Halloween will be observed this Monday, and that means that scores of children and others will be roaming our streets during the early-evening hours as they go about their ritual of trick-or-treating in our neighborhoods. It is up to each…
Author: Journal Staff
Pirate Day
Jacquelyn Sullivan with her children, Laila, Antonio, and Aiden Pena during the Dungeon Rock Pirate Day in Lynn Woods last Saturday, Oct. 15. Several families came out for the annual tradition on what was a beautiful fall afternoon.
Matt Durgin Reaches 150-Win Coach Milestone
By Cary Shuman Matt Durgin doesn’t need milestones to affirm his brilliance as a high school football coach so maybe that’s why he deflected the spotlight and put it on his St. Mary’s football players and assistant coaches after an…
Lynn English Graduate Svetchnikov is Crowned Mrs. Massachusetts 2017
By Cary Shuman Anna Svetchnikov, a 2003 graduate of Lynn English, was crowned Mrs. Massachusetts Universal in September and will compete for the title of Mrs. United States Universal in Reno, Nevada in 2017. Svetchnikov, a 31-year-old mother of two…
Bartlett Resigns as English Softball Coach
By Joyce Erekson The high school softball coaching scene in Lynn is poised for yet another change. Jack Bartlett, who took over the head coaching job at English in 2015 when Alisa Fila stepped down after 23 years, has resigned.…
News Briefs
NSCC Forum on Tolerance Oct. 27 and 28 The NSCC annual Forum on Tolerance will take place next week, October 27 and 28 with panels and speakers on a variety of topics that explore how our country can start to…
Trio of Saturday Blazes Kept Fire Department Busy
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. The Lynn Fire Department responded to three different fires last Saturday evening, October 15, handling all three blazes without any major injuries or significant loss of property according to fire officials. The first, was a second…
Letters to the Editor
Above and beyond what is expected Dear Editor: I was disappointed to read Peter Manoogian’s letter to the editor, which paints an incomplete and inaccurate picture of Representative Donald Wong’s voting record on education issues. Mr. Manoogian cites “a sampling…
Sad State of America
We know we join with all of our fellow Boston-area citizens in praying for the speedy recovery of East Boston police officers Richard Cintolo and Matt Morris, as well as the two year-old Roxbury girl, who were shot this past…
LACC Breakfast
Dr. Nicholas Sarantopoulos, president and CEO of breakfast Gold Sponsor Community Brotherhood Credit Union, Leslie Gould, president and CEO of Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce, and Lynn Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy.