It will be hats off to the late Alice O’Neil as Lynn Little League baseball and softball players will pay tribute to the long-time District 16 administrator by wearing her initials “AO” on their caps this season. The news of…
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Make’em Laugh- Rising Star Sal Votano will Host Comedy Contest at O’Brien’s Pub
After walking around the block one day, Sal Votano told his wife Risa that he wanted to be a standup comic. “She started laughing at me and I got my first laugh,” recalled Votano. Audiences at comedy venues throughout New…
City Suing Salem over Large Lowe’s
The Lynn City Council rose up in mightiness and sent a message to the city of Salem last week. In so many words, the council delivered this message to the city of Salem and its Planning Board: “Don’t tread on…
The Beauty and the Beast
This winter’s snow storms have transformed the city. It has changed our habits, how we shop, where we expect to park, when we go out and who can come to visit. For retailers on Lewis Street and in the downtown,…
Applause for Police, Fire and Rescue
The cave in of the roof in the off-the-Lynnway garage housing the city’s bus services caught two drivers under tons of snow and steel and cement last week. What might have been a deadly incident turned into a search and…
Obituaries 01-02-2011
Marie Brown Of Lynn, formerly of Revere Marie E. (Harrigan) Brown, formerly of Revere, died unexpectedly in Lynn on January 28. She was in her 82nd year. She was the wife of the late Joseph B. Brown; devoted mother of…
Town and Gown
English graduates Saltzman and Curtis tie the knot after successful collegiate athletic careers in Cambridge They are shining examples for the Lynn public school system, two graduates of Lynn English High School who went on to college and worked hard to…
Chelsea Man Kills Woman; dumps Body in Lynn
A 27-year old Chelsea man confined to a mental health facility in Revere apparently killed a 25-year old Peabody woman who was caring for him last Thursday. Deshawn Chapell repeatedly stabbed Stephanie Moulton inside the North Suffolk Mental Health facility…
Clancy Bests Barton in Harassment Suit
With Councillor at Large Buzzy Barton’s considerable help, Mayor Judith Flanagan-Kennedy pushed former Mayor Chip Clancy out of public life and into retirement. It was a big victory for Barton, who often felt done in by the ex-mayor when he…
Salem Approves Lowes Project as Expected
The city of Salem’s approval of the Lowes development on Highland Avenue is a fait accompli. All the complaining this city wants to do will not reverse the approval. There may be temporary injunctive relief the city can seek in…