By Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts The consistent teaching of the Catholic Church is that life begins at conception and ends with natural death. As the Roman Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts, we at all times hold firm to that teaching so…
Month: December 2020
Lynn’s Game of the Year: St. Mary’s Versus Bridgewater-Raynham
St. Mary’s High School girls basketball coach Jeff Newhall always constructs a very challenging regular season schedule. By playing the elite teams, Newhall reasons that the tough inter-divisional competition will best prepare his team for the MIAA Tournament. Last season…
It’s Showtime for Ronald Ellis: Lynn Boxer Fights Saturday at Mohegan Sun
Ronald “Akeem” Ellis is ready to return to the ring and he couldn’t have picked a bigger stage. Ellis, who grew up in Lynn and attended Lynn English before graduating from Lynn Tech (Class of 2007 with a specialty in…
First Street: Maraya Sierra Makes History in Lynn DPW
Maraya Sierra wasn’t aware that she was the first woman in the history of the city to work in the Lynn Department of Works Street Division. But when she learned of her groundbreaking achievement, the 35-year-old Lynn resident was understandably…
Baker Administration Announces Statewide Rollback to Step Three
The Baker administration on Tuesday announced that all Massachusetts cities and towns will roll back to Step Three, Phase One of the state’s reopening plan, effective Sunday, December 13. Following increases in hospitalizations and cases after the Thanksgiving holiday, the…
Baker Orders First COVID-19 Vaccines, Expects December Delivery
The state submitted the Commonwealth’s initial vaccine order to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and expects to get 300,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of December. The federal government allocated Massachusetts 59,475 doses…
Emma Adu Named Caregiver of the Year
The Melrose office of Home Instead Senior Care is proud to announce the selection of Emma Adu of Lynn as Caregiver of the Year. Emma moved here from Ghana 23 years ago and has dedicated her life to helping older…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Inducts New Members The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Laetitia Jowue of…
City of Lynn COVID-19 Update
The Lynn Public Health Department has confirmed that as of today, the number of active, confirmed positive COVID-19 cases is 1,612 with 138 new cases today. 6,875 Lynn residents have recovered and 136 have died. The total number of confirmed…
Happy Hanukkah
The eight-day observance of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, gets underway this Thursday, December 10, and will culminate next Friday, December 18. In summary, Hanukkah commemorates the victory of the Maccabees — a group of fierce warriors who used…