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,…
Category: Editorials
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…
Sean Deveney and The Curse
Sean Keveney, formerly of Lynn has been a Sporting News reporter and commentator since 1999. He has reported on dozens of major events, including the NBA Finals, World Series, Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament and the PGA championship. Now…
Lynn Cam
Once again, we want to compliment the directors and producers of the programming on Lynn Cam for outstanding work in the interest of the community at large. During a recent viewing of Lynn Cam, we watched with awe, a Girls,…
Standing firm on the rollback
Mayor Edward Clancy is not about to change his mind about rolling the hours back here of bars and of liquor licenses. He believes, as we believe, the city is a better place with a 1 a.m. closing than a…
The Patriots
Those of you who thought the Patriots dynasty was done – take another look. Sunday’s victory over Baltimore showed a rejuvenated and very, very tough defense, and shades of greatness in Tom Brady, who finally shot a touchdown pass to…
Signs don’t vote – but they seem to
The city is awash in political signage – a sure sign that politics is still alive in this city. Many, many people question the effectiveness of political signage – and many others abhor it and would like to do away…