By Cary Shuman The St. Mary’s High School boys basketball team defeated Cathedral, 65-64, in dramatic fashion in the Eastern Mass. final Monday at the TD Garden. Matthew Cross, a 6-foot-6-inch eighth grader, scored the winning basket with two seconds…
Author: Journal Staff
Market Basket of the Future:Developer Begins Excavation of Former Factory of the Future Site
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. Swampscott resident and developer Charles Patsios was joined by Lynn Mayor Judith Flangan Kennedy on Monday, as an excavating machine begin the work tearing down the walls of the once state-of-the-art General Electric (GE) manufacturing facility…
Cyr,Coppinger Preparing Runs for Essex Sheriff
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. At the rate things are going in the race to succeed outgoing Essex County Sheriff Frank Cousins, there could wind up being more candidates for Sheriff than Republican presidential candidates. Lynn City Councilor Darren Cyr and…
Lynn Becomes First City in Mass to be Certified as Effectively Eliminating Veterans’ Homelessness
Lynn has become the first city in Massachusetts to be certified by the federal government as having effectively eliminated homelessness among veterans. The official announcement confirming the certification was held in a ceremony Tuesday at the Lynn Museum. The certification…
Sports 03-15-2016
Lynn Jr./Sr. Little League softball to begin this spring By Joyce Erekson Softball season is knocking at the door and with it comes the debut of a new league for 13-16 year-old girls. Registration is still being accepted for the…
A Good Fight
The St. Mary’s girls’ basketball team faced a tough opponent in Bishop Fenwick on Tuesday night, March 8, and ended up losing. The loss ended a very successful season for the team, which saw very notable victories over several tournament…
Curran Hopes to Launch Lynn Community Fund
By Cary Shuman Tom Curran grew up in Lynn and graduated from Lynn Classical High School. The former North Shore regional fundraising director for the United Way of Mass Bay, Curran was inducted in to the Boys and Girls Club…
Extra Credit:St Mary’s Aces NEASC Test
St. Mary’s High School spent the better part of two years in a reaccreditation process with the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, conducting a thorough self-study in advance of an October visit from a NEASC committee charged with…
Hill Top:Classical Standout Completes Four-Year Hoop Career
By Joyce Erekson When it comes to tournament time it’s a one-game season. A loss and you go home. For the underclassmen on the court there’s always next year, but for seniors like Chenysse Hill, a guard on the Classical…
Lynn Teen Arraigned on Murder Charge in Chelsea Shooting:Suspect Held Without Bail, Back in Court on April 8
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. A 16-year old Lynn teen ager, Emmanuel Marrero, was arraigned this week on charges of murder, armed assault with intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, following an early morning party in…