Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy congratulates Essex County Sheriff Kevin Coppinger at his inauguration ceremony held Jan. 4 in the Lynn Veterans Auditorium at City Hall. Coppinger took his oath of office before a large assemblage of family, friends, local and…
Author: Journal Staff
Spencer Skates at Frozen Fenway
Lynn native Amelia Spencer skated at Frozen Fenway with her Winthrop U-10 Girls Hockey Team. The Winthrop all girls’ team was selected to skate Tuesday representing Women’s and Girls Hockey Day. After skating with the Boston Pride players, Amelia and…
Cara Crowley Named English Softball Coach
By Joyce Erekson The English High softball team will be under new management this spring. Cara Crowley, who played for the Bulldogs and served as an assistant coach the last two years, is the new head coach. She takes over…
Lynn Community Health Gets $1.5 Million TB Grant
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. The Lynn Community Health Center (LCHC) and the Department of Public Health (DPH) announced this week a $1.5 million grant to develop a new treatment and prevention program for latent tuberculosis (TB). The grant funding will…
Suspect in Five Assaults Arrested:Swampscott Man, Sex Offender Tied to Crimes by GPS
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. A 39-year old Swampscott man, and registered sex offender was arrested this week by Lynn and Swampscott police in connection with five reported attacks that took place near the Lynn-Swampscott line in the area of the…
Essex Heritage Catalyzes New Initiatives, Announcing Matching Grants for Local Heritage Projects
The Essex National Heritage Commission (Essex Heritage), in keeping with its long tradition of supporting the region’s unique cultural heritage, announces the 2017 Essex Heritage Partnership Grant Program. Recognizing the ongoing need for funding, Essex Heritage will award $2,000 grants…
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts Launches Video Contest
For its fourth annual student video contest, the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts (LWVMA) invites high school students to create short videos showing how someone is “making democracy work” where they live. The contest, Making Democracy Work in My…
Jackson Hewitt Joins LACC
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service recently joined the Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce. Jackson Hewitt has three offices located at 57 Market Street in Lynn, at 63 Jefferson Ave., Salem and in Sears, at the North Shore Mall in Peabody. “I…
Winter’s Here — Bundle Up
Winter arrived in full force earlier this week, with a big snowstorm and skin-numbing temperatures. But we are New Englanders, so we know what to expect and how to prepare for it. Indeed, if you were shoveling snow as we…
What Would Martin Luther King Jr. Think?
When one considers that it has been almost 49 years since Martin Luther King was assassinated, it is easy to understand why so many of our fellow Americans today have so little understanding of who he was and what he…