Recently at English High School, a student with a weapon brought about six police cars and officers to the school for what was almost a lockdown. When all was said and done, a pellet gun was confiscated from the student.…
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Fila will serve as Mayor’s educational liaison
Former Lynn English Principal Andrew Fila said he’s looking forward to starting in his new part-time position as an educational liaison between the office of Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy and the Lynn School Department. Fila retired as principal on Nov.…
An Appetite For Giving
Families helping Families, a charitable organization that helps families in need, distributed 150 turkeys to Lynn residents for the thanksgiving holiday. shown at the turkey giveaway that was held at molly’s tavern on Lewis street are rafael subero, president of the…
The life of a 200 year-old desk: The Bacheller Desk at the Lynn Museum
The Lynn Museum received a cherished gift on October 22, 2010. Milton H. Bacheller, Jr., and his wife, Suzanne Bacheller, Plainville, MA brought not only a Federal period desk to the museum, but brought with it a bound history of…
Truth and controversy
The Probation Department has been run into the ground, according to Judge Paul Ware, an independent counsel who wrote a detailed report revealing exactly how the department has been abused. That report has caused shockwaves throughout the halls of the…
Carrasco asks Committee to ‘consider’ a dress code
Lynn School Committeewoman Maria Carrasco has been seeking affirmation from her colleagues on the board about the benefits of a dress code. “I’m just asking the school committee to consider it,” she said recently. Only the areas parochial schools presently…
A driving force: Ferrari family honored by St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s High School girls soccer coach Jim Foley had the words to fit the honor at Sunday night’s breakup banquet: a real special award for a real special family. Foley was about to present an award of appreciation to…
And that’s the way it was… – The noted author Gore Vidal has said that fiction is truth. In the fictional recreation of the day JFK died by Joshua Resnek that follows, fiction is indeed, truth.
I first met Walter Cronkite in the early afternoon, November 22, 1963. I was 13 years old. We met briefly on the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. I was a newly minted freshman at…
Lynn man held without bail in attack on great-grandmother
The Lynn great-grandmother who was allegedly beaten and bludgeoned by a purse snatcher is recovering from her ordeal – with much of those who have heard of her story shocked at the crime but left uplifted by her positive attitude.…
Water main break on Lynnway repaired; flooding causes havoc
Lynners using the Lynnway were treated to yet another disastrous traffic tie-up Friday when a 10 inch water main broke underneath the Lynnway by Shephard Street, causing a sinkhole to drop the road level in the immediate area about a…