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Six to the Sectionals: Divers Enjoying Unprecedented Success in Lynn High School Swimming Programs

January 24, 2012
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Six to the Sectionals: Divers Enjoying Unprecedented Success  in Lynn High School Swimming Programs

It’s rare when Lynn’s three public high schools can bask in the glow of a singular athletic achievement, but Classical coach Denise Silva, Tech coach Brad Tilley, and English coach Lisa Trahant are smiling about the success of the divers in the Lynn swimming programs this season. Six student-athletes – Matt DeMirs and Brandie...

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Looking at the City: EDIC Plans to Renovate Central Avenue Building

January 24, 2012
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News that the Economic Development and Industrial Corporation, the EDIC, is hiring an architect to jump start the renovation of the former Arnold’s Stationery Store on Central Avenue shows that Executive Director Jim Cowdell knows what he’s doing. He’s taking a significant structure, vacant...

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Lynn Little Leagues Begin Full Inter-league Play in 2012 Season

January 24, 2012
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For the first time this season all five Little League organizations will be playing baseball games against each other at the Major League level. Wyoma Little League will join the arrangement for the 2012 season, becoming the final organization to compete with Pine Hill,...

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School Department Should be Cutting High Paid Positions

January 24, 2012
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There is an environment in the private sector that is compensating for all the business and revenues that were lost when the nation’s economy nearly collapsed in 2007. In...

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Merger Talks on Hold in Lynn Little League

January 24, 2012
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Dan Gisonno and David Dorgan are presidents of the smallest of the five Little League organizations in the city, Pine Hill and Lynn Shore, respectively, but neither leader expects...

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Obituaries 01-24-2012

January 24, 2012
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Barbara Pressman First President of Lynn Chapter American Field Service  Barbara (Karas) Pressman of Lynn, formerly of Chelsea, died at home on January 19 after a long battle with Acute...

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Still the One: Katie Burt Starring in Net for BB&N Prep School Hockey Team

January 17, 2012
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Still the One: Katie Burt Starring in Net for BB&N Prep School Hockey Team

Former Lynn English/Winthrop goaltender Katie Burt is still stopping pucks and helping win games as the starting goaltender for the Buckingham Browne & Nichols girls varsity hockey team. The...

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Fine Food Finale: Bitopoulos Family Selling Its Winthrop Restaurant After 41 Years

January 17, 2012
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Fine Food Finale: Bitopoulos Family Selling Its Winthrop Restaurant After 41 Years

The Bitopoulos family is serving its famous New England boiled dinner for the last time. After 41 years in business, Brothers Restaurant owners George and Nancy Bitopoulos and Nick...

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Auto Auction Perfect for Empty Lynn Lot

January 17, 2012
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City officials were absolutely right to have defended their positions and allow a car auction to occupy an empty lot fronting the Lynnway’s eastern side. The city’s able development...

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Martin Luther King’s Birthday

January 17, 2012
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Had he not been cut down by an assassin’s bullet in 1968, Martin Luther King would have been 83 this week. For those of us old enough to remember,...

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Obituaries 01-17-2012

January 17, 2012
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Mary Guarente Lynn Resident Mary D. (Breda) Guarente of Lynn died on January 11. She was 78 years old. The wife of the late Richard E. Guarente, she was...

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Swim in Lynn

January 10, 2012
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Swim in Lynn

Lynn City Council President Tim Phelan, the Lynn Breakers Soccer Team and Family and Friends did a Polar Plunge on New Year’s Day to benefit the Hungry of the...

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Caufield Announces for State Representative

January 10, 2012
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Caufield Announces for State Representative

Dwight “Dusty” Caufield, a lifelong resident of Lynn, will kick off his candidacy for state representative of the 10th  Essex District at an event this Sunday, Jan. 15 at...

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Finigan Enjoying Her New Home Former Austin Prep Star is Excelling for St. Mary’s

January 10, 2012
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Finigan Enjoying Her New Home Former Austin Prep Star is Excelling for St. Mary’s

Even though Kaleigh Finigan played sports for Austin Prep the past four years, she was well known to St. Mary’s athletes. Finigan had been the leading scorer for the...

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Parks

January 10, 2012
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According to police and the heads of the local Parks Department, vandals are attempting to rip-off whatever they can from the city’s parks. What does this include? In one...

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Winter Without Snow

January 10, 2012
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This has been a winter without snow. As a result, the city hasn’t spent much money from its snow removal funding budget. This is a good thing as during...

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A Tough Crime-solving Situation Confronts the Lynn Police Department

January 10, 2012
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The Lynn Police Department has largely been unable to solve the vast majority of 30 violent crimes that occurred in Lynn since last October. Lynn Police Chief Kevin Coppinger...

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Obituaries 01-10-2012

January 10, 2012
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John Patterson Longtime GE Employee John W. Patterson of Lynn died unexpectedly in Salem Hospital on December 29. He was 69 years old. The beloved husband of Lorraine (Perry...

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Buddy Ford Shining at Mass Maritime

January 3, 2012
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Buddy Ford Shining at Mass Maritime

Former Lynn Classical football star Richard “Buddy” Ford com­pleted his freshman season as a linebacker and special teams player for the Massachusetts Maritime Academy football team. Buddy is pictured...

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Major Honors for Todd Collier: St. Mary’s Senior Will Play in Shriners Football Classic

January 3, 2012
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Major Honors for Todd Collier: St. Mary’s Senior Will Play in Shriners Football Classic

Todd Collier may have been on his school vacation last week but the honors kept pouring in for the St. Mary’s High School football standout. Collier, who was on...

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Church Controversy; It’s in the Details

January 3, 2012
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The Latino church on Anchor Road is suing the city in Federal Court over the right to use the church they bought in 2010. They are claiming the city’s...

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Bars Denied Extended Hours for New Years Eve Night

January 3, 2012
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Bar owners in this city are justifiably upset because the Licensing Board did not allow them to remain open an extra hour on New Year’s Eve. The Licensing Board’s...

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The New Year

January 3, 2012
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The coming year is filled with challenges for Mayor Judith Flanagan-Kennedy and for the city council. It will be a year when even the easiest things seem a bit...

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Obituaries 01-03-2012

January 3, 2012
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Henry Gallucci Billerica Resident Henry L. Gallucci of Billerica died on December 30. He was the beloved husband of Rosemarie (Branco); father of Angela Arsenault and her husband, Billy...

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