News that the Economic Development and Industrial Corporation, the EDIC, is hiring an architect to jump start the renovation of the former Arnold’s Stationery Store on Central Avenue shows that Executive Director Jim Cowdell knows what he’s doing. He’s taking…
Author: Journal Staff
Lynn Little Leagues Begin Full Inter-league Play in 2012 Season
For the first time this season all five Little League organizations will be playing baseball games against each other at the Major League level. Wyoma Little League will join the arrangement for the 2012 season, becoming the final organization to…
School Department Should be Cutting High Paid Positions
There is an environment in the private sector that is compensating for all the business and revenues that were lost when the nation’s economy nearly collapsed in 2007. In fact, the nation’s economy has stabilized but millions remain unemployed, jobs…
Merger Talks on Hold in Lynn Little League
Dan Gisonno and David Dorgan are presidents of the smallest of the five Little League organizations in the city, Pine Hill and Lynn Shore, respectively, but neither leader expects to see a merger with other leagues in the near future.…
Obituaries 01-24-2012
Barbara Pressman First President of Lynn Chapter American Field Service Barbara (Karas) Pressman of Lynn, formerly of Chelsea, died at home on January 19 after a long battle with Acute Leukemia. She was 75 years old. Born, raised and educated in…
Martin Luther King’s Birthday
Had he not been cut down by an assassin’s bullet in 1968, Martin Luther King would have been 83 this week. For those of us old enough to remember, MLK was in his prime when this nation was racially divided,…
Obituaries 01-17-2012
Mary Guarente Lynn Resident Mary D. (Breda) Guarente of Lynn died on January 11. She was 78 years old. The wife of the late Richard E. Guarente, she was the mother of Richard L. of Newton, NH, Robert E. and…
Swim in Lynn
Lynn City Council President Tim Phelan, the Lynn Breakers Soccer Team and Family and Friends did a Polar Plunge on New Year’s Day to benefit the Hungry of the North Shore. Pictured (L to Right) Patrick Walsh, Ryan Phelan, Sean…
Parks
According to police and the heads of the local Parks Department, vandals are attempting to rip-off whatever they can from the city’s parks. What does this include? In one case it was reported that thieves apparently tried to steal an…
Winter Without Snow
This has been a winter without snow. As a result, the city hasn’t spent much money from its snow removal funding budget. This is a good thing as during a normal snow season, the city could be expected to spend…