With the fall and winter months approaching, this is the time of year when health experts urge seniors over the age of 65 to get their annual flu and COVID-19 shots. The benefits of both vaccines are huge for even…
Author: Journal Staff
A Government Shutdown Benefits No One
As this is being written, it would appear as though the federal government is set for another government shutdown this week. Republican-controlled majorities have been responsible for most of the shutdowns over the past 30 years, starting with the Newt…
David Solimine Sr. Honored on the Occasion of his 90th Birthday
Nicholson Joins Warren for Discussion on Housing
Special to the Journal Mayor Jared Nicholson joined Sen. Liz Warren and Massachusetts mayors at the senator’s roundtable and press conference Aug. 28 to discuss her bipartisan Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act of 2025. Nicholson…
The Reign of Shane Begins
Lynn English football star Knowlton-Simard is attracting attention from college programs By Cary Shuman Tyllor McDonald only needs to look at videos from John Hoffman’s calls of his high school football games to see greatness in a Lynn English football…
Lynn Receives DOER Green Communities Award
It pays to go green. As a municipality with the state’s Green Community designation, the City is eligible to apply for grants that finance additional energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. In the most recent round of grant funding by…
Reviving happy hours will put more drunk drivers on our roads
The proposal by State Senator Julian Cyr to revive happy hours — which have been outlawed in Massachusetts since the 1980s — is a terrible idea that will have only one guaranteed consequence: More motorists will be driving under the…
Obituaries 09-05-2025
Anita Patricia (Bigley) Hughes Of Everett Anita Patricia (Bigley) Hughes, 100 years young, died peacefully August 12, 2025 at Brightview Danvers after a period of declining health. Anita was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia on March 4, 1925. She…
Lynn Democratic City Committee Hosts Ice Cream Social at Lynn Museum
Lynn Veterans Council will Hold Salute To Service Golf Tournament August 6
Plans announced for parade in 2026 By Cary Shuman The Lynn Veterans Council (LVC) will hold the 2025 Salute To Service Golf Tournament on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at Gannon Municipal Golf Course in Lynn. The event is the first of…