The Lynn City Council will begin holding budget hearings Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. The review of the budget to be discussed Tuesday evening includes public safety and other city spending. It is expected that there could be a discussion on…
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Governor Patrick on triumphant Lynn tour
Govenor Deval Patrick began his day at the Lynn Health Center, moved on to Bridgewell – Lynn Mental Health Center on Boston Street and closed the circle at Lynn/Nahant Beach. In all three visits to locations either being expanded or…
Phelan takes emergency action after bloody pit bull maulings
Two brutal and bloody pit bull maulings that took place over the Memorial Day weekend in Lynn have led City Council President Tim Phelan to seek an immediate amendment to the City’s Dog Ordinance. Phelan’s amendment seeks to place added…
Drewicz kindergarten students excel in US census poster contest
The kindergarten students in Pam Laramie’s class at the Drewicz School are certainly making a good ac-count of themselves in the ongoing U.S. census effort. Not only are they learning about the federal population count that takes place every 10…
City facing real time budget realities; mayor trying to avoid layoffs
The city is facing a moment of truth as Mayor Judith Flanagan-Kennedy is making every effort to avoid layoffs during a budget season when there is less money around than last year. The raecession and everything else affecting the local…
Barroom politics
Former Mayor Chip Clancy took major heat from the city’s bar owners and many others in that sphere when he turned back the clock on the bar rooms and set closing time at 1:00 a.m. Now there is talk making…
Patrol plan will benefit beachgoers in Lynn, Nahant
State Police officials at Revere Beach have announced a comprehensive plan to patrol that Beach this summer, and those resources will spill over to beaches in Lynn and Nahant. The days of depleted staffing at the area’s beaches isn’t quickly…
Kimber claims NEC hurdles title
Lynn English senior Ricky Kimber waited 365 days for another shot at the Northeastern Conference 400-meter outdoor hurdles title. Kimber had stumbled during last year’s race and settled for third place overall. That’s why the stakes were so high for…
Lynn’s Relay for Life Walk set for June 4 at Red Rock Park
The Lynn “Relay for Life Walk” will be held on June 4,5, 2010 at Red Rock Park. This annual community event includes over 33 returning teams, 75+ survivors and their families along with hundreds of friends, all walking for the…
Memorial Day Weekend
The weekend that signals the official beginning of the summer of 2010 is upon us. We have no idea what this summer will hold for all of us, for our nation, or for the community of man. After all, it…