There are now ten councilor at large candidates. The candidates are: Council President Tim Phelan, Councillors Daniel Cahill, Paul Crowley, and Stephen Duffy and there are the challengers, Gordon “Buzzy” Barton, George Meimeteas, Calvin Anderson, Miguel Funez, Hong Net and…
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Agganis Classics Week : Annual Event Kicks off with Awards Program
Agganis Classics Week kicked off for 2011 with the annual awards breakfast Sunday at Manning Field. Chairman of the Agganis Foundation Board of Directors Thomas Demakis welcomed the gathering to the ceremony. “As good an athlete as Harry Agganis was,…
The Agganis Foundation : 56 Years and Going Strong
The Agganis Foundation honoring the late Harry Agganis, arguably the greatest athlete to come out of this city in the 20th century, is celebrating 56 years of honoring athletic excellence and of giving scholarship money to scholar-athletes. The all-star games…
St. Mary’s High School Students Win Mwra Writing Contest
MWRA is pleased to announce that three students of St. Mary’s High School in Lynn won MWRA’s 30th Annual Writing Contest. Christina Mignosa, grade 9, won Second Place for her essay. Cristian Abarca and Alexandria Fisher, also grade 9, received…
Agganis Classics Are Best
There are several reasons that Harry Agganis All-Star Classics Week has become the area’s premier summer sports extravaganza for graduating players, coaches, and fans. One is you get the opportunity to see the best athletes perform for the final time…
Lynn Lightning Win Softball Tournament
The Lynn Lightning team faced competition from all around New England going 5-1 over the 2 days. In Sunday’s Championship game the Lightning were down 1-0 to the Franklin, MA Fusion entering the bottom of the 7th and scored 2…
Yawkey Scholars Program Awards $1 Million to Students from Mass.
This spring the Yawkey Foundations awarded scholarships to 22 high school seniors from Massachusetts. Each of the recipients displayed a high level of academic achievement, leadership potential and was involved in a balance of community, school and work activities. The…
Warren Named Globe Coach of the Year
The Lynn Classical softball program’s 21-win season has earned its leader one of the state’s most esteemed awards: Boston Globe Coach of the Year. Chris Warren, Classical softball coach for the past 12 seasons, received the Globe’s top honor in…
GE Contracted Janitors are on Unfair Labor Practice Strike
What: 24-hour unfair labor practice strike and picket by Complete Cleaning employees that clean General Electric plant in Lynn to combat Complete Cleaning’s retaliatory firing of workers and other illegal unfair labor practices Where: General Electric plant at 1100 Western…
A Plan for a Brand: Mayor Kennedy Considers Marketing Campaign for the City
Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy announced at a Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast Friday that the city is considering a new branding and marketing campaign for the city. “I was approached a couple of weeks ago by the EDIC who…