Category: News
AARP Awards Community Challenge Grant
AARP Massachusetts announced four Bay State organizations including the City of Lynn will receive 2021 Community Challenge grants – part of the largest group of grantees to date with $3.2 million awarded among 244 organizations nationwide. Grantees will implement quick-action…
Labor and Community Groups Demand Funds Go to Frontline Workers and Impacted Communities
Massachusetts residents, labor and community groups convened on the steps of the State House last week, demanding that billions in federal relief aid allocated to Massachusetts from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) be distributed to help those most impacted by…
News in Brief
Additional Package Sorters Are Installed The Postal Service is preparing for the holiday and ready to meet the growing customer demand for package delivery. Two of 118 new package sorters distributed nationwide have been installed in the Woburn and Worcester…
DPH Realeases Updated Face Covering Advisory
The Department of Public Health (DPH) released updated guidance regarding the use of face coverings and cloth masks by individuals who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19. This week, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated guidance…
Tesler Named Transportation Head
Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito last week announced the appointment of Jamey L. Tesler as Secretary of Transportation and CEO of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Tesler has served as Acting Secretary since January, when he was…
Gov. Baker Visits Lynn Boys and Girls Club
Governor Charles Baker was impressed by how much valuable service is offered to the Lynn youth at the Boys and Girls Club. He and the First Lady Lauren Baker received a personal tour of the facility from Executive Director Brian…
Officials Urge Public to Inspect Boxwood Shrubs for Tree Moths
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) is alerting Massachusetts residents that it has received notification from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) that a number of nurseries within the Commonwealth received Canadian boxwood…
Black Lives Matter Street Mural
Lynn Classical teacher Biasella is a candidate for Revere School Committee
Lynn Classical High School special education teacher Vanessa Biasella is having a busy summer. In addition to her job at Classical where she is helping to introduce the Orton-Gillingham Reading Approach to the school curriculum, Biasella is running for a…