Constantino “Coco” Alinsug, candidate for the Ward 3 seat on the Lynn City Council, will kick off his campaign at a fundraising event on June 25 at Christopher’s Café, 2 Lewis St. Alinsug has been a resident of Lynn for…
Author: Cary Shuman
Classical Girls Soccer Team Celebrates GBL Championship Season at Banquet
It was a most interesting and challenging season for the Lynn Classical High School girls soccer team, but it all ended memorably with the Lady Rams claiming their first-ever Greater Boston League championship. After having its season pushed back to…
Phil Castinetti’s Sportsworld Memorabilia Shop Seeks a New Home
Phil Castinetti’s Sportsworld, New England’s largest memorabilia shop, is seeking a new home. Castinetti said that “circumstances” have forced him to move and begin the search for another location. “Hopefully, we’ll still be in Saugus, though we’re not sure yet,”…
St. Mary’s Hockey Team Honored at Awards Banquet
The St. Mary’s High School celebrated a successful season at its awards banquet Sunday at Spinelli’s, Lynnfield. Head coach Mark Lee, an inductee in the Mass. State Hockey Coaches Hall of Fame, lauded the players for winning the Division 1…
The Stuff of Legends: Classical Basketball Superstar Stu Primus Recalls the Rams’ March to Greatness
Stu Primus’ nickname on the Lynn Classical basketball team was “Do-It Stuart.” Why? Because he just did it. He did it on the basketball court and the football field, and even on the baseball field as an All-Star (with Tony…
Stu Primus Pays Tribute to Sports Reporter Bob Keaney
Stuart Primus has sports stories and photos from the (Lynn) Daily Item and Lynn Sunday Post that fill multiple scrapbooks. One of the sportswriters covering the spectacular careers of Primus and his Lynn Classical teammates during the glory years was …
Local Spring Youth Football Teams Head to Playoffs
The Lynn Silverbacks football organization will send its teams into the New England Youth Tackle Football League playoffs this weekend. The Silverbacks, who field four tackle football teams (ages 8-14) and one flag football team (ages 6-and-under), completed regular season…
Chevy Chase Is Coming to the Lynn Auditorium
Jamie Marsh, general manager of the Lynn Auditorium, has announced that famous comedian and actor Chevy Chase is coming to the Lynn Auditorium on December 17. “An Evening With Chevy Chase” will feature a screening of the movie, National Lampoon’s…
Timmons Dominates in English’s Win Over Classical
You can only have one “last football game at Manning Field” if you are a high school player in Lynn. And Lynn English High School senior Anthony Timmons certainly had one of the greatest last games ever, leading the Bulldogs…
Lynn English Valedictorian Fermin Perez Decides to Go to Harvard
Lynn English High School senior Erignacio Fermin Perez will be attending Harvard College in Cambridge as a member of the incoming Class of 2025. “Eddy,” as he is known by friends and classmates, chose Harvard over fellow Ivy League academic…