When you are talking with Councillor Brendan Crighton, you are talking with the next generation whose full effect will be felt when that generation is ultimately running this city. Crighton, 28, is well educated, well spoken, well versed in the lingua franca of government and what’s best, he’s got this city on his mind....
Lynncam, the city’s popular cable/community access/media station, is moving from its present location into the former St. Jean’s Credit Union at 527 Western Avenue, according to Cassie Vitali, Executive Director of the station and the Board of Directors. “On behalf of the dedicated men and women working for Lynncam, I would like to say...
Three friends lean upon one another during an outing on Lynn/Nahant Beach over the weekend. They did not remain on the beach for too long. It was simply too cold.
Futures Collegiate Baseball League Commissioner, Chris Hall, announced the North Shore Navigators will be added as the league’s newest franchise. The Navigators, based out of Lynn, Ma, will be owned and operated by Pat and Lindy Salvi. The Salvi’s hope to bring the same family-friendly and affordable entertainment to the North Shore that has...
Colleagues and friends said that Carol Vasapolli was a dynamic woman who could light up any room she was in with her smile, her warmth and her energy. Mrs. Vasapolli, executive vice president of River Works Credit Union in Lynn and a member of the Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, died...
The city’s chief financial officer Richard Fortucci has named Stephen Spencer, a Lynn resident, as his choice to become the city’s comptroller thereby filling the position left empty by the firing of John Pace. Pace was fired by the city council, despite Mayor Judith Flanagan-Kennedy’s protestations, which followed her attempted firing of Fortucci. The...
There is a new swimming dynasty in the city and it is Lynn Tech. Coach Brad Tilley’s Tigers made it four city titles in a row, besting runner-up English and third-place finisher Classical for Lynn bragging rights. What’s been the reason for resurgence of the Tech swimming program? “I think it’s the type of...
Ours is an average Lynn family and Sunday was just another day. Our two daughters were away. One went snowboarding to Western Massachusetts with her friends. The other went to her aunt’s home in West Lynn. My wife went to Washington, DC on business Friday. As the sun came up on my world in...
Jim Belliveau has seen a rise in enrollment since taking the reins as president of Greater Lynn Babe Ruth baseball and softball organization three years ago. This season, GLBR is resurrecting its senior baseball program for players ages 16-18. “We’re hoping for four teams and 60 players at that level,” said Belliveau. “We had...
Governor Deval Patrick, Congressman John Tierney and the Commonwealth’s Secretary of Education Paul Reville toured North Shore Community College with its president Wayne Burton Wednesday afternoon. Governor Patrick wanted to view first hand some of the classrooms where coursework is directly related to securing a job. In his state of the state address Monday...