We also wish to thank the members and the leadership of the Friends of the Lynn/Nahant Beach for their amazing efforts during the past three years to get the job done. President Robert Tucker has done a fabulous job with…
Category: Editorials
Bullies have no place in Lynn schools
The Lynn School Department is to be praised for its proactive and correct effort to implement a legal and just protocol to be used against those who bully other students. Bullying can’t be legislated away. In other words, we can’t…
Baker at the Porthole
Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker, everyone’s favorite Republican, came to the Porthole Restaurant for an early morning Lynn Chamber of Commerce breakfast. He is an appealing sort – a good looking, tall, Harvard guy who made a fortune in the health…
Defense Department savings tied to cuts at River Works?
There is talk inside the Defense Department, and among those in Congress who control military spending that production of jet engines may be cut back – and if so- jet engine building in Lynn at General Electric will most likely…
Memorial Day Ceremony
On Tuesday, May 25 at 6:00 p.m., the Director of the city’s Veterans Affairs Office Mike Sweeney has invited everyone who wishes to attend the first Memorial Day Ceremony in the newly refurbished Veterans Memorial Auditorium at City Hall. Musical…
Raw Arts rules
Those of us familiar with the good work done by the great folks at Raw Arts saw it up close at their annual celebration held last week at the Raw Arts building in Central Square. It was a fabulous exhibition…
A son kills his mother
A Lynn man is on trial for allegedly stabbing his mother to death in a blind rage 2 years ago. We wonder, what type of man kills his mother? Indeed, we know what type of man kills his mother. Such…
The state’s bullying bill
For public school systems like ours, the state’s bullying bill recently passed and signed into law by the governor, is just one more reason to remain vigilant in the fight against bullying. For quite some time Lynn’s public schools have…
The odor heads north
We have to admit that we always feel a bit as though justice is being done when we drive down Lynn Shore Drive heading for Swampscott and the smell is worse in Swampscott than anywhere along the beach in Lynn.…
Fila honors colleagues
What a nice time Lynn English Principal Andrew Fila held for his colleagues at the Porthole Pub last week. It is always especially meaningful when colleagues involved in the day to day business of running one of this city’s premier…