Four-hundred-and-thirty GE employees gathered at the plant’s walking path today and engaged in a 30-minute, instructor-led stretch-band workout, thus establishing an unofficial world record (pending verification) for the largest resistance-band group exercise. Once the registration is validated by the World…
Author: Journal Staff
WFNX Going off Air
In 1991, the summer going into my freshman year of high school, a monumental event would take place that would reshape music for the first half of that decade. At 7 p.m. on August 29 a raw sound from a…
A Casino in Lynn?
Two local businesspeople are reaching out to Steve Wynn, the iconic casino developer and one of the world’s richest men to consider coming to Lynn. On its face, the reach out by Patricia Keefe and David Zeller, should be complimented…
Obituaries 05-22-2012
Irene ‘Daisy’ Piasecki Retired Fruit Processor Irene P. “Daisy” (Johnson) Piasecki, a lifelong resident of Chelsea, died on May 16. She was 75 years old. A retired fruit processor, having worked at the Lowell Bros. Produce Co. in Chelsea for…
House Secures Funding for Youth Summer Jobs
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo joined his colleagues in the House of Representatives in approving funding for the youth summer jobs program, which provides grants to local communities and businesses as a way of offering subsidized work for at-risk youths.…
The Anthony’s Property and What to Do with It
Councillor Brendan Crighton pretty much led the troops at city hall in an effort recently to have the Athanis Family let the city know what exactly it is going to do with its downtown building which has been empty since…
Obituaries 05-15-2012
Evelyn Kummins Of Marblehead, formerly of Lynn Evelyn L. (Gartz) Kummins of Marblehead, formerly of Lynn, died on May 12. She was 81 years old. Devoted to family and Temple Sinai, she was a graduate of Lynn Classical High School,…
Arbor Day Celebration
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Catherine Latham, back row center, joined students and teachers from the Shoemaker School for an Arbor Day celebration at Gowdy Park on May 2.
School Board Gives Vote of Confidence to School Superintendent Latham
The School Committee’s 4-3 vote against posting the superintendent’s position was a close call for Catherine Latham. She dodged a bullet when the school committee decided she should stay on rather than to advertise the position and look for someone…
Obituaries 05-08-2012
June Paul Lifelong Lynn Resident June Paul, a lifelong Lynn resident, died in peace at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers on April 26 after a brief battle with cancer. She was surrounded by loving family members including her…