We don’t pretend to be experts either in the stock market or the economy in general. However, as Bob Dylan put it, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” and similarly, the average American doesn’t…
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St. Mary’s Girls Basketball Receives MIAA State Championship Trophy
Special to the Journal After a 104-day wait, the St. Mary’s High School girls basketball team received its MIAA Div. 3 state championship trophy Friday in a brief ceremony at the Tony Conigliaro Gymnasium. MIAA Associate Executive Director Richard Pearson…
McGee Asks Bd. Of Health To Declare Racism a Public Health Emergency, Crisis
Mayor Thomas M. McGee announced today initial steps to strengthen efforts to eliminate systemic racism within the City of Lynn through policy creation, systemic change, and increased community conversations. “Systemic racism adversely affects the Black Community and Communities of Color…
Refer a Friend and Get NSCC Tuition and Fee Discounts for Both of You
Special to the Journal Thinking about going to college this fall? North Shore Community College wants both you and your friends to enroll and will offer discounts to those who do so together. The new Share the Wealth/Refer-A-Friend incentive for…
Even During times of Crisis, Roca Continues to Prove That Change Is Possible
Nobody wants to be defined by their challenges but Covid-19 has highlighted a crisis among a population that, in the best of times, was struggling to thrive. Roca believes in the most vulnerable young adults in the Commonwealth. They are…
Lynn Man Receives Keys to a Brighter Future
Imagine trying to live a productive life in Massachusetts without reliable transportation. It would be a struggle to say the least, but for one Lynn man the struggle is now over. On May 26, Lynn resident Sheldon Vibbard received a…
WGBH Partners With Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care to Launch Family Activity Initiative
With schools, preschool centers, and family childcare programs across the state closed in response to COVID-19, public media outlet WGBH in Boston is partnering with the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care to launch the Family Activity Initiative, a series of weekly…
Massachusetts Has an 80.86% Save Rate for Shelter Pets; Ranks 36 in Country for Shelter Pet Deaths
Best Friends Animal Society has released its 2020 pet lifesaving findings, which gives a national overview of the number of dogs and cats that enter shelters each year in the United States, and the number of dogs and cats that are leaving those shelters alive. Of the 35,149…
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Animal Rescue League Safety Campaign The Animal Rescue League of Boston’s (ARL) annual safety campaign, Too Hot for Spot, reminds pet owners about the dangers pets face when temperatures begin to rise. Even when it’s below 80 degrees, the threat…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Walker Named to Dean’s List at Coastal Carolina University More than 2,300 undergraduate students at Coastal Carolina University were named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2020 semester, including Susan Walker, a Public Health major from Lynn. Coastal Carolina…