Month: February 2019

End of Year Real Estate Prices Are Up

According to figures from the Massachusetts Association of Realtors, Lynn’s year-end median sale prices were up for single-family homes and condominiums. Median single-family sales were up 6.2 percent from $329,559 in 2017 to $350,000 in 1918. In median sales price…

Green New Deal Is a Good Deal

The growing movement for the federal government to take the lead in effecting policies that will negate the effects of both economic inequality and climate change has been incorporated into what is being referred to as the Green New Deal.…

Job Fair For Encore

One of the largest job fairs for a single company will be happening over the next few months and local residents are encouraged to apply for a position.  Encore, Boston Harbor, is seeking to hire 5,000 people to staff the…

Board Seeks to Ban the Bags

The Board of Health is expected to take up the issue of banning plastic bags at its Feb. 12 meeting at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall. Many neighboring communities and across the Commonwealth have banned plastic bags. In these communities,…