St. Mary’s and Sacred Heart are joining forces to strengthen Catholic education opportunities in Lynn. The schools, located one and one-half miles apart, will merge in order to educate children starting at age 2 years and 9 months through grade…
Author: Journal Staff
Plastic Bag Ban Makes Sense
There presently are 90 communities across the state that have banned the use of those ubiquitous single-use plastic bags that typically are found at check-out counters in all kinds of stores — and which then typically end up strewn by…
Tiger’s Magical Weekend Of Redemption
We wish to state upfront that we are not golf fans. But every now and then, there are moments in the realm of sports that transcend what is achieved on the playing field, ice, links, or court. For example, the…
Centerboard Welcomes Lifestyle Expert to Board of Directors
Special to the Journal Centerboard, a Lynn-based charitable non-profit that that revitalizes communities by investing in their people and places, recently welcomed Amy McLaughlin as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Amy is a successful local businesswoman, running…
Eastern Bank Announces Executive Leadership Promotions
Eastern Bank, America’s oldest and largest mutual bank, today announced that Gregory P. Buscone and Matthew A. Osborne have been promoted to Executive Vice President, Senior Commercial Banking Officer. Both are also members of Eastern’s Commercial Credit Committee. Both will…
College Debt Is a National Crisis and Disgrace
One of the clearest indications of the growing income and wealth inequality in our nation is the level of college debt that is being incurred by the vast majority of the current generation of college students and recent graduates. According…
Guest Op-ed Keep Medicare Part D’s Six Protected Classes Protected
By Linda Stalters and Raymond Y. Cho Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a troubling regulation that would weaken Medicare Part D, the federal program that helps 45 million American seniors and people with disabilities afford…
St. Mary’s Athletic Director Newhall Honored By Peers
St. Mary’s High School Athletic Director Jeff Newhall received the President’s Award of Merit from the Massachusetts Secondary School Athletic Directors Association (MSSADA). The award was presented at the organization’s annual awards luncheon on March 27 in Hyannis. The President’s…
Gannon Golf Club Sport Coat Benefit
Beautiful Gannon Golf Course was created in the 1930s for the working man in Lynn under President Hoover’s administration. The course was craved-out from a section in the Lynn Woods Reservation. Over 800 Lynn residents were able to find work…