Police Log: 11-10-2016
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 ArticleRobbery suspect turns himself in
By GAYLA CAWLEY LYNN — Social media led to an unarmed robbery arrest on Tuesday. Police responded to Valley Avenue at about 4:30 p.m. to meet a 16-year-old Lynn male who had been robbed outside there....
View ArticleLynn Police find missing woman
COURTESY PHOTO Navy Long, reported missing Tuesday, was found safe after an all-night search by Lynn Police. By GAYLA CAWLEY LYNN — A 22-year-old woman reported missing Tuesday was found safe after an...
View ArticleCentral Square center of an MBTA protest
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE Union members gathered to protest the privatization of the MBTA at the Central Square bus stop on Wednesday. By GAYLA CAWLEY and THOMAS GRILLO LYNN — Three dozen union...
View ArticleConcert Singers of Greater Lynn to spread holiday cheer
COURTESY PHOTO Javier Marquez, left, a composer from Lynn, and Bill Sano, music director of the Concert Singers of Greater Lynn, are excited about the upcoming holiday shows. The Concert Singers of...
View ArticleLynn vows to block athletes’ opioid risk
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE Sports injuries can lead to addiction to opioids, something that Lynn Public Schools hopes to prevent by way of education. By HAROLD RIVERA LYNN — Lynn’s public schools are...
View ArticleLydia Pinkham Building tangled up in blue (tape)
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE Carla Forte-Orr, left, watches her teacher Kirsten Bassion shape clay at The Clay School in the Lydia Pinkham Building in Lynn where they will open their studios to the...
View ArticleSheriff-elect stakes out transition
ITEM FILE PHOTO Sheriff-elect Kevin Coppinger celebrates his victory in the race for Essex County Sheriff. By THOMAS GRILLO LYNN — Kevin Coppinger, the Essex County sheriff-elect, is wasting no time...
View ArticleLynn Police arrest four for drug trafficking
By GAYLA CAWLEY LYNN — Four men were pinched for cocaine trafficking after a traffic stop yielded more than 25 grams of crack on Wednesday. Police saw a green Cadillac driving westbound around the...
View ArticleGetting smart about Stacey Brook
Visible to beach-goers and waterside restaurant diners, Swampscott’s Stacey Brook outfall is an occasional smelly sewer pipe opening onto King’s Beach. It is also a century-old pipe desperately in need...
View ArticleThe community salutes its veterans
ITEM PHOTO BY JIM WILSON The City of Lynn World War Memorial, located on a hill looking over the veterans graves at Pine Grove Cemetary. The inscription on the plaque is ‘To the memory of all who...
View ArticleGoodrich outlives most businesses
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE Goodrich Funeral Home Director John Anderson is happy to be celebrating his Washington Street business’s centennial. By MICHELE DURGIN LYNN — When Goodrich Funeral Home...
View ArticleDowntown cooks with Raw Art
COURTESY OF RAW ART WORKS Shayna Fratini’s drawing, “Qis,” is on display at the Blue Ox. Fratini is one of six artists featured in Raw Art Works’ 2013 exhibit who were picked for display at the Oxford...
View ArticleSchool math may add new taxes in Lynn
By THOMAS GRILLO LYNN — The city’s chief financial officer is considering a Proposition 2 ½ property tax override next year — a first in the city’s history — to pay for a school budget shortfall, two...
View ArticleElection reverberates in Lynn
PHOTO BY BOB ROCHE People form a circle and put their arms around each other as Rabbi Margie Klein Rankin sings a song during a meeting for the Essex County Community Organization, which focused on...
View ArticleLynn Woods brush fire under observation
LYNN — A large brush fire broke out Friday evening in Lynn Woods. Lynn fire officials said no crews were sent to the blaze, citing dangerous conditions following sunset. Officials said the situation...
View ArticleJohn H. Bavin Jr., 65
LYNN — John H. Bavin Jr., 65, died peacefully on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, following an extended illness. Born in Salem, he was the son of the late John H. and...
View ArticleGary M. Matthews, 62
LYNN — Gary M. Matthews, 62, of Mirror Lake, N.H., formerly of Lynn, passed away Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 at Hyder Family Hospice House in Dover, N.H., surrounded by his family. Born and educated in Lynn,...
View ArticlePolice log: 11-12-2016
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Kids like Mia need a family like yours
There are 55,000 kids in the Massachusetts foster care system, and Plummer Foster Care, a program of The Plummer Home in Salem, works every day to see that these young people grow up in families. If...
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