The North Shore Navigators rounded out their outfield for the 2020 season with the signing of two more Futures Collegiate Baseball League All-Stars returning to the Fraser Field grass for a second straight summer. Before transferring to Division 1 schools…
Author: Journal Staff
City of Lynn COVID-19 Update: May 11
The Lynn Public Health Department has confirmed that as of today, the number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases has risen to 2,177, 592 have recovered, and 75 Lynn residents have died. Free Assistance with Unemployment Applications. Northeast Legal Aid has…
State Files Supplemental Budget Bill to Authorize $1 Billion in COVID-19 Spending
Gov. Charlie Baker filed a supplemental budget bill on Tuesday for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20), which will authorize $1 billion in spending necessary to cover incurred and expected costs during the COVID-19 public health crisis. It is expected that this…
Gannon Golf Course Releases Guideline for Re-Opening
Club professional David Sibley’s message to Gannon golfers. WOW….this has been quite an interesting first few days. I don’t feel as though I can adequately explain what these first 4 days have been like. All I will say is that…
Food for Free Expands COVID Hunger-Relief Support to Lynn
Food For Free, the Cambridge-based, non-profit organization dedicated to providing every member of the Greater Boston community with reliable access to fresh and nutritious food, announced today that it is expanding its COVID-19 relief efforts to support four additional towns…
New Unemployment Claims Decline for the Fifth Week
Massachusetts had 55,223 individuals file an initial claim for standard Unemployment Insurance (UI) from April 26 to May 2, the fifth consecutive week of fewer initial claims filing over the previous week. Since March 15, a total of 777,232 initial…
More than 2.5 Million Residents in Massachusetts Got Stimulus Payments
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today released updated state-by-state figures for Economic Impact Payments, with approximately 130 million individuals receiving payments worth more than $200 billion in the program’s first four weeks. “We are working hard to…
Stay Home, Watch Local: More than 50 Filmed-In-MA Movies and Tv Series Available on Streaming Services
As the COVID-19 public health emergency continues, many people staying home are looking for more films and TV shows to watch on the streaming services they subscribe to. Many are also looking for ways to connect virtually to our local…
RMV Cautions Customers to Be Aware of Unofficial Third-Party Websites
The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is cautioning customers to use only Mass.Gov/RMV when they are trying to renew a license or registration or process any business transactions online. Customers may inadvertently come across unofficial third-party websites or “mimic sites” that…
A Newfound Respect For Teachers
The closing of schools across the country for the remainder of the school year because of the coronavirus has presented many challenges for educators and parents alike. School districts have been experimenting with the implementation of on-line classes in their effort…