Enough affordable housing in Lynn
FILE PHOTO Economic Development and Industrial Corporation Executive Director James M. Cowdell Now is the time for city officials to resist any and all calls to create more “affordable” housing in...
View ArticleFairy Godmothers turn GE into boutique
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE General Electric volunteer Janet Wasileski sorts prom dresses in the North Shore Fairy Godmother Boutique. By BRIDGET TURCOTTE LYNN — The North Shore Fairy Godmother Project...
View ArticleNahant and Swampscott Dems drive food campaign
Emily Potts receives a donation from Ticona Suggs at the Reduce Hunger Food Drive at the Lynn Stop and Shop on March 5. By THOR JOURGENSEN NAHANT — The Democratic Town Committee from Nahant and...
View ArticleFrom yoga to welding, a community enriched
From left, Cody Maher and Kaleb Allen being enthusiastic about welding class. By GAYLA CAWLEY LYNN — The Lynn Community Enrichment Program is wrapping up this week, after seeing success in its first...
View ArticlePolice Log: 3-15-2016
All address information, particularly arrests, reflect police records. In the event of a perceived inaccuracy, it is the sole responsibility of the concerned party to contact the relevant police...
View ArticleStreaming is not music to North Shore fans’ ears
PHOTO BY SPENSER HASAK Keyshawn Bridgeman listens to his music as he walks to the bus. BY GABE MARTINEZ LYNN — Always fertile ground for a revolution, the music industry has evolved from records to...
View ArticleLooking to find inner peace in downward dog
FILE PHOTO BY GAYLA CAWLEY LYNN — The World Inner Peace Day will be celebrated on March 21, with a major part of the initiative to bring meditation to schools. “We can’t have world peace until we have...
View ArticleClassical video students on fire
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE Lynn Classical High School students and teacher watch the three-minute video they made called “Fire Prevention Funk.” From left, standing are students Sara Pleitz, Twan...
View ArticleSo, contestants, how do you spell unprecedented?
PHOTO BY PAULA MULLER Sponsors of the Daily Item Regional Spelling Bee, Joel and Mary Abramson, with Mayor Judith Kennedy during the event at Lynn City Hall. BY GAYLA CAWLEY LYNN — When the spell-off...
View ArticleNew future for Factory of Future
PHOTO BY PAULA MULLER Building owner Charlie Patsios and Mayor Judith Kennedy watch as the demolition of the Old GE building on Federal Street in Lynn begins. BY THOR JOURGENSEN LYNN — An excavator...
View ArticlePolice Log: 3-16-2016
All address information, particularly arrests, reflect police records. In the event of a perceived inaccuracy, it is the sole responsibility of the concerned party to contact the relevant police...
View ArticleGlen A. Corrigan, 63
LYNN — Glen A. Corrigan, 63, passed away early morning on Tuesday, March 8 after a long battle with cancer. Born in Lynn, the son of the late George Corrigan and late Marion (Prime) Corrigan. A...
View ArticleLynn taking lead on ending homelessness
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE Lynn Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy looks at the Excellence coins she was given as a gift from Christine Croteau, Medical Center Director of Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial...
View Article1,100 reasons to ride again
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home in Lynn, including Joe Markey, back row left, Ellen Picardi, back row second from right, John Kobuszewski, back right, and Sally Cuffe, front...
View ArticleFrom NSCC, the credit goes to Lynn students
PHOTO BY BOB ROCHE Lynn English student Joao DaSilva salutes the NSCC flag. By THOR JOURGENSEN LYNN — English High School junior Delaney Kerrins wants to teach preschool and North Shore Community...
View ArticleMayors: Don’t eclipse solar policy
BY THOR JOURGENSEN LYNN — Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy and fellow mayors in Peabody and Revere are sounding an alarm over legislative efforts to change state solar energy policy. The mayors urged...
View ArticleResidents talking downtown strategy
BY GAYLA CAWLEY LYNN — More than 100 people packed the Lynn Museum on Tuesday to hear recommendations on how to improve downtown. Consultants said the city needs to make Lynn more friendly to...
View ArticleCity finds a home for all its veterans
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE With Reny Beltran of the Lynn English JROTC standing guard, Robert Pulster, center, of the U.S. Council on Homeless, and The Honorable Francisco Urena, secretary of the...
View ArticleResidents reimagining downtown Lynn
PHOTO BY PAULA MULLER MassDevelopment fellow Joseph Mulligan opens the presentation at the Lynn Museum Tuesday on how to improve downtown Lynn. By THOMAS GRILLO LYNN — Residents say Tuesday night’s...
View ArticlePolice respond to shooting in Lynn
LYNN–A Lynn man has been arrested in connection with the Wednesday afternoon shooting on Essex Street. Adidas A. Mastin, 26, of 9 Clifton Ave., was arrested and charged with armed assault to murder,...
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