State environmental officials recognized students from 44 schools including St. Mary’s of Lynn for outstanding environmental actions as members of the “Green Team,” a statewide environmental education program sponsored by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and the…
Month: June 2020
New Five-Day Flex Pass Pilot for Commuter Rail Begins July 1
The MBTA today announced a new customer-driven Commuter Rail fare product pilot to begin July 1: the Five-day Flex Pass on mTicket, a bundled fare good for any five days of travel within a thirty-day period. With the understanding that travel patterns…
Lynn K of C Blood Drive
With a critical shortage of blood donations due to the Coronavirus, the Knights of Columbus hosted a blood drive. FDD/PGK David Solimine Jr. coordinated this event with Grand Knight Robert MacIsaac to help the American Red Cross to sustain a…
T’s FMCB Approves Four-Year Extension of Commuter Rail Contract With Keolis Through June 2026
With the goal of incentivizing better service now and providing cost certainty in a challenging market among other objectives, today the MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) approved of a four-year extension of the Commuter Rail Operating contract between…
A Tremendous Court Decision
The decision this past Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court extending the rights of gay and transgender workers under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars employment discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin,…
And Now, Stinging Jellyfish….
The ocean temperature barely has reached 60 degrees in Boston Harbor and vicinity, but the warnings on our beaches have confirmed what the beachcombers among us have known for a week or so — the dreaded jellyfish have arrived. According…
Former North Shore Navigator Brian Van Belle Signs With Red Sox
Though Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft lasted just five rounds in 2020, a former North Shore Navigator has officially realized his dream of advancing to the professional level by signing as an undrafted free agent. University of Miami pitcher…
Obituaries 06-18-2020
Shane Joseph Sims May 12, 1985 – May 28, 2020 Shane J. Sims, 35, of Lynn died unexpectedly in Illinois. Born and raised in Lynn, the son of Gail (Beaton) (Sims) Saavedra and John Sims Sr., he was educated in…
Juneteenth Flag Raising
We’ll Hear from Hamill Again: Scholar-Athlete Will Return for a Final Season at Endicott
Everything was right in place for Lynn’s Michaela Hamill to have a spectacular senior season on the mound for the 2020 Endicott College softball team. Hamill’s junior year in 2019 had been outstanding, posting a 10-2 record and an earned…