House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo announced a new initiative to invest $1 billion over the next 10 years to help communities across Massachusetts adopt technologies – including clean energy, energy efficiency, and climate change resiliency measures – that cut greenhouse…
Author: Journal Staff
UPS Honors Lynn Employee for 25 Years of Safe Driving
UPS recently announced that 34 elite drivers from Massachusetts are among 1,436 newly inducted worldwide into the Circle of Honor, an honorary organization for UPS drivers who have achieved 25 or more years of accident-free driving. Joining the elite drivers…
Metro Credit Union Launches a Bed for Every Child Initiative
Metro Credit Union announces the launch of a company-wide campaign that will support local organizations serving families with young children who struggle with housing insecurity. The Credit Union encourages employees to “dress-down” and wear jeans to work on one Friday…
Lynn CPA Pleads Guilty to Mortgage and Tax Charges
A Lynn accountant pleaded guilty this week in federal court in Boston to assisting a multi-year mortgage fraud scheme by creating fraudulent tax returns and submitting fraudulent letters to lenders. David Plunkett, 53, of Lynn, pleaded guilty to one count…
Massachusetts Greenworks Is an Investment in Our Present — and Future
The announcement last week by House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo that the state will be investing $1 billion over the next decade to help communities across Massachusetts adopt technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fortify infrastructure is welcome news…
Project Here’s Online App for Youth Prevention Education Wins Parents’ Choice Award 2019
Attorney General Maura Healey announced that Project Here Games, an online app available for middle school students to practice healthy decision-making skills for substance use prevention, has been selected as a 2019 Parents’ Choice Gold Award winner. “Project Here Games…
Local Students Receive Academic Achievements
Hofstra University Congratulates Fall 2018 Dean’s List Students Hofstra University congratulates the students named to the Fall 2018 Dean’s List for their outstanding academic achievement. Students must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 during the semester to…
Letter to the Editor
Stop Smoking Now Dear Editor, February is American Heart Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, smoking is a leading cause of heart disease. Smoking can lead to the narrowing of blood vessels and high blood pressure…
Traffic, Traffic Everywhere
A recent national report confirmed what those of us in the Greater Boston area have known all-too-well for all-too-long: That by some measures, traffic congestion on our metropolitan roadways is the worst in the entire nation and among the worst…