The Congressional race between Congressman John Tierney and his Republican opponent Richard Tisei is as close as they get at this rather lazy moment during what is turning out to be a long, hot summer. Recent twists and turns in…
Category: Editorials
The Summer of 2012
The tragedy in Colorado has touched Americans in different ways everywhere during this otherwise lovely summer of 2012. The mass murder and shooting of so many innocents last week at a movie-plex in Aurora goes to prove once again how…
Gang Activity Drops
Police Chief Kevin Coppinger has noted, and quite rightly, that gang activity in the city of Lynn has dropped substantially. Those of us who live here and who are proud to call this place our home are pleased to learn…
Learning from Revere’s Sand Sculpture Festival
Hundreds of thousands of people descended upon Revere Beach for the annual sand sculpture competition last weekend. During Saturday evening’s fireworks display, the crowd watching was estimated to be perhaps the largest crowd at Revere Beach since the 1940’s –…
The Harsh Glare of a Difficult Limelight
Congressman John Tierney held a news conference in Salem last week to deflect the rampant talk going around that he had knowledge of and hung around with bookmakers, who happen to be his brothers-in-law. One of his brothers-in-law, recently convicted…
The Fourth of July
There is nothing quite like a Fourth of July along the coast of the North Shore. There are flags everywhere, people, parties, cookouts, entire streets shut off for block parties and there are the fireworks which nearly everyone so enjoys.…
The Mayor, Tim Phelan, Whomever Else
The time will be here before you know it when the mayor will be revving up her re-election effort and her opponents will be doing the same to theirs. At this moment, Council President Tim Phelan appears to be a…
Thank You Police and Fire
Saturday night the electricity went off for several thousand of us who live along Ocean Street all the way to the Swampscott line and along Lynn Shore Drive to the same place. The electricity had been off about an hour…
KIPP in the Limelight
It is one thing to create and carry on with a very ambitious educational venue and to make it work above all odds and to enjoy great success. It is another thing to have a gaffe and have to apologize…
Agganis Week Begins
One of the great events on the North Shore every year for student athletes is the Agganis Classics week. It is not only a tribute to one of Lynn’s most legendary athletes, Harry Agganis, but a final recognition for the…