Special To The Journal Lynn Mayor-Elect Jared Nicholson has announced the first staff members that will be working in his office starting January 4, 2021. “We are thrilled about the team that is coming together,” Nicholson said. “We have a…
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Have a Merry — and Safe — Christmas
The holiday season usually is the most wonderful time of the year. But Christmas, 2021, is anything but wonderful, even for those of us who are among the most fortunate in our society. Our collective stress and anxiety levels are…
Appreciation: Chief Hollow Was One of Lynn’s Best
Special to the Journal The City of Lynn lost one of our all-time best citizens with the recent passing of former long-time Police Chief John F. “Jack” Hollow, Sr. Chief Hollow’s life story was typical of so many of his…
Lynn English Drama Club to Present Play by Simon Stephens
The English Theater Collective, the drama club at Lynn English High School, is tackling an important work for their first show of the 2021-22 school year. “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” is a play by Simon…
Local Students in the News
Alexa Nova Vargas Receives FIRST Trimester Honors Pingree School is proud to announce that Alexa Nova Vargas, of Lynn, has been placed on the Honor Roll for the first trimester of the 2021-2022 academic year. Honor Roll is calculated at…
Holiday Gathering for Ward 7 Councilor Jay Walsh
A very hard working, dedicated Ward 7 Councilor Jay Walsh met many supporters at his Holiday gathering. State Representative Peter Capano introduced Jay as he said, “Jay and I worked together on the Council and at Local 201. He cares…
‘Tis the Season for Giving — and Never Has the Need Been More Urgent
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. With Christmas fast approaching, most of us will be rushing about — either to the stores and malls or on-line…
GOP’s Opposition to Rachael Rollins
The unprecedented opposition, accompanied by unprecedented vitriol, by the Republican members of the U.S. Senate to the nomination of Suffolk County District Atty. Rachael Rollins for the position of U.S. Attorney for the Massachusetts district has laid bare their driven…
Guest Op-Ed: Somehow, Some Way, May This Be a Christmas Worth Remembering
Dr. Glenn Mollette We had difficulties when we were growing up in Martin county, Kentucky but overall, we thought we were doing okay. President Lyndon Johnson came to Inez, Kentucky in 1964 to let us know we weren’t doing very…
Obituaries 12-16-2021
Thomas Donahue National Grid Retiree Thomas D. Donahue, 66, of Lynn passed away at home on November 30 surrounded by his loving family. Tom was born in Boston on December 23, 1954, grew up in Winthrop and graduated from Winthrop…