The Lynn Journal sat down with legendary Lynn basketball coach Herb Brenner to talk about the 1961-62 Lynn Lions’ season. The 93-year-old Brenner, a patient at the Aviv Center for Living in Swampscott where is rehabilitating from shoulder surgery, was…
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Lynn Named One of the State’s Five Pioneer Cultural Districts
Once dubbed the “City of Firsts,” Lynn is officially living up to its name. The City joined Rockport, Gloucester’s Rocky Neck, Boston’s Fenway neighborhood and Pittsfield as the state’s first group of designated Cultural Districts, approved by the Massachusetts Cultural…
A Big Announcement: Lynn’s Swimmer of the Year Vazquez Will Attend Worcester Polytechnic
The announcement at the Lynn High School Swimming Awards Banquet may have gone unnoticed by some in the room at Prince Restaurant in Saugus. But Lynn Tech Principal Diane Paradis heard it loudly and clearly and beamed a proud smile…
Leo Sevinor, Father of Noted Local Surgeon, Sheldon Sevinor, Dead at 95
When Leo Sevinor was growing up in Chelsea during the 1930s, his late father Ralph Sevinor purchased one of the last remaining farms in Marblehead. That farm spread from Wares Pond almost to Tent’s Corner, where the Marblehead Bank is…
Garden Glory: Seniors Thompson, Gagliolo Reflect on St. Mary’s State Championship Season
For St. Mary’s High School seniors Devin Thompson and Nick Gagliolo, the memories of winning a state basketball championship at the TD Garden will last a lifetime. “It was really crazy – a few days later it’s really starting to…
St. Mary’s Names New Head of School
Grace Cotter Regan has been named head of school at St. Mary’s High School, replacing Dr. Raymond A. Bastarache, who is retiring in June. Regan has almost 30 years’ experience working in education and institutional advancement, including 23 years at…
EDIC Board Member Named in State Top 100 Influential Latinos
Magnolia Contreras, a member of the board of the directors of the Economic Development Industrial Corporation of Lynn (EDIC/Lynn), has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in the state’s Hispanic community by El Planeta newspaper. Contreras…
St. Mary’s Advances to State Final
What do you tell your team after it’s just been 3.9 seconds away from accomplishing its goal and now you have to regroup and play in an overtime period and a potential shootout? St. Mary’s girls hockey coach Frank Pagliuca…
Gannon Facing New Era: Membership Declining
One of Lynn’s greatest reasons to exist, its own 18 hole golf course with a fabulous clubhouse and spectacular views of the Boston skyline from several of its holes, is facing the changing times. Gannon Golf Course is trying to…
Senator Brown Speaks with Area Veterans About TRICARE Program
He arrived in his signature outfit last Friday at the Mottolo Post in Revere – a Carhart jacket over a simple shirt and tie. U.S. Sen. Scott Brown was certainly in his element when he stood in the humble veterans…