It is inconceivable to lifelong Red Sox fans such as ourselves that the Sox’ management decided to trade away Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for a few random players. Mookie not only was an amazing talent…
Author: Journal Staff
Guest Op-Ed: Valentine Day Befuddling
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Valentine’s Day is a befuddling time – bewildering, confusing. Flowers that you would buy to give to someone are probably already tripled in price. Our local grocery store sometimes sells a dozen roses for under $30,…
Letter to the Editor
Help Your Loved One Quit Vaping, Smoking, or Other Tobacco Products Dear Editor, February is American Heart Month, so before you think about what kind of flowers or type of candy to buy for Valentine’s Day, choose the Valentine that…
City Champions
Rick Wood Seeks Seat on Mass. GOP State Committee
By Thomas Grillo A Republican for just eight years, Rick Wood is running for a seat on the Massachusetts GOP State Committee. “I’m running to raise the profile of our Republican party,” he said. “I’ve been an active member of…
Health Center Announces New Chief of Human Resources
Lynn Community Health Center is pleased to announce that Kathy Duggan has joined the Executive Team as Chief Human Resource Officer. Duggan was hired in April 2019 as the Interim Chief Human Resource Officer and over time emerged as the…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Endicott College Announces Local Dean’s List Students Endicott College, the first college in the U.S. to require internships of its students, is pleased to announce its Fall 2019 Dean’s List students. In order to qualify for the Dean’s List, a…
Briefs
Gallego Joins Ed Markey Campaign As Field Organizer Juan Gallego has joined Sen. Ed Markey’s campaign for re-election to the United States Senate as a Field Organizer. Juan has extensive campaign experience, having previously worked on the Committees to Elect Mayor…
Have We Turned A Corner?
For the first time since 2014, life expectancy in the United States has risen after four years of decline, according to a report released this past Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overall life expectancy rose…
Guest Op-Ed: Oh, the Woe of Losing Things
By Melissa Martin, Ph.D. Socks, gloves, ink-pens. The sneaky universe steals these things from me. Or the Sock Fairy visits while I sleep and hides one sock of each color. Or a hungry Glove Grinch lives in my coat pocket.…