By Thomas Grillo The first tenants won’t move into luxurious loft-style apartments at the restored Daily Item building on Exchange Street in downtown until next summer. But the development team is already planning their next project just a few feet…
Month: January 2020
Local Students Named to the Assumption College Dean’s List
Assumption College has announced the students who have been named to the College’s Dean’s List for the fall 2019 semester. To be named to the prestigious list, which is announced at the completion of the fall and spring semesters, students…
The Earth Is on Fire
As this is being written, reports indicate that the worst is yet to come for the people of Australia, whose land literally is burning up all around them. The apocalyptic images of families being driven from their homes, wearing face…
Guest Op-Ed: No Eraser for 2019, But Redemption in 2020
By Melissa Martin, Ph.D. Will we be the same human beings in the new year? Will this year be different? Will humanity change? Along with 2020 comes the hope and yearning for a more peaceful human race. How do we…
200 Gift Food Boxes to the Boys & Girls Club
New Town Officers to Be Sworn In
The Inauguration of the City Council and School Committee members will take place on January 6, 2020, at 7 p.m. in the City Hall Auditorium. Judge Garrett J. McManus will be administering the Oath of Office to the members of…
Lynn Senior Center Holiday Party Filled to Capacity
Special to the Journal Holiday cheer was in abundance at the Lynn Senior Center on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, as the annual holiday party was sold out with 130 people in attendance. “This event is always filled to capacity,” said…
Condos Planned for Former Repair Shop
By Thomas Grillo Nine months after Mayor Thomas M. McGee and the City Council clashed over the future of a former repair shop, the developer is now planning 100 condos on the site off the Lynnway. Patrick J. McGrath told…
Katzounos Inducted Into Sigma Theta Tau
Lynn resident, Adelina Mary Katzounos, is among select students from Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., who has been inducted into Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing. In a ceremony this fall, Sigma Theta Tau inducted Katzounos…
A New Year, A New Decade
The arrival of a new year — especially when it is the start of a new decade — marks a time of reflection for all of us. We pause to think back to the decade that has come and gone,…