There is a famous baseball quote: “They expect an umpire to be perfect on Opening Day and to improve as the season goes on.” And that was the impossible standard that Jim Lamanna was expected to achieve on State Primary…
Adam Vinatieri, the former New England Patriots’ placekicker who launched the team’s dynasty with the game-winning field goal on the last play of Super Bowl XXXVI (a 20-17 victory over the St. Louis Rams), will be the guest speaker at…
One of the greatest players in New Hampshire state history has found a new basketball home at Lynn Classical High School. Jaylen LeRoy, a two-time state champion and New Hampshire player of the year at Manchester Central and fourth-all-time leading…
Darren Baker wants to play college basketball but there is a big senior season waiting to begin officially on the Monday after Thanksgiving. A 5-foot-11-inch guard, Baker averaged 15 points per game as a junior for the Lynn Classical boys…
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The Rev. Paul Ritt, pastor of Our Lady of Assumption Church in Lynnfield, said to the assemblage early in the funeral Mass that Jerry Waldron was “a remarkable man.” The Rev. Ritt continued in his extolment, “Today we are here…
David Brown Jr., a football and basketball superstar during his career at St. Mary’s High School in Lynn, has been selected as a captain of the 2026 Bentley University football team. Brown was elected by a vote of the returning…
Micah Q. Jones, Republican candidate for the U.S. Congress seat in the Sixth District that includes the city of Lynn, held a campaign reception June 30 at Old Tyme Italian Cuisine.
When the Lynn Journal sat down with Winthrop’s high-profile actor Shahjehan Khan for an interview last year, he was basking in the glow of his breakout role in Netflix’s No. 1-rated movie, “Aftermath.” The ascension toward the top tier of…
With his proud family sitting at the front table in the function room, William “Billy” Devin Jr., Lynn Classical Class of 1982, delivered the speech of life. Devin was accepting his honor as one of the 17 new inductees into…