The Lynn Museum hosted a speaking engagement Tuesday night by Dr. Manisha Sinha, author of The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition. Dr. Sinha is the Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. Pictured at the Museum…
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Technology Available:District Hopes to Promote Community Service Tracking Program Among Students
By Jay Lancaster Technology was front and center at the recent School Committee meeting. The technology in question is a new online system of tracking students’ involvement in community service. School Committee member Jared Nicholson got the ball rolling on…
Select Health Care Courses Now Available at NSCC Lynn
Lynn residence interested in exploring select allied health professions will be able to do so on the Lynn Campus of North Shore Community College. NSCC received a Massachusetts Capital Skills Grant to renovate two McGee Building classrooms into a Universal…
Vocational Programs Taking Shape at LVTI
By Jay Lancaster Guidance counselor Brian O’Connell has a lot to say about the proposed vocational programs set to begin at Lynn Vocational Technical Institute. He and his team have crafted two separate 10 week programs for the school and…
McGee Bests Kennedy in Preliminary Election
By Leah Dearborn It was a big week for state Sen. Thomas McGee, who captured over 70 percent of the votes for mayor in Tuesday’s preliminary election. Incumbent Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy received 27.81 percent of the 5,869 total votes…
New Look for West Lynn Pop Warner
By Cary Shuman West Lynn Pop Warner has a new look, new opponents, and a new playoff formula. The Rams ‘A’ (Unlimited Weight) team unveiled their brand new, college-style, green and yellow uniforms in their season opener against Everett Sunday…
Spartans Beat Sachems 54-21 in Home Opener
By Joe Kasper It didn’t take long for the St. Mary’s football team to find the end zone, in their home opener, at Manning Field this past Friday night. The Spartans drove down the field and capped off their first…
Free Trees Available Through Greening the Gateway Cities Program
Free trees available through Greening the Gateway Cities Program Free trees are available to residents in a section of the downtown and West Lynn area through the Greening the Gateway Cities Program (GGCP), which is funded by the state office…
Tools for Schools
Pictured Left to right, Tina Hoofnagle, Lynn Public Schools program specialist for Parent and Family Engagement; Sally Cuffe; Dr. Catherine C. Latham, superintendent of schools; Kathleen Strangie of Cuffe-McGinn; and Mary Ellen Picardi of Cuffe-McGinn.
Ring of Honor:Rick Ford Gets His Due as a Pro Baseball Pitcher
By Cary Shuman Forty years after he pitched in his final game as a professional baseball player, Ricky Ford has a championship ring to call his own. Ford, a sophomore, southpaw fireballer on the 1973 Lynn Tech state title team…