Lynn English senior Ricky Kimber waited 365 days for another shot at the Northeastern Conference 400-meter outdoor hurdles title. Kimber had stumbled during last year’s race and settled for third place overall. That’s why the stakes were so high for Kimber as he approached the starting line in the NEC Meet Saturday at Manning...
The Lynn “Relay for Life Walk” will be held on June 4,5, 2010 at Red Rock Park. This annual community event includes over 33 returning teams, 75+ survivors and their families along with hundreds of friends, all walking for the fight against cancer. Over 1000 people enjoy the “Relay by the Sea” each year...
The weekend that signals the official beginning of the summer of 2010 is upon us. We have no idea what this summer will hold for all of us, for our nation, or for the community of man. After all, it is impossible to know what lies ahead. The holiday memorializing America’s battlefield dead as...
There is talk inside the Defense Department, and among those in Congress who control military spending that production of jet engines may be cut back – and if so- jet engine building in Lynn at General Electric will most likely be effected. We have heard this talk before but it has never sounded so...
On Tuesday, May 25 at 6:00 p.m., the Director of the city’s Veterans Affairs Office Mike Sweeney has invited everyone who wishes to attend the first Memorial Day Ceremony in the newly refurbished Veterans Memorial Auditorium at City Hall. Musical performances will be given by The Lynn Public School Band and Tenor Brian Landry....
Paul Centofanti Orient Heights resident Paul P. Centofanti of Orient Heights East Boston died by accident on May 18. A US Army Veteran of the Vietnam War, he was the beloved husband of Sonya (Kenney) Centofanti; father of Lisa Polito and Tara Leary, both of Lynn, Andrea Centofanti of Revere and Mallory S. Hanley;...
Lynn Shore Little League will opt out of participating in the 2010 District 16 All-Star Tournament due to dwindling numbers in the Major League division and league officials not wanting to cut short the regular season. The District 16 Tournament brings together teams from each of the leagues in the district including Lynn’s five...
A Lynn man who stabbed his mother to death in Revere almost 2 years ago is set to stand trial in Suffolk Superior Court. Jury selection is set to begin this week. Corey Roche of Lynn, 25, is charged with first degree murder in the death of his mother, 42 year old Lisa Bryson...
It started out with Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy looking for what she thought would be a simple answer to a simple question. It turns out it was not so simple. While reviewing the makeup of several city boards and commissions, the mayor discovered that the term of one of the members of the Zoning...
Those of us familiar with the good work done by the great folks at Raw Arts saw it up close at their annual celebration held last week at the Raw Arts building in Central Square. It was a fabulous exhibition of what Raw Arts does best – which is to instill in its art...