What: 24-hour unfair labor practice strike and picket by Complete Cleaning employees that clean General Electric plant in Lynn to combat Complete Cleaning’s retaliatory firing of workers and other illegal unfair labor practices Where: General Electric plant at 1100 Western…
Author: Journal Staff
LynnCam in the Hot Seat; Mayor Should Back Off
By all accounts, it appears as though the mayor, her minions and the daily are making an attempt to oust the President of LynnCam’s Board of Directors, Karen Chapman. Ms. Chapman, we believe, does an admirable job of running LynnCam…
A Plan for a Brand: Mayor Kennedy Considers Marketing Campaign for the City
Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy announced at a Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast Friday that the city is considering a new branding and marketing campaign for the city. “I was approached a couple of weeks ago by the EDIC who…
Clancy Tournament will Continue in 2012
We are pleased to announce that after a meeting between Edward ‘Chip’ Clancy, Frank Carey, Gary Molea, Jeff Newhall and Bill Devin, that the Clancy Tournament will continue for many years to come on Memorial Day weekend at Fraser Field.…
The Mayor’s 18 Month State of City Comments
Detailing her 18 months in office at Gannon Golf Course on the clubhouse deck last week at the Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Mayor Judith Flanagan-Kennedy concentrated, and rightly so, on public safety and what she has done to…
Obituaries 06-21-2011
Joncarlos Perez 2011 graduate of Peabody High School Joncarlos Perez of Peabody died on June 11 as a result of a car accident while on vacation in the Dominican Republic. He was 18 years old. An avid student of mixed-martial…
When They Show Up Good Things Happen
The mayor’s speech to Chamber members at Gannon was well attended and well received. Kudos to Executive Director Leslie Gould, Joanne Power, and Sandra Lewis. They put together a great program and drew a big crowd and it was all…
A Proud English Graduate Moves On
Whittredge overcame adversity and became a school leader Neil Whittredge’s message to his fellow graduates at Lynn English High School is: Accept change, create diversity, and push to succeed when adversity faces you.” Whittredge overcame some major obstacles in his…
Looking at Politics: Blame Everyone
The John Pace dismissal isn’t exactly what it appears to be. Nothing is, really, as most of us know. Why Pace was dismissed by Chief Financial Officer Richard Fortucci is, among other things, the most talked about recent event at…
Pace Fired by Fortucci in a Total Turn Around
There is an ancient story told about Caesar and Pompey, Rome’s greatest generals, who went after one another until their final meeting in battle at Pharsalus in the year 48 BC. Pompey had 150,000 troops as compared with Caesar’s Legion…