Author: Journal Staff

State Labor Report for August Released

Massachusetts Unemployment and Job Estimates for August: • The state’s August total unemployment rate remained at 2.9 percent, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Sept. 20. • The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ preliminary job estimates indicate Massachusetts…

News Briefs

Oliveira Receives the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theater Arts  Sophia Oliveira, of Lynn, received the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theater Arts during the American International College (AIC) Academic Awards ceremony this spring. The Award for Outstanding Achievement in…

Trahant Named Triple Impact Competitor

Special to Journal Hannah Trahant, a high school senior who is a cheerleading, swimming and diving, and track-and-field athlete at Lynn English High School  named has been named a Triple-Impact Competitor by Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA)–New England.  Hannah is one…

Caturano takes over Blue Ox

By John Lynds Anthony Caturano, the owner and head chef of widely successful restaurants in the North End and on the North Shore, will take over the reigns of The Blue Ox in downtown Lynn from the restaurant’s founder and…

Ask Nicole

By Attorney Nichole M. Bluefort I am so honored that I will be doing a monthly column to discuss critical issues in our community from a legal perspective. I am the Founder of the Law Offices of Nicole M. Bluefort.…

Enjoy the Fall Season

Despite the exceptionally wonderful and warm early-fall weather we have been enjoying recently, the calendar does not lie — and the fall season squarely is upon us. For many New Englanders, autumn is our favorite time of year. Even the…