Has the coronavirus pandemic caused you to consider returning to college to change careers or add new skills? If you are looking to save time and money in doing so, consider if you may be eligible for earning credit for…
Month: July 2020
More than $1 Trillion Is Needed
We’re all familiar with the phrase, “A day late and a dollar short.” What brought that to mind this week was the announcement by the Republicans in Washington of their $1 trillion economic pandemic plan that would supplement the $3…
Schools Must Be Safe to Reopen
We will be the first to concede that we do not know what exactly must be done in order to reopen our state’s public schools safely in the face of the pandemic. However, what we do know is that a…
Lynn Residents, Community Groups Call for Emergency Housing Stability Bill
Vote by Mail: Rowe Leads Lynn’s Election Effort for Sept. 1 Primary
By now, Lynn’s registered voters should have an “Official 2020 Vote by Mail Application” which was sent this week by mail from State Secretary William Galvin. Lynn City Clerk and Election Chief Janet Rowe said that residents must fill out…
Water Quality Report Card for Kings Beach in Lynn Announced
With summer in full swing and beach goers enjoying sun, surf and sand, while social distancing Save the Harbor/Save the Bay released its annual report on the water quality at Kings Beach in Lynn. According to Save the Harbor/Save the…
Newhall: Our Best Season Ever: St. Mary’s Girls Basketball Holds Awards Banquet
“When St. Mary’s High School girls basketball coach Jeff Newhall calls it “our best season ever,” you know it’s been one for the all-time record books. Newhall made that declaration at the team’s awards banquet held outdoors July 15 at…
State Continues to Advance Solar Progress with Incentive Program Updates
The Baker-Polito Administration announced final updates to the Commonwealth’s Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program after filing emergency regulations in April. As a result of a robust stakeholder and public comment process, the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) implemented revisions…
Massachusetts Logs Highest Unemployment Rate in the Nation for June
The state’s June total unemployment rate is up eight-tenths of a percentage point at 17.4 percent following a revision to the May rate of 16.6 percent, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Friday. It is the highest unemployment…
MS-13 Members Plead Guilty to 2018 Lynn Murder
Two members of the violent transnational criminal gang known as “La Mara Salvatrucha” or “MS-13” pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to RICO conspiracy and admitted to their participation in the July 2018 murder of a teenage boy in Lynn.…