While the winter sports season just ended and spring sports began Monday at St. Mary’s, the school’s athletic department is already planning for next year, with the hiring of head coaches for its three new programs: field hockey, co-ed crew,…
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Area Stop & Shop Employees Still on Strike
As of press time Wednesday evening, officials from Stop & Shop and UFCW Local 1445 had not come to an agreement and the strike that began last Thursday continues. Last Thursday afternoon employees of Stop and Shop, locally and around…
St. Mary’s, Sacred Heart Form Pre-K-12 School in Two Locations
St. Mary’s and Sacred Heart are joining forces to strengthen Catholic education opportunities in Lynn. The schools, located one and one-half miles apart, will merge in order to educate children starting at age 2 years and 9 months through grade…
Vietnam War Memorial Ceremony
Centerboard Welcomes Lifestyle Expert to Board of Directors
Special to the Journal Centerboard, a Lynn-based charitable non-profit that that revitalizes communities by investing in their people and places, recently welcomed Amy McLaughlin as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Amy is a successful local businesswoman, running…
Plans for Planning Proposed
The Lynn City Council heard about the possibilities of having a municipal planning department. Mark Fine, the director of municipal collaboration for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) and Ralph Willmer, principal planner with MAPC answered the questions from the…
Banned No More Plastic Bags in Lynn
The Board of Health voted 2-0 to ban single-use plastic bags during its monthly meeting Tuesday night. The new ordinance goes into effect Sept. 1, not July 1 as originally planned. The longer time period allows merchants time to use…
Eastern Bank Announces Executive Leadership Promotions
Eastern Bank, America’s oldest and largest mutual bank, today announced that Gregory P. Buscone and Matthew A. Osborne have been promoted to Executive Vice President, Senior Commercial Banking Officer. Both are also members of Eastern’s Commercial Credit Committee. Both will…
Honoring the Lynn English State Champions
Nicholson Seeks Re-election To Lynn School Committee
Jared Nicholson has announced his candidacy for re-election to the Lynn School Committee. Following is his announcement: I am excited to announce that I am running for reelection to a third term on the Lynn School Committee. I ran for…