Hurricane Irene wasn’t going to get in the way of the Lynn English High School Class of 1966 celebrating its 45th reunion Saturday night at Gannon Golf Course. Approximately one hundred members from the school’s largest-ever class (657 graduates) braved…
Author: Journal Staff
Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene has come and gone, just like that, like the snap of a finger. In truth, for all our preparations, Hurricane Irene was a no-show. She never came to dinner and to stay around a while to wreak her…
Obituaries 08-30-2011
Augustine Pelosi Former Revere resident Augustine R. Pelosi, born in Revere, and a resident of Reading and Fitchburg, died on August 25 after a long illness. He was 80 years old. He leaves his wife Margaret, his son, Robert Pelosi…
Buzzy Barton Opens Campaign Headquarters
Buzzy Barton (center) , candidate for Lynn city councilor-at-large, held a grand opening for his campaign headquarters located at 13 Boston St. Saturday morning. Barton is pictured with some of his many supporters, including campaign manager Claire Cavanagh (third from…
Johnson, Fowler Lead Merrimack Football into New Season
Merrimack College football coach John Perry will count on two Lynn players to lead his team’s defense in the 2011 season. Tony Johnson, a 6-feet-3, 240-pound senior defensive end from Lynn Classical, and Jesse Fowler, a 5-feet-11-inch junior from Lynn…
New Mixed Martial Arts Gym Opens on Astor Street
The sign above the entrance of the new gym on Astor Street in Lynn that notes that some of the finest mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters on the North Shore train there. Since opening Team Pradal Serey Gym four months…
The Advantage of the Beat Cop
On a recent trip to Cal’s in the heart of the downtown to buy the newspaper and a lottery ticket, we passed by a Lynn police officer who was patrolling the area. There weren’t many people around. The downtown isn’t…
Storms More Potent?
One of the quick moving storms over the weekend took down tree limbs and branches throughout the city. Is it reasonable to conclude that the fast moving thunder and lightning storms this summer were more intense than any summer before?…
Obituaries 08-23-2011
Joseph ‘Joey’ Yourawski Revere resident Joseph J. “Joey” Yourawski of Revere died on August 14 after a long illness. He was the loving father of Joseph O’Connell of Somerville, and Cara Finocchio and her husband, Anthony of Revere; beloved son…
Fiste Receives Baseball Scholarship: St. Mary’s Product Will Play at Division 1 Hartford
The city of Lynn and St. Mary’s High School has produced another Division 1 college athlete. Alexander “Alex” Fiste, who starred in the Wyoma Little League and won the city’s Home Run Derby as a 12-year-old, has accepted an athletic…