The tragedy on the Lynnway last week is something I can’ get out of my mind. Think about it. You are traveling on the Lynnway in a small car, minding your own business on a lovely summer day. A friend is seated in the back seat of the automobile and there is the driver...
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East Boston Savings Bank riding high
The East Boston Savings Bank, who run a major banking branch in Wyoma Square, has announced stunning earnings for the Quarter ended June 30. The bank announced a net income of $3.2 million or 0.15 cents a share compared with net income of $962,00 and 0.04 cents a share for the same period last...
Catholic Schools in Lynn get CSF Grant
St. Pius V School is pleased to announce that it was selected by The Catholic Schools Foundation (CSF) as one of 49 elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Boston to be awarded a grant enabling them to participate in the Catholic Alumni Partnership (CAP). With the expansion of the CAP program to the Archdiocese...
Richards named lacrosse assistant at Notheast
Jarrod Richards will leave the Lynn Tech lacrosse program to become an assistant coach at Northeast Regional High School. Richards, 27, was an assistant coach on his father Jay’s staff at Tech in the 2010 season. Jay Richards was the original founder of the Tech program and returned to Tech this season after spending...
What would a forensic audit reveal about expenses?
Now might be a good time for the city, in this case, for the city council, to order a forensic audit by outside accountants of the various city hall accounts – from the retirement board, to the various offices and for every city agency with a bank account and or a checking account. It...
The mayor and the wind turbine
We absolutely support the mayor’s efforts to have a 254-foot tall wind turbine built for the Lynn Water and Sewer Commission and to be located next to its waste water treatment plant off the Lynnway. The turbine would be similar in size and generating capacity to the wind turbine standing on the former Forbes...
The expanded gambling bill
Unless the Governor or the Speaker of the House blinks, there will be no expanded gambling in Massachusetts and no slot machines in race tracks as well. After quite a bit of legislative energy being put into the matter, the only thing coming of it is a big row of zeroes – no expanded...
Obituaries 04-08-2010
William Allen Sr., 77 Worked at Charlestown Navy Yard and GE William D. Allen Sr. of Lynn died on July 30 at the VA Hospital in West Roxbury. He was 77 years old. Born in Lynn, the son of the late Earl and Helen (Giglio) Allen and the husband of Charlotte J. (Rimnac), he...