Everything about our lives and about the well-being of our nation has been put in question by the nagging recession that has cost so many jobs and our belief in the banking system and even our belief in our ability…
Category: Editorials
The Lynn Auditorium is the place to be
With a succession of great acts gracing the stage of the Lynn Memorial Auditorium recently including even the great tenor Julio Iglesias, who will be appearing there soon, has given rise to the auditorium as a happening place for real…
Tori Faieta
We want to congratulate St. Mary’s High School senior Tori Faieta on her decision to attend Stonehill College. Faieta received a full scholarship from the outstanding institution as a result of her athletic and academic achievements at St. Mary’s. She…
The governor’s victory
In a working class city such as ours, the governor’s campaign message resonated. His plea to voters was to help people who need it, to treat people as human beings not as numbers on a Charlie Baker spread sheet. The…
Congrats to Donald Wong
He’s one of the few Republicans to be swept into local office here on the coattails of a great Democratic sweep. He’s Donald Wong, the newly elected Representative from Saugus who will be representing Lynnfield Street and its environs. He…
Get Out And Vote
The election is upon us. Go out and do your duty. Do it in the knowledge that things in this nation and in this state must change. Understand that whomever you choose to vote for in this election, the winner…
Down to the wire
With the election next week, many of you who plan to vote already know who you will be voting for and why. The onslaught of radio and television advertisements and the general overhanded nature of newspaper and Internet coverage, will…
Good luck Mr. Strangie
The new Lynn English High School principal will be Thomas Strangie. As we predicted last week, he was the main choice and perhaps the only choice for Superintendent of Schools Catherine Latham. Aside from that, he was the best choice…
Hail, Andrew Fila
Lynn English High School will not be the same without Andrew Fila. The longtime principal, a great moving force for achievement at the high school, will be sorely missed now that he has retired. His announcement sent by e-mail to…
The waterfront
Has anyone in a position of responsibility thought of drawing up a plan for the development of the waterfront and then having a competition and awarding the right to the bidder willing to invest the most? That’s how the Lynn…