikeout Leader Bobby Alcock Records his 300th Career ‘K’
The milestone was greeted quietly and with little fanfare, but that’s how St. Mary’s 6-foot-4 pitcher Bobby Alcock likes it. Alcock, one of the leaders of St. Mary’s march to tonight’s Division 2 state championship game versus Hopkinton, recorded his…
Lynn’s SkillsUSA Announce As This Year’s Excellence in Literacy Leadership Award Recepient
Following an widespread search and selection process in which five local non-profit organizations were considered, the Celebrate Literacy Day Planning Committee is proud to announce that SkillsUSA at Lynn Vocational Technical Institute is this year’s Excellence in Literacy Leadership Award…
Lifeguards Back On The Beach For the Season
Summer is here and the Department of Conservation and Recreation lifeguards are back at the beach working at the Lynn Shore and Nahant Beach Reservation’s Nahant Beach, as well as Revere Beach and Winthrop Shore Drive beach. “The Massachusetts Department…
Encore Boston Harbor to Open at 10 a.m. June 23
Don’t expect a long program ahead of the Encore Boston Harbor ribbon cutting on Sunday morning, June 23, but expect the City of Everett and the company to get things moving and get the doors open. Encore will open officially…
Centerboard Receives Cummings Foundation Grant
Centerboard, a community-based, non-profit charitable organization that supports families and young people through housing, access to employment, education and financial empowerment, is proud to be the recipient of a $100,000 grant from the Cummings Foundation as part of its $100K…
Local Students Receive Academic Achievements
Wallace Earns Dean’s List Honors Thomas Wallace, of Lynn, has been named to the Spring 2019 Dean’s List at Roger Williams University, in Bristol, R.I. Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a grade point…
Another Sad Sign of the Times
The news that North American right whales — considered to be the second-most endangered marine mammal in the world — have been migrating further north into Canada in just the past two years because of a shift in their traditional…