The 24th Annual Paul Cavanagh Golf Tournament. This annual event has raised over $150,000 for LEHS, LCHS, St. Mary’s & Bishop Fenwich students, as well as children of deceased FBI agents. It was a great day for all,…
Author: Journal Staff
City Puts Gannon Lease out to Bid: 5-year Lease Term Designed to Garner More Bidders, Better Rent
According to Assistant City Solicitor James Lamanna, the city’s bid process for management and operation of Gannon Golf Course was designed to elicit a greater number of potential operators and increase the rent that can be paid to the city…
Manning Field Ticket Prices Could Be Rising
The Lynn Stadium Commission will soon vote on a proposal that would increase the cost of admission to events at Manning Field from $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students to $6 for adults and $4 for seniors…
Fraser Field to Get New Infield Turf: $300,000 Project to Be Completed Before Winter
According to John Kasian of the Lynn Community Development office, the city is currently seeking bids for a new artificial turf infield at Fraser Field, which will replace the 10-year old artificial infield that was installed in 2002 and include…
Welcome Home, Helen Ridley
Even when All-Scholastic Helen Ridley left Lynn after a superlative high school basketball career to become a Division 1 college player at Quinnipiac University, she still had the city in her heart. For it was Helen Ridley who attracted the…
Obituaries 08-27-2013
Alice Longo Member of The Greatest Generation Alice G. (Fabian) Longo, a lifelong Revere resident, died on August 2 following a brief illness at the Rosewood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Peabody. She was 95 years old. Born and raised…
profiles of Ward Five Council candidates
With contested races in nearly every local elected office on the ballot from mayor to School Committee, there are plenty of bumper stickers, yard signs and campaign flyers making their way around the city this fall. Campaign literature can only…
Family Fun at Fraser Thank You, North Shore Navigators
Although the North Shore Navigators weren’t able to reach their goal of winning the Futures Collegiate Baseball League championship, it was, from all perspectives, a very successful season for the team who plays its home games at Fraser Field in…
Obituaries 08-20-2013
Nellie Geneva Drewicz Worked for Hoague Sprague Corporation Nellie Geneva Drewicz, a resident of Masconomet Healthcare Center in Topsfield, formerly of Lynn, passed away on August 15. She spent her entire career as an office worker for the Hoague Sprague…
Pride Hyundai Team Will Be in Jimmy Fund Walk
Don Campbell and the Pride Hyundai of Lynn Team are raising funds for adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute by participating in the 25th Anniversary of the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk presented by…