A five-alarm fire in Chelsea overnight began on a rear porch, prompting a reminder from Chelsea Fire Chief Leonard Albanese and State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey to use caution with any open flame on porches, balconies, and decks. “The cause…
Month: August 2022
RAM’s Lynn, Mass. Clinic Rescheduled for Oct. 2022
Remote Area Medical – RAM® – a major nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality dental, vision and medical care to those in need – has rescheduled the Lynn, Mass. clinic to Oct. 29-30. The clinic was originally set…
The MWRA Is Doing A Great Job
Residents in our newspapers’ circulation area in Greater Boston probably are unaware that most of the communities in Massachusetts are enduring drought conditions that have resulted in the imposition of severe water-use restrictions. But here in Greater Boston, there is…
Robert Kraft Belongs in the Hall of Fame
As we are writing this early in the week, the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Coach/Contributor Committee is getting ready to meet to select one of 12 nominees for inclusion in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the Class…
Sweep Success: North Shore Vacuum Nears 90th Anniversary
Wayne Simonelli’s well-known business, North Shore Vaccum, located on Market Street in Lynn is really floor-ishing. Yes, that’s a pun and not a very good one, at that. But the flourishing part is very true as North Shore Vacuum is…
Lynn Babe Ruth Advances To Single-Elimination Play in World Series
Salem State U. Receives Largest Cash Gift Ever Made to a Mass. State University
Special to the Journal Cummings Foundation has donated $10 million to Salem State University’s School of Education to support programs and initiatives aimed at diversifying, strengthening, and sustaining the next generation of educators. The gift represents the largest cash contribution…
Annual Festival Honoring Healing Saints Cosmas and Damian Set for Sept. 9–11
Rock & Roll, Vocal, and Grammy® Halls Fame Artist, The Platters will host fellow international headline recording artists The Trammps, Chubby Checker & The Wildcats, and Starship featuring Mickey Thomas at the 97th edition of the Italian Culture, Family, and…
MGC Releases July 2022 Gross Gaming Revenue
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission reported that the month of July 2022 at Plainridge Park Casino (PPC), MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor generated approximately $99 million in Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR). PPC, a category 2 slots facility, is taxed on…
Federal Funding Approved for Lynnway Project
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and MBTA are pleased to announce that more than $20 million in funding has been approved for the Lynnway Multimodal Corridor Project by the United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) FY 2022 Rebuilding American…