The smiling mayor elect Judith Flanagan-Kennedy shown side by side on our front page with the smiling Governor Deval Patrick in his Beacon Hill office last week proves the old adage that a picture is worth 10,000 words. In this…
Category: Editorials
Lynnfield Street repairs
It is gratifying to learn that Lynnfield Street is up for some technical changes that will alter the situation where Lynnfield meets the Lynn border. Councillor Wayne Lozzi is the point man for most of the upcoming changes, which will…
Mayor-elect Judith Flanagan-Kennedy
Judith Flanagan-Kennedy’s election last week marks a new era in Lynn politics. Her candidacy by write-in defied all odds and her final victory, although by 27 votes, also defied all odds. Her two victories leading to the mayor’s office is…
Get out and vote
You want Mayor Edward Chip Clancy to be returned for another four years, then you’ve got to get out and vote. You’d prefer his opponent, Councillor at Large Judith Flanagan Kennedy, well, you’ve got to get out and vote. You…
A few last thoughts on Clancy versus Flanagan-Kennedy
It is very obvious that there is no love lost between Mayor Clancy and his opponent, Councilor at Large Judith Flanagan Kennedy. At a number of debates recently held they have repeatedly made every effort to outdo one another in…
What might have been
Halloween Night, I missed an old friend who always stopped by at our home on Ocean Street with his kids as they made the rounds Trick or Treating. Pat McManus didn’t show this year. The smiling face, the humble countenance,…
Clancy or Flanagan Kennedy?
It is up to the voters of this city on next Tuesday to cast one of the most important votes in quite a while. The mayor of Lynn is the bottom line in this city – and most leadership springs…
The Friends of Lynn/Nahant Beach honor Robert Tucker, Thank Commissioner Sullivan
The Friends of Lynn/Nahant Beach, whom have done so much to act as this city’s emissary to the Department of Conservation and Recreation, presented its President Robert Tucker, the well known former councilor, with a special award for meritorious service…
Congressman Tierney’s endorsement for Congressman Capuano
Our Congressman John Tierney is a man to be admired and to be trusted, and so we agree completely with his assessment of Congressman Michael Capuano as his choice to succeed the late Senator Ted Kennedy as our senator from…
The coming year
Unless our state officials and the watchdogs who follow spending in state government are trying to fool us, it appears that Massachusetts is facing a deficit that might actually reach $1 billion before all is said and done for the…