Massachusetts will lose one of its ten congressional seats in 2013 and Lynn business leaders don’t want to see the city’s current home, the Sixth District, incorporated into another district or eliminated entirely. The Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce (LACC)…
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A New Leash on Life – Joe Ferraro is Training Dogs at Pet Express in Lynn
New England’s most illustrious dog trainer has arrived in Lynn. Joe Ferraro, who has been training dogs for more than three decades, is now conducting dog training courses at the Pet Express store on the Lynnway. Ferraro and his wife…
L’Abbe Leads Spartans to 4-1 Win over Classical
By Jennifer Mageary Special to the Journal For the second year in a row, the St. Mary’s Spartans came out victorious in the John G. Holland Memorial Softball Tournament, defeating Lynn Classical, 4-1. The Holland final matched two of the…
Who will be the Next Chief of Staff
The big question swirling around the offices at city hall is this: who will the mayor appoint to succeed Claire Cavanaugh, her able chief of staff? Cavanaugh leaves on June 4 and her desk and office will be empty, as…
Fighter Engine Legislation Alive for GE Participation
Journal Staff The US Congress last week voted to keep alive a plan to have General Electric as one of two firms developing a Joint Strike Fighter engine. A congressional authorization vote allows GE to continue to build an alternate…
Turn the Clock Back
For those of us over 50, there are always the lingering, latent but altogether very real and compelling feelings we carry with us about Lynn the way we knew it, the way it was, when we were much younger people…
Mass Maritime Graduates Convene for 35th Reunion
Graduates of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy Class of 1976 gathered at the Porthole Restaurant in Lynn on May 12 for their 35th reunion. Two graduates with Lynn connections, Phil Trapasso, who attended Lynn English High School, and Tom Donahue, a…
Comptroller says He’ll Pay Back the Money
When the city council rescinded a motion to remove City Treasurer Richard Fortucci as the city’s chief financial officer, that was the moment when City Comptroller John Pace should have given up the extra money he was receiving as the…
Peter Pan
Lynn residents, (back row left to right) Ashley Blake, Kate Resnek, Genny Caswell, Isaac Maldonado, (front row left to right) Sophia DeFronzo, Ariana Chaves, and Michaela Hope, will be performing with North Shore Children’s Theatre (NSCT) in the upcoming production…
Clay Walsh Launches At-Large Campaign
Last Wednesday night a crowd of about 70, along with city officials including the mayor, filled Turbine Wine Bar in downtown Lynn to hear Robert ‘Clay’ Walsh speak about his candidacy for Councilor At Large. “I could have held my…