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You can’t get there from here: Part 2
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE Aymen Rajeh of Saugus, below, heads to Boston on Route 1 at 6:35 a.m. on weekdays, mindful that even a 20-minute delay doubles his commute. By THOMAS GRILLO Second in a...
View ArticleKrause: Manning Field in a class of its own
By STEVE KRAUSE Let’s go back to 2004, when the old Manning Bowl was razed once it was condemned. The decision to tear it down was not universally supported. In fact, some people were very upset that...
View ArticlePaul W. Yanakakis, 62
LYNN — Paul W. Yanakakis, age 62, passed peacefully on Sunday from complications relating to Alzheimer’s disease at Hunt Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Danvers. He was the son of the late Kary A....
View ArticlePolice log: 11-16-2016
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View ArticleEastern-European flavor in Lynn
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE Mila Rogalin, left, owner of Gastronome, gives Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy and Malvina Goldin a tour of the store before the ribbon cutting announcing the new location of...
View ArticleStepping up on city spending
Like the megastorm in the book, “The Perfect Storm,” a trio of financial challenges is threatening to saddle Lynn taxpayers with a tax hike initially estimated at $165 per household. Contractual raises...
View ArticleLynn council takes up tax talk
ITEM FILE PHOTO Lynn City Hall. By THOMAS GRILLO LYNN — For more than 90 minutes on Tuesday night, Peter Caron, the city’s chief financial officer, faced tough questions from city councilors about...
View ArticleJohn F. Quinn, 76
LYNN — John Francis Quinn (Johnny), age 76 years, of Lynn, died Monday, Nov. 7 surrounded by family at the Union Hospital in Lynn after a brief illness. He was the son of the late John and Alice...
View ArticleErnest R. Doane, 78
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Ernest R. Doane (Skip), 78, of Colorado Springs, Colo., passed away peacefully on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. He was the son of Ernest M. and Sadie (Kadra) Doane. Skip was born...
View ArticleFrederick A. Mungan, 91
LYNN — Frederick Arnold Mungan passed away peacefully on Nov. 13, 2016. Young at heart at age 91. Maintaining his sense of humor right to the end. Papa, as he was known to his family, was born in...
View ArticleTheresa I. Flint, 89
LYNN — Mrs. Theresa I. “Teri” (Covert) Flint, age 89, of Lynn, died on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, peacefully, with her family at her side, at her home. She was the wife of the late Leon Everett Flint and...
View ArticlePolice log: 11-17-2016
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View ArticleComing Attractions: 11-17-2016
PHOTO BY PAUL LYDEN David Coffee is Ebenezer Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol” at North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly, Dec 9-23. Christmas Charcuterie Cabaret LYNN — Arts After Hours is celebrating a great...
View ArticlePutting the GE in generosity
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE From left, Brian Sohm, John Moakley and Andre Fonseca hand out Thanksgiving dinners to the needy in the parking lot of the Franco-American Club in Lynn as part of the global...
View ArticleThe only solution to the traffic mess: cash
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE Morning commuters pack a Boston-bound train at Swampscott station. Fourth in a four-part series ALSO: You can’t get there from here: Part 1 You can’t get there from here:...
View ArticleDorothy Jenkins, 88
LYNNFIELD — Dorothy (Brennan) Jenkins, 88, of Lynnfield passed away peacefully on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, at Sunrise of Lynnfield. Dorothy was born in Lynn on Jan. 31, 1928. She was the daughter of...
View ArticlePolice log: 11-18-2016
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View ArticleA Righteous night of music at Lynn Auditorium
PHOTO BY NICOLE GOODHUE BOYD The Righteous Brothers perform Koko Jo at Lynn Auditorium on Friday. By STEVE KRAUSE LYNN — There was a time when I thought they were brothers and their last name was...
View ArticlePolice log: 11-19-2016
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Kids like Billy 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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