Lynn English High School is proud to announce that senior Allen Gutierrez has been awarded the Northeastern University Torch Scholarship. Valued at almost $300,000, Torch Scholars receive eight semesters of full scholarship aid, covering tuition, room and board, books and…
Month: April 2020
A Light at the End of the Tunnel?
The United States now is the official epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. We have more deaths and more cases of disease than anywhere else in the world. However, this past weekend the experts began to give us a glimmer of…
So Let’s Talk About The Weather
The weather this April has been full of irony. We had mild months for January, February, and March, with above-average temperatures (among the warmest on record) and few storms of any consequence. However, April has been anything but spring-like. Temperatures…
Navigators Sign Yankees Draftee Espelin, Gigliotti
A pair of Massachusetts natives and former prep teammates will be reunited with the Futures Collegiate Baseball League’s North Shore Navigators this summer. The newest members of North Shore’s pitching staff are Dayton’s Nate Espelin and Northeastern’s Jake Gigliotti. President…
The Fast Lane: Mallios Rising Through the Officiating Ranks
By only his fourth season in high school basketball officiating, Vasili Mallios had earned a coveted assignment: a spot as a referee for a state semifinal game at the TD Garden. When you consider the path for most referees is…
Appreciation: Lynn Youth Hockey’s No. 1 Star: Organization Mourns the Loss of Vice President Plourde
Justine Plourde, the beloved vice president of Lynn Youth Hockey, died April 2, 2020, following a courageous 18-month battle against cancer. She was 40 years old. She was the wife of J.R. Plourde, with whom she shared 12 years of…
NSCC Lends Health Care Equipment for Coronavirus Treatment
With all classes being temporarily held remotely, North Shore Community College’s state-of-the-art health care equipment was dormant and unutilized. Thus when Winchester Hospital reached out in mid-March to see if NSCC could lend its mechanical ventilators, the answer was a…
COVID-19 Confirmed Cases in City of Lynn Continue to Rise
The Lynn Public Health Department has confirmed that as of, April 7, 2020, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen to 317 and 3 Lynn residents have died. As the number of cases in Lynn continue to rise, residents…
Advice for Lynn Residents
Special to the Journal As is the case throughout Massachusetts, the number of COVID-19 cases in Lynn and surrounding communities have risen sharply over the past week and is expected to rise through at least the middle of April. As…
McGee, Community Leaders, United Way Launch Lynn Community Care Fund
Community leaders in Lynn, in partnership with Mayor Tom McGee and United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley today announce the establishment of the Lynn Community Care Fund to mobilize resources to provide emergency assistance to individuals and families…