The recent precipitous rise for the cost of home heating oil should cause Lynn officials who care about the plight of the poor and the middle class to tremble. The thousands of poverty stricken and working poor living in this…
Author: Journal Staff
Sports 03-01-2011
Former Spartan Brian Mini is coaching hockey at MC Brian Mini always had the makings of a future hockey coach, reaching out to his sister, Bridget, and his brother, Chris, as they developed an interest in the sport in the…
Obituaries 03-01-2011
Paulette Blake Sodecido Company Environmental Manager Paulette M. (Clarke) Blake of Lynn died suddenly at Union Hospital on February 25. She was 56 years old. She was an Environmental Manager for the Sodecido Company for the past 10 years. Born…
Talent Pool – Classical Graduate Karen Hogan Takes Management Position at MIT
Karen Hogan won’t officially receive her degree in Aquatics Management from Salem State University (SSU) until May, but the Lynn Classical graduate has already launched her career. Hogan, whose name is synonymous with Lynn high school swimming, is working at the…
Where is the Leadership?
You really have to wonder what’s going through the head of the mayor. By all accounts, she doesn’t seem to be into the job. Some of us who love our jobs spend enormous amounts of time at them. Not the…
Fortucci Keeps Job After Council Vote
Journal Staff The city’s chief financial officer received an 11-0 vote fro the Lynn City Council to remain in his position following three days of hearings asked for by the mayor which questioned his competency. The hearings failed to produce…
The Fortucci Debacle Raises New Questions
The series of hearings held by the mayor in order to oust the city’s Chief Financial Officer Richard Fortucci were not just time consuming but ridiculous. They were a humiliation and an embarrassment for this city which came to expect…
Obituaries 02-22-2011
Grace Galloway Hospital Volunteer Grace E. Galloway of Methuen, formerly a long time resident of Everett and Newton Centre, died on February 19. A former Bank of Boston telecommunications department employee and a proud Whidden Hospital volunteer for 16 years,…
City Joins Family in Mourning the Loss of Michelle J. Conlon
The Lynn community, family members and friends are remembering Michelle J. Conlon as an outstanding swimmer, an excellent student, a beautiful and loving daughter, granddaughter, sister, and aunt, and a fantastic person. Conlon, an assistant coach of the Lynn English High…
Witch Hunt? – Lynn Mayor Flanagan-kennedy Going Hard After Richard Fortucci
It is impossible to understand what exactly is at work in the ongoing effort to totally discredit the city’s Chief Financial Officer Richard Fortucci. Is he the worst to ever hold that position as the mayor is alleging? Or is…