Category: News
They’re No. 1: RE/MAX 360 Divirgilio Homes Celebrates a Successful 2019
What do the LSU football team and RE/MAX 360 DiVirgilio Homes have in common? They are both No. 1. Al and Katie DiVirgilio, the husband-and-wife owners of the Lynn real estate office at 85 Exchange St., are celebrating the fact…
Lynn’s 2019 Top 100 Salaries Announced
By Thomas Grillo Lynn’s first-responders were among the highest paid employees on the city’s payroll last year, comprising 83 of the Top 100 salaries, according to the Comptroller’s office. A public records request revealed the highest paid person in 2019…
Lynn to Be Home to Two New Collaborative Workspaces
As part of MassDevelopment’s Collaborative Workspace Program, Lynn will be home to two new infrastructures that will house entrepreneurial ventures. Last Tuesday, Jan. 9, the Baker-Polito Administration announced $1,892,910 in grants to 31 organizations to strengthen community-based innovation and entrepreneurship…
Lynn Nonprofit Gets Census Grant from MA Census Equity Fund
By John Lynds This year the United States will conduct its decennial census. In Lynn there’s been a huge push to ensure a fair and complete count in the 2020 U.S. Census because it determines everything from representation in Congress,…
LPS Receives Grant for Expansive Afterschool Program and Summer Camp
Students in Lynn Public Schools will now have an opportunity to engage in after-school and summer programming that includes free project-based learning, arts, health and wellness education, STEM and academic support activities. Thanks to a $125 thousand dollar grant that was awarded…
City Officials Take Office at Inauguration Ceremony
Members of City Council, School Committee Receive Oaths of Office
Special to the Journal The City of Lynn held its Inauguration Ceremony Monday night at the Lynn Memorial Auditorium in City Hall. The Honorable Justice Garrett J. McManus administered the oaths of office to the members of the City Council…
Student Highlight Senior John Garcia Accepted into MIT
Since Jason Garcia was in eighth grade, he has dreamed of going to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and that dream recently came true. The Lynn Classical senior found out that he was accepted to the prestigious school when…
Six-Story Apartment Building Approved for Mount Vernon Street
By Thomas Grillo The first tenants won’t move into luxurious loft-style apartments at the restored Daily Item building on Exchange Street in downtown until next summer. But the development team is already planning their next project just a few feet…