Even when All-Scholastic Helen Ridley left Lynn after a superlative high school basketball career to become a Division 1 college player at Quinnipiac University, she still had the city in her heart. For it was Helen Ridley who attracted the…
Author: Journal Staff
Obituaries 08-27-2013
Alice Longo Member of The Greatest Generation Alice G. (Fabian) Longo, a lifelong Revere resident, died on August 2 following a brief illness at the Rosewood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Peabody. She was 95 years old. Born and raised…
profiles of Ward Five Council candidates
With contested races in nearly every local elected office on the ballot from mayor to School Committee, there are plenty of bumper stickers, yard signs and campaign flyers making their way around the city this fall. Campaign literature can only…
Family Fun at Fraser Thank You, North Shore Navigators
Although the North Shore Navigators weren’t able to reach their goal of winning the Futures Collegiate Baseball League championship, it was, from all perspectives, a very successful season for the team who plays its home games at Fraser Field in…
Obituaries 08-20-2013
Nellie Geneva Drewicz Worked for Hoague Sprague Corporation Nellie Geneva Drewicz, a resident of Masconomet Healthcare Center in Topsfield, formerly of Lynn, passed away on August 15. She spent her entire career as an office worker for the Hoague Sprague…
Pride Hyundai Team Will Be in Jimmy Fund Walk
Don Campbell and the Pride Hyundai of Lynn Team are raising funds for adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute by participating in the 25th Anniversary of the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk presented by…
Developer Sues over Eminent Domain Taking: Superior Court Case Seeks Higher Price for Property on Brookline Street
The former property owner and developer of the property at the corner of Brookline and Empire streets, where the city is planning to build the New Marshall Middle School, has filed suit in Superior Court over the amount of money…
A Big Step Forward: New Air Conditioning at Lynn Auditorium Expected to Help Raise Venue’s Profile
Lynn Community Development Director James Marsh said this week that he expects the recently installed air conditioning system in the Lynn Auditorium to have a major impact on the city’s ability to attract an even better lineup of shows going…
ONE FINE FORUM: Mayoral Candidates Performed Well at First Debate
Lynn Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy and City Council President Tim Phelan met in the first debate of the campaign last Wednesday at the Congregation Ahabat Shalom on Ocean Street. The Lynn Community Association, led by president Mary Trahan, sponsored the…
Obituaries 08-13-2013
Antoinetta DiRuzza Longtime Box Company Machine Operator Antoinetta DiRuzza died at her Revere home on August 8 surrounded by her family. A lifelong Revere resident, she worked for many years as a machine operator in a box company She was…