It comes as great news that the city has been fining Garelick Farms $1000 a day since August 4 for allowing a nuisance odor emanating from its sprawling Lynnway plant. The city has finally shown its teeth in all its…
Category: Editorials
The Lynnway odor conundrum
We have lived the Lynnway odor conundrum for years. While the Daily Item claims the odor problem popped up three months ago, those of us who travel the Lynnway everyday north and south and who shop on the Lynnway know…
Lynn’s health chief Mary O’Connor Should fine Garelick Farms
Last Friday, Health Department chief Mary O’Connor put it to the folks at Garelick Farms. Get your act together or be fined – and be fined everyday, she told the firm’s leaders in so many words during a heated meeting.…
The tax free weekend
Get out and buy, buy, buy this weekend. With purchases of $2500 and less, the state tax will not be imposed this weekend for computers, televisions, appliance, et cetera. This is a victory for consumers and for our retailers. Everyone…
What would a forensic audit reveal about expenses?
Now might be a good time for the city, in this case, for the city council, to order a forensic audit by outside accountants of the various city hall accounts – from the retirement board, to the various offices and…
The mayor and the wind turbine
We absolutely support the mayor’s efforts to have a 254-foot tall wind turbine built for the Lynn Water and Sewer Commission and to be located next to its waste water treatment plant off the Lynnway. The turbine would be similar…
The expanded gambling bill
Unless the Governor or the Speaker of the House blinks, there will be no expanded gambling in Massachusetts and no slot machines in race tracks as well. After quite a bit of legislative energy being put into the matter, the…
The Lynnway odor problem Almost dissipates overnight
Due to the concerted efforts of Council President Tim Phelan, Councillor Peter Capano, and the local Board of Health, Garelick Farms has made changes in its waste disposal protocol rather than face the cease and desist order the city said…
Protecting the city’s treasures Phelan’s important task
Thank goodness there is someone at city hall willing to incur the wrath of the Daily Item for preserving some of the city’s most valuable objects of art. The Item’s attack on Phelan for spending money for frames and other…
The stench on the Lynnway
The horrific odor wafting in the air along the Lynnway from close to Walmart to just beyond the bowling alleys is an insult to everyone living in this city and calling the place our home. It is more than that.…