By Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts The consistent teaching of the Catholic Church is that life begins at conception and ends with natural death. As the Roman Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts, we at all times hold firm to that teaching so…
Author: Journal Staff
Baker Orders First COVID-19 Vaccines, Expects December Delivery
The state submitted the Commonwealth’s initial vaccine order to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and expects to get 300,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of December. The federal government allocated Massachusetts 59,475 doses…
Emma Adu Named Caregiver of the Year
The Melrose office of Home Instead Senior Care is proud to announce the selection of Emma Adu of Lynn as Caregiver of the Year. Emma moved here from Ghana 23 years ago and has dedicated her life to helping older…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Inducts New Members The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Laetitia Jowue of…
City of Lynn COVID-19 Update
The Lynn Public Health Department has confirmed that as of today, the number of active, confirmed positive COVID-19 cases is 1,612 with 138 new cases today. 6,875 Lynn residents have recovered and 136 have died. The total number of confirmed…
Happy Hanukkah
The eight-day observance of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, gets underway this Thursday, December 10, and will culminate next Friday, December 18. In summary, Hanukkah commemorates the victory of the Maccabees — a group of fierce warriors who used…
The Virus Is a Hunter — and We Are Its Prey
It now has been nine months since lockdowns went into effect in many states, including here in Massachusetts on March 16. However, despite all of our previous efforts, the COVID-19 pandemic is surging across the entire United States. The pleas of public health…
Pearl Harbor Was 79 Years Ago
It was 79 years ago this week — December 7 — that the nation of Japan launched its attack on Pearl Harbor. The very next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt convened a joint session of Congress in which he famously…
Guest Op-Ed: When Does Christmas Begin?
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Christmas has different beginning times for most everyone. For some it’s when you put up the Christmas tree and decorations. For others it’s when you wrap some presents and put them under the tree. While for…
Guest Op-Ed: MBTA Cuts Impact on Commuters
By the Public Transit Public Good Riders, Workers and Communities United for Transit Justice On December 2, 2020 we conducted a series IVR surveys of residents in communities served by the MBTA during afternoon and evening hours. 467 individual respondents…